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.
Izmail and Reni ports will be dredged to 7.2 meters
Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 1, 2023 – The Ukrainian Danube River ports of Izmail and Reni will have their depth increased to 7.2 meters by the...
Port of Burgas to renovate its communist era Ro-Ro berth
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 16, 2023 – BGN 6.4 million (3.27 million euro) will be invested by Bulgaria’s state-owned Port Infrastructure for...
Northern Sardinian ports to receive €20 mln port in investment
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – The ports of Olbia, Golfo Aranci, Santa Teresa and Porto Torres, in Northern Sardinia, are set...
Assoporti approves new dredging rules
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) September 27, 2023 – Assoporti is satisfied with the start of the simplification of the procedures initiated by the Ministry of...
Port of Livorno plans dredging works
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) July 27, 2023 – The Port Authority of Livorno will soon start the process which will remove 195,000 m³ of material from a...
Port of Taranto starts dredging, Yilport container terminal
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – The Port of Taranto has started dredging the seabed in front of the Yilport container terminal to -16.5...
Dredging begins in Port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – Dredging begins in Port of Civitavecchia Dock 25 will be dredged to -15 metres. Approximately 170,000...
Russia begs Iran for Volga River dredging help
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Sanctions-hit Russia, unable to complete the critically important dredging of the Volga-Caspian Sea...
Malta Freeport to start dredging bay in Birżebbuġa
Valletta, Malta (PortSEurope) June 14, 2023 – Malta Freeport Terminals Ltd has submitted a proposal to dredge the bay in order to improve vessel...
EU funding for Alexandropoulis port
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – The European Commission (EC) will provide Greece with €24 million for the development of the...
EBRD to help develop Ukraine’s Danube ports of Izmail, Reni and Ust-Dunaysk
Kiyv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – The development of Ukraine’s Danube Port Cluster – Izmail, Reni and Ust-Dunaysk – with...
Port Authority of Seville issues dredging tender
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) March 29, 2023 – The Port Authority of Seville (APS) has issued a tender for over €3.6 million euros (VAT included) for...
Sanctions force the largest ever dredging of Volga-Caspian Sea Canal
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Russia’s state agency RosMorPort will start on April 1 an unprecedented, massive dredging of the...
Russia issues tender for dredging of Volga-Caspian Shipping Canal
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 10, 2023 – Russia’s state agency Rosmorport has issued a tender for maintenance dredging on...
Russia announces further investment in Port of Olya, Astrakhan
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – Financing of 2.5 billion rubles was allocated for the design and construction of infrastructure...
Russia forced to rely on China and Iran to deepen Volga Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – Russia was forced to beg China and Iran to send dredging equipment to realise another of Russian...
Rosatom plans dredging in North Sea Route area
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 21, 2023 – The total volume of dredging and hydraulic engineering operations in the waters of the Northern Sea...
Draft of vessels in Ukraine’s Danube ports significantly increase
Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) February 20, 2023 – War-torn Ukraine has managed to increase the draft of vessels in the country’s section of the Danube...
Turkey’s Ünye Port to dredge harbour seabed
Ünye, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 29, 2022 – Turkey’s Ünye Port plans to dredge the harbour seabed in orer to handle larger vessels. This will...
Dredging continues at Ports of Genoa and Savona
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 29, 2022 – Dredging continues at the Ports of Genoa and Savona in order to support larger commercial and passenger...