by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 13, 2021 | Container loss, News, Salvage
Over 2.5 years after the MSC Zoe lost 342 containers in the North Sea just north of the Dutch Wadden Islands, Rijkswaterstaat has removed the last container part from the Wadden Sea. Salvage company BDS salvaged parts of a container on the Rif, a sandbank between...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 30, 2021 | News, Shipping
The construction of the sea lock at IJmuiden, the Netherlands, will be completed this summer. The lock will then be delivered to Rijkswaterstaat and a period of testing will begin. The lock is to be taken into service early next year. Construction started in 2016. In...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 6, 2021 | Dredging, Marine fuels, News, Ship design
Royal IHC has received an approval in principle (AiP) from classification society Bureau Veritas for the design of a hydrogen-fuelled trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). In an innovation partnership with Rijkswaterstaat, the shipyard is exploring a new type of...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 26, 2021 | Dredging, Land reclamation, News
Nature in the Markermeer lake in the Netherlands will be given a boost through the realisation of two new nature islands. On behalf of the Dutch Society for the Preservation of Nature (Natuurmonumenten) and Rijkswaterstaat, Boskalis will construct these islands in the...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 11, 2021 | News
The Netherlands Coast Guard has a new emergency tug at its disposal since 1 January 2021. The Alp Ace managed by Multraship is located near the Borssele offshore wind farm in order to assist shipping in the event of an emergency. Borssele is located off the coast of...
