The Dutcham Trade Award 2010-2011 is dedicated to Van Oord Offshore for best business achievement in Brazil. The trophy was assigned to the Dutch dredging company for their succesfull merits in the Brazilian offshore industry. At the ceremony on May 17 in São Paulo the jury of the Brasilian-Dutch Ch
VMI is proud to announce the introduction of its new self-propelled horizontal dredge; the MD-822-SP. The MD-822-SP uses a unique patent-pending auger drive system to maneuver and position the dredge during operation. The auger drive system is mounted directly behind the horizontal cutter head to pr
Anchor QEA announced today that Amanda Shellenberger, P.E., is the 2011 recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Outstanding Young Civil Engineer in the Private Sector for the Western Region. This award is awarded to engineers 35 years and younger for their professional achievemen
HYPACK Inc. Middletown, CT., a leading developer of hydrographic and dredging software in the marine industry, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Unique System FZE as the exclusive distributor of HYPACK products in the Arabian Peninsula. Commenting on the appointment, sales and marketing d
Ellicott Dredges has recently created two new informational animations to help educate its clients on the intricate workings of dredges and their outputs. The Swinging Dragon® Animation highlights the capabilities of our newest dual-function dredger which can operate in both swinging ladder and conv
IHC Merwede is delighted to announce that alternative fuels have been used in the dredging process for the first time. The company ran a pilot test in which energy derived from hydrogen was the sole source used to power the electrical equipment on board a dredger. The sustainable energy test took pl
Tap water contamination, which had affected some 10,000 residents in a south China town earlier this week, was caused by freakish weather… (china) [mappress] Source: china, August 10, 2010;
Large-scale dredging to help restore Grand Lake St. Marys to health could be completed within two to two-and-a-half years, according to … By William Hershey (daytondailynews) [mappress] Source: daytondailynews, August 10 , 2010;
For many years there have been little ground-breaking developments in the world of dredging according to Tore Hansen-Tangen, Executive Chairman of Viking Development Group. “The vessels have become larger, the control systems and other equipment have become more sophisticated, but the industry still
CEDA as an official stakeholder has been participating in the work relating to the implementation of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) from the second part of 2009. This concise document introduces briefly the MSFD and explains why and in what way is CEDA involved in the discussions
Port expansion, channel deepening, as well as the demand of improved coastal engineering and management is driving massive dredging… [mappress] Source: IQPC, June 25, 2010
Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries announced today that it has deployed its first of many real-time monitoring stations that will… [mappress] Source: bire, June 25, 2010
Italdraghe, the Italian dredger builder, has designed a dredging bucket that is ideal for small scale dredging jobs in narrow canals and waterways involving the removal of only a few thousand cubic meters of material. This bucket can be fitted on to either land-based or floating excavators and featu
Transnet National Ports Authorities (TNPA) Transnet Ltd. is the largest state-owned enterprise active in the logistics chain in South Africa. Every day, the company delivers thousands of tons of goods in and around the country. It administers and maintains railways, trains, logistic centres, fuel an