Suez Canal Authority (SCA) today released this amazing video about the salvage operations of the Panamanian flagged container ship Ever Given. For the refloating of the 224,000-ton container vessel, approximately 30,000 cubic meters of sand was dredged to help free the vessel and a total of eleven h
The naming ceremony for the mega cutter suction dredger Spartacus – the most powerful CSD in the world – was held last Friday. With a total installed power of 44,180 kW, its production rates and ability to cut hard soil are unrivalled, said DEME. Although it was not possible to have DEME’s tradition
Rohde Nielsen’s new multi-purpose vessel Grane R has secured its first job on the Baltic Pipe project. Grane R will carry out boulder removal, trench maintenance dredging, and backfilling for the gas pipeline between the Norwegian sector of the North Sea and Poland. For the boulder removal operation
North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) has successfully wrapped up maintenance dredging at the Port of Weipa for another year. According to NQBP CEO, Nicolas Fertin, the dredge vessel TSHD Brisbane has left the Port of Weipa after completing the 22-day program. “I would like to commend all o
The Environment Agency (EA) has pledged to default to low-carbon concrete when constructing flood defences and other critical infrastructure projects, provided they meet performance requirements, as it sets out its roadmap to hit net zero as an organisation by 2030. The comprehensive new roadmap dem
The £350 million Aberdeen South Harbour expansion project – the largest marine infrastructure program currently underway in the United Kingdom – is in the “final sprint” towards a phased opening later this year. After completion, this capital development project will open significant opportunities f
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards yesterday announced three large-scale coastal restoration projects are now under construction to restore more than 2,900 acres of beach, dune, marsh and ridge in four parishes in Southeast Louisiana. The Spanish Pass marsh restoration near the town of Venice, the
New Zealand’s South Port lodged a Resource Consent Application with Environment Southland yesterday to deepen the entrance channel and harbour to 10.7 metres, reports What’s On Invers. “Extensive consultation has been undertaken and we have completed a number of environmental assessments in preparat
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has officially kicked off the dredging operations to extend a second lane that allows for two-way traffic in the southern section of the canal. The recent grounding of the 20,000TEU containership Ever Given in this part of the canal delayed the passage of hundreds of v
TomoNews has released this amazing video named “How the Suez Canal was saved”. With a length of 400 meters and a width of nearly 60 meters, the 20,000TEU container vessel Ever Given had been wedged in this vital shipping route for six days this March, blocking all shipping traffic. For the refloatin
The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, one of the largest and most important infrastructure projects in Europe, is advancing according to schedule. The project, aimed to eliminate one of the bottlenecks in the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor that stretches between Northern Scandinavia and Malta, was approved i
DEME Group has won a contract for the maintenance dredging of the River Elbe in Germany, together with their joint venture partner Van Oord. The maintenance work covers the stretch of the fairway from Hamburg to Cuxhaven. Several trailing suction hopper dredgers will be deployed on this project from
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian President, yesterday approved the widening and deepening of the southern part of the Suez Canal, after the 20,000TEU container vessel Ever Given crippled the critical maritime artery recently. With a length of 400 meters and a width of nearly 60 meters, this giant ship
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