Dredging & Flood Defence

Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oordhas secured a number of important contracts in recent weeks.

Two of the big names inports, dredging, and estuarine consultancy have come under one roof this monthwith the announcement that HR Wallingford has acquired Dredging ResearchLimited.

In the latest move to upgrade and invest in theinfrastructure the Port of London Authority (PLA) recently awarded a £ 1.5m contract to DredgingInternational (UK ) for the deepening of the Princess…

Fromits base at Beverley in East Yorkshire UK, SRD Ltd travelled to last months OffshoreEurope exhibition where it introduced a new multibeam seabed visualisation,measurement and control system which produces live 3D images…

ownerDragages Ports. The new 700 m3 grab hopper dredger, built by DamenShipyards Galati yard in Romania, will undertake maintenance duties usingeither its grab crane or its trailing suction pipe at the port…

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA)has made special commendations for three sites operated by its member companiesfollowing their contributions to the advancement of marine archaeology and theunderstanding of our past.

Royal Boskalis Westminster has received a letter of intentfrom Abu Dhabi Ports Company for the first construction phase of the newoffshore Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi.

A 250 page journal summarising the findings of over £ 9m of research related to marine aggregate dredging has been launched by the Marine Environment Protection Fund (MEPF) in the UK.

Italysleading dredger manufacturer, Italdraghe S.p.A., is making its first everappearance at Seawork this year as it seeks to expand its presence in theEuropean marketplace.

The presence of gas in dredged mixtures attacksthe efficiency of the dredge pump and therefore the entire dredging process.

Now supporting Bremerhavens ever increasing need for round the clock berth and basin dredging is the new ¢ 4.4m water injection dredger Hol Blank following its completion at Lloyd Werft.

Dorset UK based Jenkins Marine is makingcontinuing progress in the development of its dredging support operations.

IHC Holland Merwede, the Dutch shipyards groupwhich is global market leader in the design and construction of dredgers, hasannounced staggering results for 2006, with sales doubled to ¢ 1bn and netprofit tripled…

Animportant contract for trench dredging, backfilling and rock placement in India has been awarded to Tideway,  the Breda, Netherlandsbased subsidiary of dredging and environmental group DEME.