Dredging & Flood Defence

The financial downturn is not effecting Dutch dredger builders IHC Merwede, which has added € 300m to its already full order book with contracts for ten newbuilds to emerging global powerhouses India…

The UK’ s Westminster Dredging recently demonstrated the most efficient way of delivering dredged aggregate to a coastal defence project straight from the ship to the site, a process that removes the…

Subsidiaries of Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering (DEME) in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, have secured contracts valued at more than € 220m in recent weeks.

Dutch dredging and marine construction giant Van Oord has completed a project to deepen the navigable channel of the North Sea Canal in The Netherlands. Now, large ocean going vessels can once…

For decision makers and their advisors in governments, port and harbour authorities, offshore companies and other organisations that have to execute dredging projects, the International Association of Dredging Companies has organised the…

Dutch dredging major Van Oord has commissioned a new self-propelled cutter suction dredger which will be one of the largest of its type in the world. The vessel will be built at…