Dredging & Flood Defence

VESSELS

VESSELS

Seawork exhibitor Parkol Marine Engineering, which brought an aluminium fisheries patrol vessel to the pontoons this year, has won a £5.6 million contract to build a new ferry for a tiny island…

20th August 2025

New ferry and wind expansion plans for remote islands

20th August 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Van Oord will reclaim 28 million cubic metres of sand and four million tons of rock to an island and key marine infrastructure in Dubai.

20th August 2025

Van Oord to reclaim 13 hectares of land for Dubai

20th August 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Fourteen projects have been launched across the EU to monitor, assess and forecast coastal hazards, among other coastal services.

19th August 2025

EU launches 14 coastal monitoring projects

19th August 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A major expansion at one of Scotland’s ports has passed a milestone with the granting of marine and dredging licences.

12th August 2025

£111 million port expansion granted dredge licences

12th August 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Three multi-million-euro dredging projects have issued tenders in Italy, from the west to the south and back up to the east.

30th July 2025

Italy issues €multi-million dredging tenders

30th July 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The second phase of major works to expand the Port of Rotterdam to accommodate larger and an increasing number of vessels has begun.

30th July 2025

Phase B of Yangtzekanaal widening begins

30th July 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A major step forward in Dutch flood defence has been taken with a new contract signed between Van Oord and Boskalis to reinforce the IJsselmeerdijk near Lelystad.

15th July 2025

Sustainable deal signed for dyke upgrade

15th July 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A million tons of shingle will be added to a small English beach to double its size and add flood protection.

9th July 2025

Dredgers to move 1 million tons of shingle to double beach size

9th July 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

BMT is introducing dredging management tools that use artificial intelligence to improve how ports predict and respond to sediment build-up in navigation channels.

23rd June 2025

BMT unveils AI-powered dredging forecast tools

23rd June 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Two major marine infrastructure milestones have highlighted the power of innovation and collaboration in advancing climate resilience and renewable energy.

20th June 2025

DEME drives coastal offshore innovation

20th June 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Welcome to the first of our monthly ‘Editor’s Insight’ opinion pieces, with direct comment or opinion on some aspect of the commercial marine industry. On the eve of this year’s Seawork exhibition and…

2nd June 2025

Floodfighters? Call to Action!

2nd June 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A coastal English county is battling a feared 1m sea level rise by 2100 with annual beach replenishment works – but this will still not be enough, it says.

30th May 2025

Changing tides: New methods sought for rising sea levels

30th May 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Associatd British Ports (ABP) division UK Dredging (UKD) has officially named a new Water Injection Dredger (WID) as its latest fleet addition.

16th May 2025

Dredger christened as latest member of ABP fleet

16th May 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Net profits for 2024 were just a third of 2023’s record earnings, Van Oord CEO Govert van Oord, who replaced Pieter van Oord last year after 15 years at the helm, has…

25th April 2025

Van Oord admits struggles in offshore wind sector

25th April 2025

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

“We can’t conjure rescue assets out of thin air,” says David Lane, who is leading the Flood Fighters initiative around the world and will be at Seawork in June with members of…

25th April 2025

PODCAST: Fighting floods – join the discussion

25th April 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Nearly a year since it started, the Skandia Gateway fairway deepening project at the Port of Gothenburg is making strides in marine civils while cutting its carbon footprint by 10,000 tons of…

4th April 2025

CO2-friendly green port construction

4th April 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Another key milestone has been reached in the construction of the new Scheldt tunnel in Antwerp with the deliberate breach of the river’s dyke.

21st March 2025

Dyke breach marks key Scheldt tunnel milestone

21st March 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The UK government has committed £2.65 billion (€3.2 billion) to flood defences over two years as part of its ‘Plan for Change’.

3rd March 2025

UK commits to record spending on flood defences

3rd March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Wärtsilä has increased its dredger offering by signing a five-year deal with one of the largest dredger fleets in the Middle East.

25th February 2025

Wärtsilä signs 5-year deal with dredger fleet

25th February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

UK Dredging (UKD), a division of Associated British Ports and operator of the UK’s largest British-owned dredging fleet, has unveiled its newest vessel, the UKD Seadragon.

31st January 2025

ABP boosts fleet with new WID

31st January 2025