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Latest blogposts
Our members have trainees operating all over the world. These studying or recently graduated high potentials keep us informed on the findings and developments of their projects, by weekly writing and posting a blog. Here, you find the latest posts.
Nedeco news
Nedeco news
The international world of engineering is dynamic and alive. Interesting new technical developments and innovations are discovered and applied every day. Here, you find the most recent news items concerning our members.
Projects
Projects
Dutch expertise on the fields of land & water, transport, environment and infrastructure is much respected and requested internationally. That is why our members operate in countries all over the world. Here, recent interesting projects are presented.
The fishing industry is an important economic factor in Ghana. The goal of the project is to have a better distribution of fishing ports infrastructure over the country. This will enable more people to make a good living in the fishing business.
The project comprises the development of 12 new fishing ports including all required new facilities to develop the fishing industry and such that the...
Lake Victoria is a very important resource for the three riparian countries: Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Nile Perch exports alone are valued at over US$300 –450 million per annum. The lake covers a vast area and the collection of data on the lake is therefore a time consuming exercise. The environmental challenges are very big: invasive species (water hyacinth), algae blooms and urbanisation al...
The project area is characterized by a beach consisting of medium sand and pebbles enclosed by headlands. The headlands are steep cliffs rising up to 30 m. A river mouth is debouching at the project site. The river has distinct wadi characteristics. During most of the year it is dry. However, heavy rainfall can lead to high discharges carrying large amounts of sediment. In addition, two more wa...
The State of Lagos is bordered to the south by 180 kilometres of Atlantic Ocean coastline, running from the Benin border in the west to the borders with Ogun State in the east. The Atlantic Ocean has brought prosperity to the country of Nigeria; the port and city of Lagos has grown into an economic hotspot for trade and commerce of regional and global importance, benefiting from its presence cl...
Haskoning Nederland B.V. has won the international tender for the supervision of the construction of the expansion and modernization of the Port of Palmeira, Phase 1 and 2. The name of this project is “Modernization and Expansion of the Port of Palmeira”.
The FMA team, staffed with BMB Mott MacDonald consultants, will be providing financial management, fiduciary oversight, procurement and monitoring and evaluation services to the CBTF, working under guidance of the technical secretariat (as provided by the Joint Donor Team in Juba). These financial management services include a full procurement service, accounting for all funds in the CBTF proje...
In 2000, Royal Haskoning carried out a feasibility study to determine the erosion rates and expected erosion rates for the complete Gambian coast. Based on this study, several coastal defence structures and nourishment were constructed along the coastline. Most mitigation measures did perform very well. However, the erosion rate at the Kololi beach, where nourishment is applied, is much higher ...
The livelihood of about 400,000 people living in the Senegal River Delta is severely affected by aquatic weed pests covering the flood plains.
Two dams built in the second half of the 1980’s determine the river conditions in the Senegal Delta. Stagnant fresh water in the flood plains have caused infestation of aquatic weed pasts (particularly typha australis). This situation causes water rel...
Shengsi is a scenically attractive, hilly island lying about 60 kilometres to the East of Shanghai. Part of Zhejiang Province, the island extends over 80 square kilometres and supports a population of about 100,000. Fishing is a major activity, but recently tourism has begun to flourish, benefiting the economy but aggravating the acute shortage of fresh water that has bedevilled the residents o...
In 2001 Witteveen+Bos organised a seminar that proposed polder systems as a possible solution for flood problems in waterfront cities in Indonesia. To prove that the polder concept can contribute to lower flood risks, it has been decided to develop a pilot polder in the city of Semarang. As time progresses the waterfront city of Semarang is flooded more often due to large land subsidence and ri...
New buildings will be built at the area of the police academy in Dubai. The location is in between the Burj Al Arab, the world famous seven star hotel, and the entrance to the Palm Jumeirah. A soil investigation is needed for the design of the foundations. In total, they need approximately 250 boreholes to depths of about 50 meters for a total of about 12.000 meters: a project of significant s...
After almost 4 years Witteveen+Bos Kazakhstan expects to complete the design works for the so-called D Complex in the Caspian Sea by the end of this year. However, the design team in which Kazakh and Dutch engineers work jointly together, will not run out of work as the design for a num-ber of new manmade islands has been awarded to WBK. The civil designs for the islands EPC03, EPC02, Kalamkas...
CDSP III is the third phase of a project that has been implemented since 1994 by the Government of Bangladesh, specifically the Ministry of Water Resources. It is headed by the Bangladesh Water Development Board, in collaboration with five other departments.
The overall objective of CDSP is poverty reduction through improving the economic situation and living conditions improvement in the coa...
