Dredging
A port’s activities related to the deepening of the seabed in its waterways and basins. Includes the waters in port entrances and docks, to deepen the draft for handling ever-larger ships.
Port of Hamburg increases draft to handle larger vessels
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) January 31, 2022 – The Port of Hamburg has announced that draft of the harbour has been increased by 1-1.9 metres. This...
Dredging of Varna port could stop after €222 million spent to improve access to a terminal privatised by a controversial local politician
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) January 17, 2022 – The dredging of the two main access canals of Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea port of Varna to a depth of up...
One consortium bids for Port of Livorno dredging contract
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2021 – A single bid has been received for the construction of the works at sea and the dredging of the Darsena...
Port of Livorno’s Darsena Europa container port moves closer to realisation
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 1, 2021 – The long-debated Darsena Europa, the future container terminal for the Port of Livorno, has taken a step...
National Marine Dredging Company wins Damietta port dredging contract
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) August 16, 2021 – The UAE’s National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has been awarded a contract to dredge the sea lane of...
Dredging starts in port of Makhachkala
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) August 6, 2021 – Dredging has started near Berth No. 6 of the Russian Caspian Sea Port of Makhachkala. The target is to...
Port of Palermo welcomes first extra large cruise ship
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) June 21, 2021 – The Sammuzzo pier in Palermo port has welcomed Costa Deliziosa cruise ship, the first such vessel...
Andalusia to invest €1.8 million in the dredging of the Port of Isla Cristina
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2021 – Ports of Andalusia will invest €1.8 million in the dredging of the Port of Isla Cristina channel in order to...
Larger ships to arrive in Motril, due to improvement in infrastructure
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2021 – The president of the Port Authority, José García Fuentes, stated that the investments made by operators and...
Cádiz port publishes announcement for Environmental Impact Study
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) May 4, 2021 – The Official State Gazette has published the announcement of the Port Authority of the Bay of Cádiz, reporting...
Port of Venice completes excavation of section of the Malamocco-Marghera canal
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) March 14, 2021 – The Port of Venice has completed the excavation of the section of the Malamocco-Marghera canal at the...
Petar Seferov is the new director of Port Varna and inherits a controversial dredging project
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 15, 2021 – Petar Seferov was appointed as the new Executive Director of the state-controlled Port of Varna,...
Southern Pier ready as part of Gelendzhik port modernisation
Gelendzhik, Russia (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – A working meeting has evaluated the implementation progress of the project “Complex of coastal...
Livorno port start pier reconstruction works
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – The port of Livorno has commenced the restructuring work on 35 meters of Pier 13 between the Torre del...
Bulgaria’s port of Burgas will implement a dredging project to coincide with Varna
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 10, 2021 – Bulgaria’s second largest Black Sea port of Burgas will start dredging works in March which will allow...
Tarragona port increases rate of dredging
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The dredger Zheng is carrying out its tasks to fill the interior of the Balearic Wharf of the Port of...
Venice port to start dredging of Malamocco Marghera canal
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 30, 2020 – Venice port hasd received the required approval to commence dredging of the seabed of the...