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26-29 June 2017
Dredging Summit & Expo ’17
Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, BC
Media partner
Dredging and
Port Construction

Contents
26-29 June 2017
Dredging Summit & Expo ’17
Hyatt Regency, Vancouver BC
Media partner
Dredging and
Port Construction
About the front cover: DEME completing
further widening and deepening of the
Panama Canal Pacific Access Channel
Credit: DEME
Spotlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Interview with Marcel Hermans
Agenda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
WEDA Dredging Summit & Expo ‘17
Show floorplan and company listing 10
Find your way around the expo
DPC Innovation Awards . . . . . . . . . 12
Recognising industry excellence
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Spotlight Marcel Hermans
A new direction
WEDA’s Summit and Expo ’17 convenes in Vancouver at an interesting
time for the dredging industry and for the association
Marcel Hermans
WEDA
▷ “There is definitely much happening in the field
today,” said Marcel Hermans, chair and president of
the WEDA board of directors, pointing out that the
conference’s multidisciplinary subject matter, short
courses, papers, and exhibits is indicative of the broad
scope of the dredging industry throughout the
Western Hemisphere. The conference theme is
Dredging the Americas.
The event also exemplifies the wide-ranging
expertise of WEDA’s membership. Representatives of
about 16 dredging-related fi elds will be attending,
speaking, interacting, and sharing best practice. Those
experts range from contractors in six industry areas
– dredging, navigation, coast and inland fl ood
protection, deepsea mining, offshore wind energy, and
oil and gas production – to marine engineers,
manufacturers, representatives of ports and harbours,
consultants, public authorities, universities,
engineers, hydrographic surveyors, and geologists,
among others.
Diverse topics, important goals
Topics will span a wide range of pertinent matters,
with WEDA’s call for papers earlier this year a marker
of some of the areas of keen interest in the industry
today, including equipment, safety, dredged sediment
management, land reclamation, dredging for beach
nourishment, benefi cial reuse, budgeting and cost
estimating, innovative techniques, and navigation
channel design.
Short courses are being offered in the latest
developments in slurry transport and in safety
culture. As described by WEDA, the course on slurry
transport will examine specifications and a model to
handle complex projects, while the safety session will
“actively engage participants in sharpening their skill
set” to meet “safety challenges specific to each
participant’s organisation”.
In addition, WEDA will be recognising outstanding
achievement in engineering and operations with
distinguished awards for environmental excellence,
safety excellence, lifetime achievement, dredger of
the year, DCA/WEDA best paper, the DSC Dredging
‘Why dredging is good’ award, young author award,
and best booth.
The recognitions, along with every component and
programme of the summit and expo, speak to the
continuing goals and objectives of WEDA as a whole:
to exchange knowledge, provide a forum to present
and exchange ideas, transfer technology, and boost
co-operation among associations and societies. The
summit and expo will do all that while highlighting a
crucial issue: the need to understand and develop
“solutions for problems related to the protection and
enhancement of the marine environment”.
A synergistic event
WEDA is promoting those goals and objectives in
terms of its careful planning of this leading
international industry occasion. Hermans explained,
“We make sure that the summit and the expo are two
integrated parts of the same event.” Doing so makes
for a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. In
other words, this is a synergistic event. He continued,
“We place much emphasis on the layout of the facility
in order to promote interaction,” as, for example,
having an expo fl oor very close to conference areas.
When conference attendees proceed to, and
through, the expo, they will encounter not only a
wide range of exhibitors’ products, services, and
information but also something new for WEDA. “We
are experimenting with fi ve-minute lightning talks
on the expo fl oor this year,” said Hermans. “It’s a fi rst
for us.”
Experimenting is part of the continuing process of
crafting a blue-chip event for attendees. “In general,
our expo has worked well and we want to make sure
that we do it right,” he noted.
Looking back. forging ahead
On another tack, Hermans sees the event
continuing to be an important venue for “a lot of
new connections, and not just the ones made
during the presentations or at the expo: we also
want to have solid social functions that work well
for networking and just talking.” Such informal but
valuable interactions may also come in breaks and
at the fringes of the programme. For example, being
in Vancouver, an attractive locale, will draw
attendees out to explore the city and to do so, in
many cases, together.
In its subject matter, programming, and locale,
this year’s effort is continuing a track record of
worthwhile events, whether they are the annual
summit and expo or WEDA chapter conferences
throughout the Americas.
