Dredging & Flood Defence

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Van Oord has received the final award from the Limburg Water Board for the implementation of the Groene Rivier Well area development, a flood protection and landscape project in the north of…

13th March 2026

Van Oord secures Limburg project

13th March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

 One of Europe’s historic maritime gateways is being transformed to accommodate larger vessels and growing cargo volumes.

9th March 2026

WATCH: €500 million works to transform ‘Gateway to the Mediterranean’

9th March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A £5 billion (€5.8 billion) programme of flood defence, infrastructure and asset management works is to be launched across England by the UK Environment Agency over the next decade.

9th March 2026

UK prepares to launch £5 billion flood defence programme

9th March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Harwich Haven Authority (HHA) has launched a sustainable dredging scheme to reinforce coastal defence in the Stour Estuary while maintaining navigation at one of the UK’s busiest ports.

23rd February 2026

Coastal defences boosted with sustainable dredging

23rd February 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

More than €1 billion is being spent on flood defence projects in EU countries between 2021 and 2027, with 75% of it coming from the EU’s own coffers.

19th February 2026

€1 billion spending by EU states on flood defence

19th February 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The European Commission has approved an eighth payment request from Croatia for spending on flood defence, better water management and access to drinking water for 45,000 people.

16th February 2026

EU approves €10 billion handout for Croatian ‘resilience’

16th February 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

For more than three decades, Roger Smith has worked in developing solutions to coastal erosion and flood defence.

6th February 2026

INTERVIEW: In defence of coastlines – the asphalt answer

6th February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Seatrium has completed the vessel build and vessel launch of Frederick Paup, the largest self-propelled hopper dredge in US history.

26th January 2026

Seatrium delivers record US dredger build

26th January 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The UK waterways industry says axing a dredging tax exemption will increase emissions, stall clean-ups and directly contradict environmental ambitions.

21st January 2026

New dredging tax rule to destroy goals it aims to achieve

21st January 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Van Oord has been handed a contract for a major beach replenishment and coastal protection project in Portugal to restore and reinforce one of the country’s most prominent tourist beaches.

21st January 2026

Van Oord expands coastal replenishment portfolio

21st January 2026