
Latin America has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic over the past 18 months. Yet, slowly but surely, perspectives for recovery from the health crisis are starting to appear. However, water-related challenges remain enormous in the region, exacerbated by pressing issues such as climate change. L

WODCON XXIII, the twenty-third World Dredging Congress, will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 16th to 20th May 2022. The organising committee is inviting abstract submissions for the papers, presentations and panel sessions, that will make up the main body of the technical and business programme

The registration for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 is now live! The event, to be held on 26 & 27 October in Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands, will attract thousands of offshore professionals and hundreds of exhibiting companies. Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) looks forwa

This year for the first time the Western Dredging Association will recognize a Young Professional, who has made contributions of significant value to WEDA and the dredging community in recent years. The Young WEDA Award will be presented at the 2021 WEDA Dredging Summit, which starts today June 15.

There is still time to register for the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Virtual Dredging Summit ’21. The 2021 Virtual Dredging Summit is a technical meeting organized by WEDA to promote the exchange of knowledge in fields related to dredging, navigation, marine engineering, and construction. The

Deepening and maintaining waterways and navigation channels through the use of dredges allow for the safe movement of ships and cargo in the maritime industry. Investments in the dredging fleet are now being viewed as a critical step in supporting new developments, including environmental restoratio

Port of Baltimore together with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will tomorrow, Wednesday night at 5:30 pm, hold a webinar on the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration project. The purpose of this webinar is to provide information and discuss the Mid-Bay restoration project, a future dredg

When the Board of Central Dredging Association decided to revamp their flagship event, it was clear that Dredging Days 2021 was going to be very different from the norm. Now, in keeping with current international COVID-19 regulations, the Board has announced that the conference and exhibition will b

International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is getting ready to host their second ‘Meet the Experts’ webinar next week. Yves Bosteels of Jan De Nul Group will on May 4, 11:00 CET address the importance of managing financial risks in a dredging project. In this webinar, the topic of managi

Western Dredging Association (WEDA) has announced its next webinar titled “A New PIANC Guideline for Managing Environmental Risks of Navigation Infrastructure Projects” will take place on Friday, May 28, 2021 at 1 PM EST. This joint webinar between PIANC, ERDC, and WEDA will focus on PIANC’s Environ

The WEDA Safety Commission will this month host an hour-long webinar focusing on the ongoing pipeline safety challenge in dredging. The webinar named “What Lies Beneath: The Ongoing Pipeline Safety Challenge Facing Dredging and Marine Construction Projects” is scheduled for Friday, April 30, 2021. G

Next week, IADC will begin a series of interactive free webinars that will focus on a high-profile dredging projects. The first webinar named “The importance of survey and site investigation of project sites and sand borrow areas” is set for Wednesday, 21 April, 11:00 CET, and will be moderated by M

Each year the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) presents Environmental Excellence Awards to outstanding projects at its annual WEDA Summit and Exposition. In 2021 the awards will be announced during the Virtual WEDA Dredging Summit, which owing to the COVID19 pandemic, will be held online from Jun

In the upcoming months, IADC will organise several interactive live webinars with experts from the dredging sector. All topics such as the importance of survey and site investigations or managing financial risks, are based of high-profile dredging projects. For each webinar that is free of charge, I