Hermans, a long-time WEDA member, should
know. He joined WEDA in the late 1990s, not long
before he moved from his native Netherlands to the
United States, where he joined Port of Portland,
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Spotlight Marcel Hermans
Oregon. Hermans and other WEDA members have
seen many changes since then, and for this port
professional and WEDA activist, some of the notable
ones have been in markets, the sizes and types of
equipment, and projects.
Signs of the times
Another sign of the times is environmental dredging.
More specifically the related “technology, requirements
and what to do with contaminated sediment”
Hermans said.
In this context, there are perceptions about
dredging that give rise to very strong opinions. No
surprise there, yet Hermans is encouraged by the
multipronged approaches being implemented today,
namely dredging projects with mutually benefi cial
environmental and economic components. “In order
to do it well, you have to integrate those aspects,” he
said, “If you need dredging, people want to have a say
in what happens with the dredged material, with the
particular emphasis today on benefi cial use.” There is
even more to it, in Hermans’ view. “You need to put
out word about such projects, to make it clear to the
public the good things you are doing.”
It’s a dynamic time for the industry and
for WEDA. We want to be there for the
entire industry
Hermans encounters environmental dredging
projects, and perceptions of them, on a regular basis in
his role as engineering project manager at Port of
Portland, where “we notice that on environmental
issues, labour, the local community, the region, the
state, and the business community may all have
somewhat diff erent views”.
How such projects are approached, approved, and
perceived can also diff er across borders, or from region
to region within borders, as WEDA’s international
members know.
And in terms of the local, national, and international
business community, there are similarities as well as
diff erent points of view on environmental works.
Hermans said that at Port of Portland, “We are not just
cognisant of local environmental issues and regulations,
but also global concerns about climate change.”
Driving change
Looking at the industry as a whole, Herman noted that
this year’s event would speak to strategic drivers.
“Competitive forces drive new technologies and
innovations in the dredging industry, as such forces do
in so many industries,” he pointed out. One prime
example of that is this year’s short course on slurry
transport. Hermans explained, “There’s certainly a
competitive advantage if you develop technology that
enables you to pump farther than others. In such cases,
you are able to work well with various requirements.”
Presenting fi ndings and fresh ideas in terms of
innovation and the bottom line are among the most
notable things “in the mix at WEDA conferences”, he
said. “There’s always much attention on papers that
focus on technological developments in the dredging
fi eld. That’s always interesting.”
As for where WEDA is today, Hermans noted a
diverse mix of organisations and expertise among
members – a mix refl ected in the range of talent on
the board of directors. Likewise, there are the summit
and expo’s attendees, consisting of “a whole mix of
owners, governments, contractors, consultants”, and,
in academia, a multidisciplinary component of
engineers and biologists.
As for Hermans’ WEDA service – he has been on the
national board for the past eight years – his term as
chairman and president will expire in 2019, marking
10 years of service. He said that as chairman and
president he “did not have an aggressive agenda, but I
defi nitely want to continue focusing and working
with my other officers to make sure WEDA runs
smoothly, that we have the right tools and means, and
that the organisation keeps demonstrating its
professionalism inside and out. I defi nitely have a
focus on that.”
Hermans feels it is important for the association
“to build on and out, and search for directions in
which we want to take WEDA. For example, WEDA is
obviously very strong in the USA. However, the entire
Western Hemisphere is our area, and we really want
to make sure that we do the best we can to represent
the whole hemisphere.
“We want to be there for the entire industry. That is
one of the reasons we are in Vancouver for our summit
and expo.”
He believes it is important that one or more chapter
conferences take place south of the United States each
year, noting that he was hopeful for such an event in
Brazil in 2018, building upon recent conferences in
Panama and Mexico. It’s all part of a key goal: to keep
WEDA chapters energised.
The proactive WEDA programme continues, with
upcoming conferences convening later this year: the
Eastern Chapter in Providence, Rhode Island on 10–12
October; the Pacifi c Chapter Conference scheduled for
25–27 Octobe in Portland, Oregon; and the Gulf Coast
Chapter’s meeting on 7–9 November in Mobile, Alabama.
“It’s a dynamic time for the industry and for
WEDA,” hermans said, “and there is a whole lot of
work ahead of us, too. There are certainly interesting
opportunities, challenges, and many reasons to be and
stay involved in WEDA and in dredging in general.”
