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First harvest at pioneering North Sea seaweed farm

First harvest at pioneering North Sea seaweed farm

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 16, 2025 | Maritime research, News, Offshore, Offshore wind

North Sea Farmers have made the first-ever harvest at North Sea Farm 1, a commercial-scale seaweed farm located off the coast of the Netherlands in the North Sea. The farm is uniquely located in the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm. The seaweed farm was created...
Reefblocks advance biodiversity and coastal protection

Reefblocks advance biodiversity and coastal protection

by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 16, 2025 | Hydraulic engineering, Maritime research, Nature restoration, News

Reefblocks technology, developed by sustainable startup Reefy, combines wave and erosion protection with enhanced biodiversity. The project “Rotterdam Reef”, which saw the blocks installed, now proves that infrastructure development and nature restoration can go hand...
VIDEO: Deltares tests Eastern Scheldt Barrier to its limit

VIDEO: Deltares tests Eastern Scheldt Barrier to its limit

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 14, 2025 | Hydraulic engineering, Maritime research, News

After more than 35 years of use, some parts of the Eastern Scheldt Barrier in the Dutch province of Zeeland need to be renovated or eventually replaced. Deltares, commissioned by Rijkswaterstaat, is carrying out scale model tests to accurately map the hydrodynamic...
Deltaflume tests world’s longest self-closing flood barrier

Deltaflume tests world’s longest self-closing flood barrier

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 22, 2024 | Hydraulic engineering, Maritime research, News

In early February, Deltares’ Deltaflume carried out wave tests to investigate the strength of a self-closing flood barrier that will be built along the renewed Scheldt quays in Antwerp. The self-closing flood barrier is hidden underground and rises only in cases...
Video: The forces that caused the MSC Zoe to lose containers explained

Video: The forces that caused the MSC Zoe to lose containers explained

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 2, 2020 | News

Following the MSC Zoe disaster, the Dutch Safety Board asked research organisations Deltares and MARIN to cooperate in an investigation. The key research questions were: what could cause container losses above the Wadden Sea and how could we prevent this in the...

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