During Knoop Machinery’s open days on the 29th and 30th of April in Tynaarlo, Damen will be exhibiting a hydraulically-driven DOP200 pump mounted on an amphibious Waterking excavator. Also on display will be an electrically-driven E-DOP200 pump. Damen DOP pumps are celebrating 25 years of service in
The Environment Agency is working on a project that will reduce flooding risks in Totnes by improving the existing flood defenses which were built in the 1970s. That is why the agency held a public drop-in at the Civic Hall in Totnes in April 2016. Feedback from the drop-in and meeting with local re
Ed. Zublin AG of Stuttgart, in a joint venture with Heinrich Hirdes GmbH, has been selected to build the Offshore-Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB). The construction contract, with a value of approx. €120 million, comprises the terminal (quays and hinterland), terminal access and retrofitting of the corres
Around 40 members of the IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) South Downs Branch recently paid a visit to a flood alleviation scheme being carried out by Team Van Oord. The visit was to the Clay’s Lake site, near Pease Pottage, where flood prevention works are being carried out as pa
Salix River and Wetland Services Ltd., a bioengineering firm based in South Wales, has been busy for quite some time now with the transformation of Walthamstow Wetlands into the largest urban wetland reserve in Europe. The company has just released this photo of the large modular pontoon with 13 ton
Haslin Constructions, a Sutherland-based engineering company, has won a $6.73 million Coffs Harbor Northern Breakwater upgrade, according to the Coffs Coast Advocate. This development scheme, set to begin next month, will involve widening of the breakwater near the entry to the harbor and constructi
The Netherlands and Indonesia will intensify their maritime collaboration in the field of port development and shipbuilding, according to the Government of the Netherlands’ official website. In regard to this, Melanie Schultz van Haegen, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment, signed a
Young CEDA Commission’s first meeting in the year was hosted by CEDA Corporate Member DHI in Copenhagen. Members of the Commission were welcomed by Ida Broker, Member of the CEDA Board, Klavs Bundgaard, member of the CEDA Environment Commission and Anders Jensen former CEDA President. With four new
The NJDEP is terminating the permits for the construction of a massive 225,000 cubic yard dredge spoil dump adjacent to residential homes, the Barnegat Bay and the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Eagleswood, Ocean County, according to the Environment New Jersey. The action was directly related
Central Dredging Association (CEDA) will be the host to a series of webinars on dredging technology this year – with a focus on the Cutter Suction Dredge and the Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge. The series will offer delegates training, at two different levels, depending on their working knowledge an
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) and UNESCO-IHE on Thursday, 21 April 2016, renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to continue building upon their good relationship. The renewed MoU serves as a reference for initiating, promoting and coordinating joint activities a
Bulkheads and seawalls along the shores of Puget Sound help ease erosion and stabilize bluffs to protect waterfront properties, according to the University of Washington. But these walled structures also shrink beaches, reduce habitat for invertebrates and spawning fish and, indirectly, degrade cond
The Belgian members of Young CEDA recently organised a one day program exclusively for students. During the day students got on board Cutter Suction Dredger d’Artagnan which was dredging the access to the new lock at the end of Deurganckdock. They also visited the dredging simulator at the DEME head
The recently-launched ice class trailing suction hopper dredger “Severnaya Dvina” has just passed through the Malacca Strait and is heading for Rotterdam where the final testing of the ship’s dredging equipment will be performed. The vessel was built by Damen for the Russian Port Agency FSUE “Rosmor