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Agenda WEDA Dredging Summit & Expo ‘17
About the Dredging Summit & Expo ‘17
▷ The Dredging Summit & Expo ’17 is a technical conference organised by the Western Dredging
Association (WEDA) to promote the exchange of knowledge in fi elds related to dredging, navigation, marine
engineering, and construction. It will provide a forum for improvement of communications, technology
transfer, and co-operation among associations and societies, while emphasising the importance of understanding
and development of solutions for problems related to the protection and enhancement of the
marine environment.
Monday 26 June 2017
▷ 7.30 AM: Registration open
▷ 8.00 AM: Short course (4 hrs.) Slurry transport
▷ Noon–5.00 PM: Exhibitor set-up
▷ 1.00 PM: Short course (4 hrs.) ‘The big hug and the
bottom line: a model for safety culture change
that drives operational excellence’
▷ 3.00 PM – 6.00 PM: Environmental Committee meeting
▷ 6.30 PM–9.00 PM: Welcome reception
Tuesday 27 June 2017
▷ 7.00 AM: Expo hall open
▷ 7.30 AM: Breakfast
▷ 8.30 AM: Opening plenary
▷ 9.30 AM: Refreshment
▷ 10.00 AM: Technical sessions and panel
▷ 11.30 AM: Plated lunch speaker Cliff Stewart (Port of
Vancouver)
▷ 1.00 PM: Technical sessions and panel
▷ 3.00 PM: Refreshment break
▷ 3.30 PM: Technical sessions
▷ 5.15 PM: Young WEDA corner
▷ 6.30 PM: Young WEDA social
Wednesday 28 June 2017
▷ 7.00 AM: Expo hall open
▷ 7:30 AM: Breakfast
▷ 8:30 AM: Morning plenary
▷ 9:30 AM: Refreshment
▷ 10.00 AM: Technical sessions and panel
▷ 11.30 AM: Lunch
▷ 1.00 PM: Technical sessions and panel
▷ 3.00 PM: Refreshment break
▷ 3.30 PM: Technical sessions
▷ 5.15 PM: Young WEDA corner
▷ 6.15 PM: GALA Reception / dinner
Thursday 29 June 2017
▷ 7.00 AM: Expo hall open
▷ 7.30 AM: Breakfast
▷ 8.30 AM: Morning plenary
▷ 9.30 AM: Refreshment
▷ 10.00 AM: Technical sessions
▷ 10.15 AM: Exhibitor tear down
▷ 11.30 AM: Closing session
▷ 1.00 PM: Post-conference tour: three-hour boat
tour + lunch
WEDA mobile app
▷ The full agenda/schedule and all other conference-related information can be found by installing the WEDA
mobile application. Search ‘Western Dredging Association’ in the Apple App Store (IOS) or Google Play (Android) and look
for the WEDA logo. Compatible with Apple IOS |Google Android.
