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Restoring Saltmarshes with drag box solution
60% of the Saltmarsh habitats around the UK have been lost since 1945, and without some inspired interventions significant further losses will continue, fuelled by coastal squeeze (development), increased wash from boats, extreme climatic events (climate change influences) and rising sea levels. Lan
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Villingili Harbor dredging moves forward
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has just announced that the Gaafu Alif Atoll Villingili Harbor Development Project is moving ahead according to schedule. The new harbor dredging work has reached 45 percent completion, and quay wall block installation work has already commenced. The
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Preparing Dredge Potter for the upcoming dredging season
With spring arriving and higher water on the Mississippi, the crew of the St. Louis District’s Dredge Potter is busy doing maintenance on the 90-year-old vessel preparing for the upcoming dredging season. Carrying out the district’s mission of maintaining a nine-foot deep, 300-foot-wide channel on 3
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Bell delivers dredging equipment to Bangladesh Navy
Bell Dredging has successfully delivered a 36 ton class Bell Amphibious Excavator with Bell 200 dredge pump to a customer in Bangladesh. Capable of pumping 800 m3/h of mixture, this versatile machine is also fitted with: “Bell engineers, together with our Bangladesh dealer SINGUR GROUP, commissioned
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Mavi Deniz, UNDP sign agreement for amphibious vessels supply
Mavi Deniz, an Istanbul based company involved in oil spill response, weed and silt removal, dredging and ship building, has signed an important agreement with UNDP. According to the contract, Mavi Deniz will supply amphibious wetlands mobile vessels and auxiliary equipment for maintenance and clean
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Boskalis takes part in the world’s most controversial architecture project
Neom – said to be the brainchild of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) – is a futuristic mega-city planned for construction in northwestern Saudi Arabia. It will consist of three regions including The Line – a ‘smart city’ encased in mirrored walls that designers say will run on 1
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TU Delft: Climate-proof coastal protection with living dikes
Dikes protect the Netherlands from flooding. To keep the Netherlands safe in the future, several dikes are being reinforced in the High Water Protection Programme. The traditional way of strengthening dikes involves ‘hard’ (asphalt) revetment, but this is at the expense of the natural environment. T
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HID dredgers ready for Abu Dhabi
Two units of heavy-duty large capacity HID Brand CSD will be used for hard materials dredging such as harsh sand and gravel in Abu Dhabi for the purpose of the Army Port construction project. The cutter head power is 700KW, flow capacity is 7000m3/H with a dredging depth of 18m. The dredger is equip
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Spotlight on Great Lakes Dredging Team
Niagara County Legislator Dave Godfrey teamed up last week with Orleans County Legislature Chairwoman Lynne Johnson to present to the Great Lakes Dredging Team (GLDT) on small harbor and dredging management. The purpose of the GLDT is to foster an exchange of information among participants, includin
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LiDAR technology in Tuvalu (VIDEO)
With funding from the Green Climate Fund, the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project is working to develop innovative coastal protection solutions in one of the world’s most vulnerable small island developing states. Implemented by UNDP in partnership with the government, the project has worked with Fugr
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Van Oord’s new water injection dredger hits the water
The first of two water injection dredgers (WIDs) for Van Oord was successfully launched last week under beautiful conditions at the Vahali yard in Serbia. After launching, the WIDs will be transported to the yard in Zwijndrecht where the outfitting work will take place. In July 2022, Van Oord ordere
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Townsville dredging hits milestone – One year of channel widening
Port of Townsville Limited is marking a significant anniversary today for its Channel Upgrade project as they celebrate one year of channel widening. “In that time, we’ve removed 1.65 million cubic metres of dredge material, unloaded 1126 barges and worked a combined 359,009 hours,” the Port said. T
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Van Oord christens second LNG-powered TSHD Vox Apolonia
Van Oord celebrated the christening of brand new trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Apolonia today. This is Van Oord’s second hopper dredger equipped with an LNG fuel system. During a two-day christening event, Vox Apolonia was moored along the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam city centre. According to
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New Van Oord’s vessels will be powered by fuels of the future
In June 2022, Van Oord’s first LNG trailing suction hopper dredger, Vox Ariane, was ceremonially brought into service. She will be joined by her two sister ships, the Vox Apolonia and the Vox Alexia, in 2023. In November, the three vessels jointly received the 2022 Maritime KNVR Shipping Award, in r