Dredging & Flood Defence

Dutch contractor Van Oords largest self-propelled cutter suction dredger Athena has been named and launched at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Kinderdijk.

After a competitive tendering process, British Waterways (BW) has awarded a national dredging contract to marine civils contractor Land & Water Services Ltd.

Netherlands based specialist vessel builder IHC Merwede has used alternative fuels in the dredging process for the first time.

An international seminar on the Environmental Aspects of Dredging organized by PAO (Post Graduate Education) at the Delft University of Technology, in cooperation with the IADC and CEDA, will be held at…

Damen Dredging Equipment has handed over Amoris, a one-off stationary cutter suction dredger which has gone straight to work on the AMORAS silt dredging and treatment project in the Port of Antwerp.

The keel laying ceremony took place last week in the Netherlands for two new dredgers for the Belgian dredging, marine engineering and environmental group DEME.

Piriou Shipyards in France has delivered a 2,300 cu/m capacity trailing suction hopper dredger, fitted out with Damen dredging equipment, to the French sand mining contractor CETRA.

ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has been awarded the hydrodynamics, sediment mobility and turbid plume study elements of the Humber and Greater Wash Area Marine Aggregates Regional Environmental Assessment (REA) in…

The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has announced the first call for papers for CEDA Dredging Days 2011.

Damen Dredging Equipment of Nijkerk in the Netherlands has replaced the submersed dredge pump drive of the sand mining dredger Maas.

A new custom built cutter suction dredger destined for the Panama Canal was launched at IHC Merwede’s Sliedrecht yard in the Netherlands last week.

The Netherlands based International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has announced an early registration discount to the 35th edition of its International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation.

This summer saw the completion of the capital dredging works on the historic Millbay Inner Basin at Plymouth in the UK. Dredging is not often thought of being ‘precision’ work, but this…

Port representatives demonstrated unity upon gathering in the German Port of Hamburg last month to call for deepening of the Lower and Outer Elbe fairways.

Dutch specialist vessel builder IHC Merwede has recently won orders for dredging and offshore vessels and equipment to the value of more than €500m. This reinforces the group’s belief that there will…

Late last month a scale model (1:50) of the powerful self propelled ocean going rock cutter dredger D’Artagnan was formally handed over by the Belgian DEME Group’s CEO Alain Bernard to the…

An IADC Best Paper Award for a Young Author was presented to Kaitlin McCormick of EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc. of Maryland USA at the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) 30th Technical…

Jenkins Marine has been chosen to help undertake the historic restoration of the Millbay Inner Basin at Plymouth.

Dredger Captain Pieter den Herder of Swalinge Scheepvaart in the Netherlands has been one of the first to trial Enhanced Target Detection (ETD) on his Kelvin Hughes MantaDigital radar.

Belgian dredging giant Jan De Nul completed a massive fleet renewal programme last week with the launch of the trailing suction hopper dredger Charles Darwin.