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Company listing/floorplan
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12
1
Regency
West
Hallway
STAGE
Food and beverages
29 30 31
42 41 40
43 44 45
56 55 54
32 33 34 35
39 38 37 36
46 47 48 49
53 52 51 50
28 27 26 25 24 23 22
21 20 19 18
Regency Hallway
1 Ellicott Dredge Enterprises
2 Ellicott Dredge Enterprises
3 Ellicott Dredge Enterprises
4 Ellicott Dredge Enterprises
5 Kruise Integration
6 CiDRA
7 Chesapeake Technology, Inc.
8 Hagler Systems
9 PANOLIN America, Inc.
10 Jiangsu Pacific Rubber Co., Ltd
11 Procon Systems (2013) Inc.
12a Mobile Pully Works
12b BYG
13a Van der Leun
13b PMR Hydraulics
14 MTG
15 IHC America
16 Elgin Separation Solutions
17 Penticton Foundry Ltd
18 HYPACK
19 XYLEM
20 Elastec, Inc
21 AML Oceanographic
22 Greyline Instruments
23 AMPHIBEX
24 AMPHIBEX
25 Caterpillar, Inc.
26 Caterpillar, Inc.
27 Anvil Attachments
28a Nelco Marine
28b Sealite
29 Carylon Sediments Group
30 Norbit
31 EIK International
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Company listing/floorplan
3
Womens
King
George
Prince
of Wales
room
14
Queen
Charlotte
Mens
15
Entrance
57
Registration
Oxford
room
16
17
58
59 62
63
Entrance 64
Elevators
Balmoral/Windsor rooms
60 61
32 TENCATE
33 ABB b.v.
34 Van Oord
35 Huesker Inc.
36 DSC Dredge, LLC
37 Arc Surveying & Mapping
38 AmeriMex Motor & Controls
39 Salem Republic Rubber Co.
40 Ryzhka International, LLC
41 CSA Ocean Sciences Inc.
42 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
43 Cable Arm
44 Clam Vision
45 Liebherr
46 Weeks Marine
47 Pacific Pile & Marine
48 Neptune Floatatio
49 J.F. Brennan Company
50 Del Tank
51 Composit LLC
52 DAMEN Shipyards
53 ZebraTube
54 EIVA
55 DRAGFLOW
56 Geo-Synthetics, LLC
57 DPC: Dredging and Port Construction
58 Int’l Dredging Review
59 Wartsila
60 VOSTA LMG B.V.
61 VOSTA LMG B.V.
62 DHI Water & Env.
63a Measutronics
63b Trimble
64 Certified Labs
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DPC innovation awards 2017
Innovation stands proud
If you’ve not already put in your entry for the second DPC Innovation
Awards, it’s time to do so, says Lisa Maher
Timetable
Wednesday 29
November 2017
▷ Venue:
The Sheraton Grand
London Park Lane
Hotel, Piccadilly,
W1J 7BX
▷ Dress code:
Black tie
▷ 7pm:
VIP drinks reception
▷ 8pm:
Three-course luxury
gala dinner
▷ 9.30pm:
Awards ceremony
▷ 10.15pm:
Post-awards
networking
▷ 00.00pm:
Bar closes
00:30am:
Carriages
▷ Following the great success of the inaugural
event last November, this year will see the second
DPC Innovation Awards event in London, UK, on
29 November 2017.
Following very positive feedback, the format will
remain essentially unchanged: the black tie dinner
will be followed by the awards, with guests able to
network or relax into the early hours.
Dredging and Port Construction has been involved
with, and reported on, the industry, the people, the
vessels, the companies, the projects, the equipment,
and the technology for almost 50 years.
In a world where recession and regulation has had
profound effects on the industry, I believe it is
important to recognise those – whether companies or
individuals – who change the industry through new
ideas, processes, technology, or equipment.
I strongly believe this is a healthy innovative
industry with creative, problem-solving people and
cutting-edge technology. DPC has created an event
that highlights that.
The DPC Innovation Awards programme consists of
15 awards across three categories, looking at the most
innovative and forward-thinking projects and people
the industry has to offer and bringing together the
best of the dredging and port construction sectors.
In this issue, I focus on the dredging awards; the
next issue will be about the ports and people awards.
Dredging Innovation Awards
Innovation in dredger design
This rewards the very best in innovative dredger design,
whether built or launched. If your vessel is fi rst to include
a unique feature, structure, or function, it is eligible.
In your entry please state what makes this design/
vessel unique and/or innovative. The judges will be
looking at criteria including, but not limited to, the
following:
• Cost-effi ciency results for a client
•
Other efficiency improvements
•
Environmental effects/advantages
• Regulation requirements/adherence
• Groundbreaking R&D – this needs to be proved to
meet specific project/client needs
Innovation in project design -
open water/coastal dredging
The winner of this category is the most innovative in
its class. This category can include any project that is
offshore, near-shore, coastal, or in ports. Capital,
expansion, or reclamation works are all eligible as long
as they demonstrate an innovative component.
In your entry please state what makes this design/
project unique and/or innovative. The judges will be
looking at criteria including, but not limited to, the
following:
• Cost-effi ciency results for a client
• Other efficiency improvements
• Environmental effects/advantages
• Regulation requirements/adherence
Innovation in project design - inland dredging
The winner of this category is the most innovative in
its class. This category can include any project that is
on rivers, canals, ponds, and lakes. Capital, expansion,
or reclamation works are all eligible as long as they
demonstrate an innovative component.
In your entry please state what makes this design/
project unique and/or innovative. The judges will be
looking at criteria including, but not limited to, the
following:
• Cost-effi ciency results for a client
• Other efficiency improvements
• Environmental effects/advantages
• Regulation requirements/adherence
• Groundbreaking R&D – this needs to be proved to
meet specific project/client needs
Innovation in dredging equipment
Dredging equipment can include engines, pumps and
wear parts, cutter heads, cranes, onboard software,
and even one-off solutions to specific projects.
