Dredging & Flood Defence

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

De Groot Nijkerk Dredging equipment and Damen Shipyards have sold a North African customer a complete dredging package which includes a type CZ550 cutter suction dredger, a booster station, a floating pipeline…

1st October 2003

De Groot Delivers Complete Dredging Equipment Package

1st October 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Netherlands dredging electronics specialists IHCSystems BV have reported a slowdown of the extended boom years during which it has supplied equipment for an unprecedented wave of newbuilding trailing suction hopper dredgers,…

1st July 2003

IHC Systems Forsees Slowdown of Newbuild Boom

1st July 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The specialist UK dredging and earthworks contractor Land and Water Services Ltd isundertaking the highly complex construction of an Olympic standard 2.2 km long rowing course at Caversham in Berkshire. To undertake…

1st July 2003

Rowing Course Challenge for Dredging Contractor

1st July 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Netherlands De Groot Nijkerk has received a repeat order from an African client for a dismountable cutter suction dredger specially designed to tackle annual siltation problems in inland waterways. These are…

1st June 2003

Repeat African Order for De Groot Nijkerk

1st June 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Spains Izar Sestao Shipyard launched the second of twin 11,300m 3trailing suction hopper dredgers last month for Belgian dredging giant Jande Nul . The launch ceremony for the Francis Beaufort wasfollowed by…

1st June 2003

More Izar Sestao Newbuild for Jan de Nul

1st June 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Boskalis jumbo trailing suction hopper dredger WDFairway has been restored to its former eminence as the worlds largest dredger following the completion of lengthening and other works at the Sembawang Shipyard in…

1st June 2003

Extended WD Fairway Goes Back to Work

1st June 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Big Three major Dutch dredging contractors have all reported significant profits for 2002 despite a second half slowdown and an uncertain future clouded by a sluggish world economy, war, and sand-winning…

1st June 2003

Mixed Results for Dutch Dredging Trio

1st June 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Royal Boskalis Westminster in the Netherlands has won a major order that includes the construction of an artificial island, the future site of an oil production plant in the Caspian Sea off…

1st May 2003

Boskalis Wins Kazakhstan Order

1st May 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Ballast Ham Dredging (BHD) has been awarded a contract for a land reclamation project at Port Rashid, Dubai.

1st May 2003

BHD Wins Contract for Land Reclamation Project in Dubai

1st May 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

VOSTA LMG will deliver a CSD350 cutter suction dredger this month to a Russian customer who has specified that the vessel must be able to operate in Siberia at temperatures as low…

1st April 2003

Deep Freeze Dredger Designed for Defiance

1st April 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and The Crown Estate have launched a new initiative to provide more detailed information on the zoning of marine aggregate licence areas located around the…

1st February 2003

BMAPA and Crown Estate Launch Initiative on Aggregates Zoning

1st February 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Royal BAM Group in the Netherlands says it has acquired the one-third interest in the dredging company Ballast Ham Dredging (BHD) that was owned by Ballast Nedam.

1st February 2003

Royal BAM Completes Acquisition of Ballast Ham Dredging

1st February 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Shipyard K Damen at Hardinxveld-Giessendam in The Netherlands has signed a contract to build a 3,880m 3capacity trailer suction hopper dredger for Scelveringhe Scheepvaart BV.

1st January 2003

Dredger Contract for K Damen

1st January 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Construction of the worlds largest self-propelled cutter suction dredger is now in full progress at IHC Hollands Kinderdijk shipyard. The vessel for Belgian contractor Jan de Nul is due to be launched…

1st January 2003

Largest CSD Newbuild Underway at Kinderdijk

1st January 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

De Groot Nijkerk Dredging Equipment is supplying the Suez Canal Authority with a complete assembly package for their type CZ450S cutter suction dredger. The pontoon is being built and the vessel assembled…

1st January 2003

De Groot Delivers Versatile CSD for Suez Canal Authority

1st January 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging giant Boskalis starts work this month on a ¢ 30m project to broaden and deepen the entrance channels to the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden. The contract with the Swedish…

1st January 2003

Gothenburg Fairway Dredging Gets New Year Start

1st January 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Dutch construction group Ballast Nedam has reversed its earlier position and decided to sell its one-third interest in joint venture Ballast Ham Dredging to majority co-owner Hollandsche Beton Groep The decision…

1st October 2002

Ballast Nedam Sells Interest in Ballast Ham Dredging

1st October 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The World Organisation of Dredging Associations (WODA) has announced that the 17th World Dredging Congress (WODCON) will take place in Hamburg from 27 September through to 1 October 2004, coinciding with the…

1st October 2002

World Dredging Congress XVII Tied to Next SMM Exhibition

1st October 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

In order to meet the growing demand for sand required for infrastructure projects in the Netherlands, dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has ordered a third dismountable deepwin dredger from De Groot Nijkerk.

1st September 2002

De Groot Nijkerk Boosts Royal Boskalis Dredging Capability

1st September 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgian contractors DEME have ordered a 5,400m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger from IHC Holland, which has contracted the construction of the vessel to its Rotterdam based subsidiary yard Van der Giessen…

1st September 2002

IHC Holland Lands DEME Order

1st September 2002