Dredging & Flood Defence

Hanson Aggregates Marine, which dredges and delivers to 20 wharves around the UK, Holland, Belgium and France, has surrendered two areas of licensed seabed earmarked for aggregates dredging. The move reflects the…

A sea wall at Wallasea Island in Essex in the UK was deliberately breached in early July, creating the UKs largest man-made marine wetland. The UK Governments Department for Environment, Food and…

Essex UK based Eco Dredging Ltd returned to Seawork this summer. Eco Dredging is a member of the Vis Group of companies in the Netherlands and specialises in the maintenance dredging of…

Marieke, the new 5,600m3 trailing suction hopper dredger for Belgian contractor DEME was launched recently at the IHC Holland Merwede yard at Sliedrecht in the Netherlands.

Belgian contractor Jan De Nul NV is undertaking coastal protection works in the north of the Netherlands which involve both beach reclamation and foreshore suppletion.

Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord has been awarded two maintenance dredging contracts in northern Germany by clients Wasser und Schiffahrtsamt and the Hamburg Port Authority. The combined value of the projects is…