Whether totally novel or upgrades to existing
equipment, the winner of this category will clearly
demonstrate innovation.
In your entry please state what makes this
equipment unique and/or innovative. The judges will
be looking at criteria including, but not limited to, the
following:
• Cost efficiency results for a client
• Other efficiency improvements
• Environmental effects/advantages
• Regulation requirements/adherence
• Groundbreaking R&D – this needs to be proved to
meet specific project/client needs
• Innovative support services
There are many support services that enable or
enrich the dredging sector but do not include physical
dredging activity: examples include education and
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DPC innovation awards 2017
If you think you
have what it takes,
enter the DPC
Innovation Awards
2017 today!
training, surveying, hydrographics, research and
development, consultants, specialist fi nance and
insurance providers, communication providers, and
more. If you provide a support service or product that
is truly innovative, launched or carried out within the
catchment period, it is eligible.
In your entry please state what makes this service
unique and/or innovative. The judges will be looking
at criteria including, but not limited to, the following:
• Cost-effi ciency results for a client
• Other efficiency improvements
• Environmental effects/advantages
• Regulation requirements/adherence
• Groundbreaking R&D – this needs to be proved to
meet specific project/client needs.
New markets award
The winner will be the most innovative in using novel/
existing equipment or technology in a new way or a
new region. This could include repurposing vessels,
equipment or products for the renewables market, or
adapting/redesigning land-based equipment for a
marine environment, or carrying out research that
opens up market sectors or opportunities.
Working, Building or Engineering with
Nature award
Projects that are part of accredited existing Working
With Nature, Building With Nature, or Engineering
With Nature schemes are automatically eligible for this
category. This does not preclude other non-port/
non-terminal project candidates, but they will need to
demonstrate an active and innovative response to the
preservation and promotion of the areas listed below.
The entry should address at least one of these criteria:
• Wildlife – protect, maintain or restore aquatic
ecosystems and marine habitats. The whole marine
environment
• Air – reduce harmful air emissions from port
activities. Not just CO 2 and NO x but also PM, SO x , etc
• Water – improve the quality of rivers, seas, oceans,
but also port basins; water as a resource for living
• Soils/sediments – remove, treat, or render suitable
for benefi cial reuse contaminated soils and
sediments in the harbour district
• Community engagement – interact with and
educate the community regarding port operations
and environmental programmes, ‘social responsibility’
• Sustainability – implement sustainable practices in
design and construction, operations, and
administrative practices.
If you have created or undertaken work on a vessel,
piece of equipment, or project between 1 July 2016 and
30 June 2017, you are eligible to enter. If you have any
queries about timing or eligibility, please feel free to
contact me via my email below, or any member of the
awards team via the website.
www.ihsdpcawards.com
lisa.maher@ihsmarkit.com
DPC Innovation Awards 2016 winners
▷ Last year the dredging world came
together in London to celebrate the very
best innovation in the dredging and port
construction sector.
Innovation in dredger design
Royal IHC and DEME, world’s first LNGpowered
TSHDs
Innovation in dredging support vessels
Royal Boskalis, NDeavour and NDurance
Innovative project design –
open water/coastal dredging
Jan De Nul, design and construction of the
Sunfish and Moonfish
Innovative project design –
inland dredging
Jan De Nul, engineered sediment for the
construction of dykes
Innovative services to dredging
HR Wallingford, noise modelling
research project
New environments award
Royal IHC, open permanent magnet motor
for use in deep sea
Rising star award
Dr Sina Saremi, coastal engineer at DHI
Group, Denmark
The IHS commendation for services to
the industry award
Craig Vogt, president of Craig Vogt Inc,
Virginia, USA
The lifetime achievement award
supported by CEDA
Anders Jensen, DHI, Group Manager Survey
& Monitoring
▷ This is your chance to enter the only awards
in the industry that celebrate innovation. The
DPC Innovation Awards are about your
product, your services, and your colleagues,
because behind every great innovation is a
team of amazing individuals who push the
boundaries of what’s possible in this industry.
Will you be walking away with an award this
year? Submit your entry at
dpcawards.com
Innovation in dredging equipment
Wärtsilä Corporation, Sternguard in-water
serviceable seal
Winners at the IHS Dredging and Port
Construction Innovation Awards 2016
IHS/Dea O’Brien
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