Dredging & Flood Defence

The Netherland' s two major international dredging contractors report spectacular rises in profits and turnover during 2007.

The port of Bremerhaven in Germany, now the fourth largest container harbour in Europe, is also a laboratory for the advancement of dredging techniques and sustainable development.

In a series of technical tours run in conjunction with the PIANC-COPEDEC VII conference discussed above, participants learned valuable lessons about how projects like Sama Dubai’ s Lagoons, Dubai Maritime City, Palm…

The Dutch government is considering a radical plan to build a £ 7bn island in the shape of a tulip in the North Sea. The idea behind the concept is to relieve…

The Shetland  Islands Council  (SIC) is being asked to pay more than £ 5m towards the cost of dredging work at Port of Lerwick, having lost a legal battle to prevent the…

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has announced its intention to award the contract for the Maasvlakte 2 port extension project to a consortium consisting of Dutch dredging and marine construction majors Van…