Dredging & Flood Defence

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A £ 600,000 dredging operation is underway at the UK port of Milford Haven to maintain the waterway and ensure that vessels can continue to have full access to its berths and…

1st July 2002

Dredging Operations Underway at UK Port of Milford Haven

1st July 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Europes largest ever dredging project is closer to becoming a reality after the Dutch government gave formal backing to the proposed 2,500 hectare Massvlakte II land reclamation which would effectively extend the…

1st July 2002

Maasvlakte II Moves Closer Towards Reality

1st July 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredger building in Spain received another boost recently when French operators GIE Dragages Ports took delivery of the 5,000m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger Daniel Laval from the IZAR Gijon shipyard. The…

1st July 2002

Newbuild Suction Hopper Dredger Deployed From Spain to Seine

1st July 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredger builder IHC Holland has extended its remarkable record of providing vessels for Chinese clients into a third century with the launch and naming ceremony last month of the 12,888m 3capacity…

1st July 2002

IHC Holland Sails Into Third Chinese Century

1st July 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Royal Boskalis Westminster nv has won an order for broadening and deepening the entrance channels to Swedens Port of Gothenburg in a dredging contract valued at more than ?30m. The client is…

1st June 2002

Boskalis Wins Gothenburg Harbour Dredging Contract

1st June 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Representatives from major European ports were recently welcomed by Associated British Ports (ABP) Port of Southampton and ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) - ABPs Southampton-based research subsidiary - for the eighth…

1st June 2002

ABPmer hosts dredging workshop

1st June 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

seawork2002 exhibitor Westminster Dredging is part of a consortium which has just scooped the Best Environmental Project Award 2002 for the first Public Private Partnership (PPP) flood defence scheme to be let…

1st June 2002

The Best Environmental Project Award for PPP Flood Defence

1st June 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A large order of dredgers, dredging support craft and dredging equipment left the Netherlands early May bound for Nigeria. The delivery represents a major success for the combined forces of IHC Hollands…

1st June 2002

IHC Yards in Jumbo Dredging Delivery

1st June 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Jan de Nul has provided an update on its recent activities in the Caribbean region.

1st May 2002

Jan de Nul Busy in Caribbean

1st May 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredgers are hardworking vessels, prone to extreme mechanical wear and tear inherent to the nature of their enterprise. However, dredger operators are keen that their vessels should appear in first class condition…

1st April 2002

Dredger Protection Prioritised

1st April 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging equipment manufacturer De Groot Nijkerk has landed orders for three of their popular stationary dredgers. Two of type CZ150 are a repeat order of package deliveries to a satisfied customer…

1st April 2002

New Dredger Orders for De Groot Nijkerk

1st April 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Department of the Marine and Natural Resources in Dublin, Ireland, has issued a tender for a major capital dredging project that will be carried out in, and adjacent to, the existing…

1st April 2002

Dredging Project is Precursor to New Facilities in Galway

1st April 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Van Oord Group, the Dutch dredging and marine construction firm, says it has a well filled order book, and what it calls good prospects for profit in 2002.

1st April 2002

Good year from Van Oord ACZ

1st April 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Jan de Nul Group of Belgium placed an order with IHC Holland for the design and delivery of equipment for the worlds largest deep dredging installation for the trailing suction hopper…

1st January 2002

Jan De Nul Orders the Worlds Largest Deep Dredging Installation

1st January 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Environment Agency in the UK says an emergency workforce has started tackling some of the sandbanks in the River Thames caused by last winters exceptional floods.

1st January 2002

Thames Dredging Tackles Sand Banks

1st January 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The second phase of a three-year winter programme to dredge the River Wensum, near Norwich in the UK, has got underway. The Broads Authority says dredging will continue between Bishops Bridge and…

1st January 2002

Dredging continues on River Wensum

1st January 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Humber Work Boats celebrated 30 years of successful operations with naming and blessing ceremonies earlier this month for its new self-propelled dipper dredger Pat M. Releasing the champagne was Pat Morgan (Pat…

1st January 2002

Humberside Hails Arrival of Pat M

1st January 2002