Dredging is essential to the construction or maintenance of much of the infrastructure on which our economic prosperity and social well-being depend. It is also an important tool to restore and enhance the natural environment. It is an activity of which the wider public is largely unaware, but it is a field within which research has led to enormous developments in recent years. Against this background there is a need for a forum for the exchange of quality information on all aspects of dredging. Set up in 1978, the Central Dredging Association – CEDA - an international, independent professional society,... (read more)

2012-04-19 04:38:28

Dredging Workshop

The Hydrographic Society Benelux, together with the dredgers organisation CEDA, assembled on 30 September at the headquarters of Van Oord in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. After a buffet dinner, the participants were able to see the simulators. The main part of the evening consisted of presentations. Harm Wind, senior software engineer and Peter Paul Hoffman, team manager Graphic Design E&E at Van Oord started with Survey visualisation by VOSS.net software; Modelling, processes and visualisation of survey data and a seamless interface between survey and engineering. This presentation was followed by a presentation by Eric Peeters, senior surveyor and previous head of... (read more)

2014-12-15 02:13:37

CEDA Dredging Days 2017

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2017-03-23 11:48:47

North American Dredging Summit

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2016-10-13 10:25:14

Dredging Bill in Bangladesh

The Sand Quarry and Soil Management Bill-2010 was passed at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Tuesday, reports BSS, Bangladesh. For extracting sand, the bill also suggested provisions for dredging rivers those might suffer erosion of their banks at least one kilometre from bridges, culverts, dams, barrages, embankments, roads, highways, forests, railways and important public and private establishments and residential areas as per Environment Protection Act. It also suggested provision for banning extraction of sand or soil in some cases. The bill also proposed the provision of exporting soil and sand provided having approval of concerned authorities and following the rules of... (read more)

2010-12-09 09:46:32

Asia-Pacific Dredging Summit

This Summit will provide invaluable solutions from dredging experts, with in-depth examination of indispensable dredging strategies for efficient project management, and overall operational success. Also, viable practices and techniques conducted by ports to help promote more efficient dredging operations will be discussed in detail. With the current situation in the Asia Pacific region, the market is witnessing a shortage of both competence and advanced technology of modern dredging equipment & investments, as well as significant legislative issues. This event will address these key problems as well as the techniques for cost effective disposal of dredged material that meet Asia-Pacific regulatory... (read more)

2016-04-28 10:00:14

European Dredging Summit

Join ACI's 2nd European Dredging Summit taking place in Hamburg, Germany on the 14th & 15th September, 2016 and hear the leading executives and experts from the industry discuss "Effective Strategies to Improve Port Dredging Procedures" (read more)

2010-04-06 01:59:36

World Dredging Congress XVII

CEDA announces WODCON XVII, a dredging congress organized by CEDA on behalf of the World Organisation ofd Dredging Associations (WODA), in association with the Department of Port and River Engineering, State Ministry for Economic and Labour Affairs of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, and in conjunction with SMM 2004, Shipbuilding, Machinery & marine Technology International Trade Fair (27 September – 3 October 2004) With its special focus on dredging ‘with nature’ the Congress will bring together researchers and practitioners from industry, academia and governments from all parts of the world to discuss the latest developments in all aspects... (read more)

2004-03-09 12:00:00

Dredging and Reclamation Seminar

For (future) decision makers and their advisors in governments, port and harbour authorities, offshore companies and other organisations that have to execute dredging projects, the International Association of Dredging Companies, in co-operation with UNESCO-IHE, organises the International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation. The Seminar will take place in Delft, The Netherlands from Monday 21 to Friday 25 June 2010.Since 1993 IADC has, often in co-operation with local technical universities, provided a week-long seminar especially developed for professionals in dredging-related industries. These intensive courses have been successfully presented in Delft, Singapore, Dubai, Buenos Aires, Bahrain , Mexico and Abu Dhabi. The... (read more)

2010-06-03 09:49:07

Dredging Management

Understanding Dredging

The Central Dredging Association – CEDA