Dredging & Flood Defence

The UK’s Bridlington Harbour Commissioners have taken delivery of a new dredger that will be employed on maintenance dredging in the harbour.

Dredging and excavation are among the main tasks for the latest multi-purpose work-horse to enter service on Germany’s 98kms long Kiel Canal – the world’s busiest man-made waterway.

Belgium’s Jan De Nul Group has ordered three 3,500 m3 Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers to be built at Keppel Nantong, and these vessels which will operate in environmentally sensitive areas, will not…

Yacht Havens Group, owner of nine yachting facilities in the U.K and the Netherlands, has taken delivery of a new Italdraghe MK III Marina Master 8000 Dredger at its Fambridge Yacht Haven…

A joint venture between Boskalis Westminster and McLaughlin and Harvey is currently working on the initial stages of Peterhead Port Authority’s £50m North Harbour development in Scotland, UK.

Dredger and dredging equipment supplier Dragflow has been busy recently, with four orders for custom made dredgers moving through its Italy based manufacturing facility.

Dutch dredging majors Van Oord and Boskalis have been awarded a contract by Brazil’s Ministry of Transport, Ports and Civil Aviation for capital and maintenance dredging at the Port of Santos.

The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has established a new Working Group on the beneficial use of dredged sediments.