Tag: dredging

In the Port of Helsinki, Boskalis will deepen de Vuosaari fairway and harbor basin from eleven to thirteen meters and use a part of the dredged material for the development of Helsinki’s Hernesaari area. 

According to the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA), the hopper dredger vessel "Meotida" of Delta-pilot branch, successfully completed its operations on the field of the Berdyansk seaport approach channel. while relocated back to Mariupol.

The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay along with Port of Siuslaw and Business Oregon announced their collaboration, in order to complete the dredging operations in the inner boat basin of Port of Siuslaw.

The Port of Hamburg recently announced that in the course of the Elbe's river dredging, construction stones were successfully build into the "Medemrinne" and "Neufelder Sand". Specifically from March until October 2019, 1.200.000 tons were build in the above mentioned underwater deposit areas (UDAs).

Port of Hamburg is continuing its dredging projects by plan, as a second hopper dredger named Bonny River has been conducting dredging operations on the federal stretch and taking the spoil to the UWA - underwater dredged material disposal site at Medemrinne, from October.

Boskalis and biofuels supplier GoodFuels will advance the 'Boskalis on Bio' program for testing sustainable bio-fuel oil. After successful tests with 'drop-in' blends of light biofuel and marine gas oil, Boskalis’ Willem van Oranje will be the first dredging vessel in the world to operate on 100% biofuel oil.

The attempt to make the Port of Virginia the deepest port on the US East Coast begins in January 2020, after the finalization this week of a contract with an international dredging company that will take on the project’s initial phase.

The Mauritanian Port of Nouadhibou will soon be able to welcome vessels with a capacity of up to 250,000 tons, following works on the deepening and widening dredging of the 25-km long entrance channel this month. The project is supported by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). 

The Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management and the Port of Rotterdam Authority announced the completion of the deepening of the Nieuwe Waterweg and Botlek. This is one of the busiest waterways in the Netherlands, and has now been deepened by a metre and a half across a distance of 25 kilometres.

Terminal operator JSC Klaipėdos nafta (KN) collaborates with the Klaipėda State Seaport Authority (KSSA), by signing a tripartite agreement on re-constructing the KN oil terminal's berth No1, along with the winners of the public tender. The cost of the first phase works assigned to KN amounts to just over EUR 1.7 million, with the reconstruction work scheduled to begin within a month.