Water Injection Dredging and Fluid Mud Trapping Pilot in the Port of Rotterdam

As conventional dredging and relocation of sediment deposits is highly expensive, port authorities seek for more efficient solutions for reducing the costs of maintenance dredging. One of the well-known solutions is water injection dredging (WID). In general, WID is proven to be cheaper than the hopper dredging by leaving the sediment in place,...

Experimental research: Filling process of a river plough: Bulldozer forces induced by under water ploughing explained

This report describes and analyses small scale plough process. This research is initiated by Deltares and the Delft University of Technology as an experimental way to gain insight in the ploughing of the river bed in rivers. The main target of this thesis is to gather information on the plough process as applied in the maintenance of the Waal...

A framework towards forward cooperation in the product life cycle of dredging equipment

The Dutch shipbuilding industry has a real competitive force in building complex, specialized and multipurpose vessels (Rabobank, 2014). However, the Dutch maritime sector has to deal with strongly growing competition worldwide. For the dredging sector this implies the need to innovate in order to remain competitive. This research focuses on the...