Royal IHC dredging course set for February

A Royal IHC course, designed for those who seek to expand expertise in the field of dredging, will take place on February 10 and 11, 2025.

This two-day training – held at the IHC Training Institute in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands – will offer technical lectures, workshops and group discussions about dredging.

The participants will get individual and group assignments, said IHC.

The following topics to be covered during this training include:

Introduction

• definition
• history
• market

Projects

• port maintenance
• land reclamation
• dredge mining
• life-cycle of a project

Dredging equipment & components

• trailing suction hopper dredgers
• cutter suction dredgers
• mechanical dredgers

Project constrains

• site conditions
• environmental conditions
• soil characteristics

Equipment selection

• determination of dredger production
• calculation of dredger costs