The Strengthening Water Management and Irrigation Systems Rehabilitation Project will contribute to the sustainable management of water resources in Viet Nam. The Project's outcome is strengthened water related services, which will be achieved as a result of the following outputs;
i) strengthened capacity through professional and technical education of water sector professionals at the Water R...
Ferendi and WEWA have proposed the EVD an identification of business prospects in Afghanistan. These can be found on the areas of agriculture, water, energy and financial services, for example.
The objective of the 2g@there programme Yangtze is to increase the participation of Dutch companies in the developments in transport, logistics and infrastructure in the Yangtze Corridor, and this objective can be related to:
• activities in transport operations and logistic services;
• design and construction (supervision) of transport infrastructure;
• development of innovative transport...
The Islamic Republic of Iran is facing declining water availability and quality, low efficiencies in water use, salinity and waterlogging, inadequate O&M and cost recovery and lack of institutional coordination. In addition, soil erosion is a serious environmental problem in most of the country’s watersheds. The Alborz Integrated Land and Water Management Project (AILWMP) in Mazandaran Province...
The condition of the Indonesian coastal lowlands is considered critical, both from a national and global perspective. Peatlands are under severe pressure, contributing to carbon emissions and haze, and leading to international disputes. Biodiversity values are rapidly degrading, including ‘protected’ areas. Smallholder agriculture in lowlands is also declining due to a lack of inputs and years ...
The rationale of the study is based on a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of South Sumatera Province and Pelindo II in July 2009 regarding “Cooperation Plan for Development of Port Facility and Coal Transport Corridor on Musi River, South Sumatera Province”. In order to comply with the prevailing stipulation and provide a basis for a more appropriate, accurate and accountable ...
Traffic congestion is considered to be the major constraint for the further development of Jakarta Metropolitan Area and of the Port Tanjung Priok as access roads lead through the city. There are different projects and initiatives ongoing with Dutch involvement, focusing on improvement of urban passenger and freight transport in Greater Jakarta. NEA is involved in these initiatives and projects...
Greater Jakarta (Jabodetabek) is sinking. Large quantities of groundwater are extracted by both industries and residence that result in subsidence of the city with values around 10 cm per year. This process has been going on for many years. With an increasing population and urbanisation the government has to act on groundwater extraction. With 30 % of the Greater Jakarta area already below sea ...
Oil company Tengizchevroil (TCO) extracts oil in the Tengiz region of Kazakhstan. The company uses a second-generation oil extraction system for this purpose. Application of very clean water is crucial in this process.
Extensive re-use of effluent is a strict precondition, on the one hand because of the shortage of water in this part of Kazakhstan, and on the other because of the strict legisl...
The Employer, Gemadept-Terminal Link Cai Mep Terminal JSC, (GemaLink), will develop the GemaLink Container Terminal in the mouth of the Cai Mep River in the South of Vietnam
The container terminal will be constructed under an EPC with a targeted total throughput capacity of 2,000,000 TEU / annum. The container terminal will be used for import, export and transshipment of containers from Vie...
The world’s energy consumption will increase rapidly and renewable energy sources will play a more important role in the future. Micro-Hydropower in specific has a large untapped potential, especially in undeveloped and remote areas. The worldwide potential of this recourse is not yet evaluated in detail, and the exact locations of the potential spots have not been mapped yet. This project aims...
With its 17 million inhabitants, the Mekong Delta is one of the world's most densely-populated regions. It is also one of Vietnam's most productive agricultural areas. However, the Mekong Delta is increasingly being confronted with the effects of climate change.
The sustainable development and conservation of the Mekong Delta requires an integral approach that addresses issues as serious flo...
Revitalization of the agricultural sector to sustain the national economic growth to achieve food self-sufficiency in terms of food security remains one of the national priorities in the Medium-Term Development Plan (2004-2009) of the Government of Indonesia. The development of the poor rural areas of Eastern Indonesia to reduce the disparities between the Eastern and Western regions in terms o...
The need for additional land in the fast growing regions of Indonesia resulted in plans to reclaim land from the sea along the coastlines. As one of the biggest property developers in Indonesia, Lippo has been invited by Local Governments of Padang, Ambon and Makassar/UjungPandang to develop their coastal area for new reclamation townships/urban developments.
Royal HaskoningDHV has recently be...
Originally intended as a geographic extension of the World Bank-funded Water Management for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptive Development in Lowlands (WACLIMAD) programme, but then with an emphasis on regional dialogue, it was recently refocused following discussions with Partners for Water, the Netherlands Embassy in Jakarta, and GOI (Ministry of Public Works, and the National Planning A...
Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge (HZMB), Infrastructural connection between Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau.
Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in the Southeast of Vietnam. It has a growing economy and urbanization. The city comprises low lying areas. In combination with heavy rain, high tide and high discharges from rivers upstream the city is subject of flooding. The increase of flooding is a consequence of three developments: the impact of climate change, land-subsidence and urbanization. During ...
The overal objective of the project is to exchange knowledge in the field of logistics between Dutch and Indonesian Logistics Knowledge Institutions. Also cooperation between Dutch and Indonesian education and training institutions on logistics and transport is envisaged. The Dutch partners in this project are Panteia – business unit NEA – and STC Rotterdam. From Indonesian side, several higher...
Research data that will be used are primary data and secondary data
Primary data that will be used is collected through conducting surveys
The target of the surveys will be the user of Trans Jogja in Yogyakarta and Qbuzz in Groningen
Secondary data that will be used is collected from Panteia B. V. and from Transportation Department Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta
Research is the feasibility stud...
The overal objective of the project is to exchange knowledge in the field of logistics between Dutch and Indonesian Logistics Knowledge Institutions. Also cooperation between Dutch and Indonesian education and training institutions on logistics and transport is envisaged. The Dutch partners in this project are Panteia – business unit NEA – and STC Rotterdam. From Indonesian side, several higher...
The Mekong Delta is a key area for the agricultural production of Vietnam. Despite of this, poverty levels in the region are high. Additionally, the region is also exposed to natural disasters. These three factors make the delta a very vulnerable place. The low lying provinces along the southwestern and eastern coast are particularly exposed to floods. The impacts of these floods not only cause...
Om meer inzicht te krijgen in de feitelijkheden en wenselijkheden m.b.t. de sociale dialoog in het wegvervoer in Oekraïne zullen vier studenten in het kader van hun stage vier weken lang veldwerk verrichten in Oekraïne in juli 2009. Doel van de stage van de studenten van de VU Amsterdam is een onderzoek te doen ter plaatse naar de huidige stand van zaken m.b.t. de sociale dialoog in de transpor...
Since Romania became a member of the EU in 2007, the country’s development is taken to hand rapidly. There is solid economic growth, even in these dire times, and Romania received major commitments from the EU to strengthen its foundations; For the period 2007-2013 Romania will receive a total of 19 billion euro out of the EU Structural Funds, of which 8.5 billion is earmarked for investments i...
A market research will be conducted to gain a better insight in the development of better integrating Turkish ports with logistic centres.
The market research will touch upon the following subjects:
- Overview of Turkish ports including freight flow analysis (2030?), characterization of ports.
- Port Policy in Turkey.
- Port Performance Indicators.
- Assessment of port hinterland conn...
The Hurricane Storm and Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS) around the city of New Orleans is currently in the process of being significantly revised after the flood disasters during Hurricane Katrina and Rita in 2005. Royal Haskoning assists the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the design of the HSDRRS.
The entire system is re-designed and new closure structures are included to protect...
During hurricane season (1 June through 30 November) Royal Haskoning supports the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) with the assessment of expected maximum water levels in Louisiana. In 2008 Royal Haskoning developed and introduced the use of the Hurricane Surge Atlas. Royal Haskoning is currently improving this tool to better assist the USACE during the critical times prior to a hurricane mak...
ARCADIS is frequently involved in work related to the Californian Coast. ARCADIS US is interested in having a basic flow model along the Californian coastline with a focus on LA. The model may be used as a boundary conditions generator for various projects in this region.
ARCADIS US has good relations with Stanford University. Stanford University is involved in a global sea level rise impact ...
The Galveston Bay is a large estuary located in the Greater Houston Metropolitan Area, along the upper coast of Texas, United States. In September 2008 hurricane Ike struck
the coastal areas of Louisiana and Texas. The urban areas around the Galveston Bay
were almost completely destroyed by a 20-foot storm surge. Besides 112 casualties it was the costliest hurricane in Texas history. The result...
With the rapid development of the computer technology and its successful application in ship engineering, the method of computer simulation using the mathematical models becomes more and more popular. It provides a convenient tool for predicting ship maneuverability at the design stage. One of the preconditions for applying this kind of method is the modeling of equations describing the maneuve...
At the coast of Peru, some 500 kilometres North of the capital Lima, the harbour of Salaverry is situated. This harbour has to cope with the ‘classical problem’ of alongshore sediment transport (mainly in Northward direction, up to 1 million m3/yr) resulting in accretion of sediment on the South side of the harbour and erosion of sediment along the North side of the harbour. To keep the harbour...
Plano Hidrovariario Estratégico (PHE), a strategic master plan for river transportation.
