Dredging & Flood Defence

The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has published a position paper titled ‘Climate Change Adaptation as it Affects the Dredging Community’.

Global ship delivery and crewing company Redwise has delivered a newbuild trailing suction hopper dredger from its home country of the Netherlands more than 14,000 nautical miles to China.

A Damen cutter suction dredger of type CSD500 has been built under license by Canal Naval Construction for the Egyptian General Authority for Fish Resource Development.

Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster NV issued a trading update following its recent AGM which showed a slightly higher revenue in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period…

IHC Merwede has launched the stationary cutter suction dredger Miondo at its shipyard at Sliedrecht in the Netherlands.

The first ever cutter suction dredger to be built in Turkey, an Italian designed model SGT 500C, is being launched this month.

Volunteers at the Dutch National Museum of Dredging were presented with a supply of Damen fleece vests during the winter to support the outdoor activities of the Museum.

Damen Dredging Equipment has handed over the split hopper dredger Omvac Diez to its owner Canlemar following successful sea trials.

An amazing haul of 28 flint hand axes, dated by archaeologists to be around 100,000 years old, have been unearthed in gravel from a licensed marine aggregate dredging area 13km off Great…

Birse Civils has commenced its annual protection of Lincolnshire’s coastline and flood defence for the UK Environment Agency as part of its Lincshore 2010-2015 Framework Contract.

The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) is organising its Dredging Days 2012 conference and exhibition to take place on 12-13 December in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Netherlands based IHC Merwede, which develops and builds innovative vessels, advanced equipment and life-cycle support services for the dredging, mining and offshore industries, has increased its revenues and profits.

Catamaran workboat builder Cheetah Marine has developed a shallow water mini dredger specifically to combat the problem of seaweed deposition at its home base of Ventnor Haven on the Isle of Wight.

The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) presented its Best Paper Award for a Young Author at the PIANC COPEDEC, held at the IIT Madras, Chennai, India recently.

IHC Merwede named and launched the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopperdredger, DCI Dredge XIX in a ceremony on Monday at the company’s shipyard inKrimpen aan den Ijssel in The Netherlands.

Damen Dredging Equipment of the Netherlands and Spain’s Astilleros de Murueta are cooperating in the newbuilding of two maintenance trailing suction hopper dredgers and one sand mining hopper.

A call for papers has been issued for the World Dredging Congress XX (WODCON XX).