Grand Nicaragua Canal
13/02/2015
Who are we
International Marine & Dredging Consultants nv
Foundation
year
1982
Offices
Antwerp
Bogota
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Personnel
(Jan 2015)
Turnover
2014
Quality
certificate
103
15,6 Mio
Euro
ISO
9001-2008
Our Mission
IMDC provides expert advice
for a sustainable
management and development
of our natural waters
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Our Market
Home Market
60-70 %
World wide
30-40 %
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Offshore, Dredging & Environment
Offshore
construction works
Offshore
cables & pipelines
Techniques & execution
Measurements
Dredging & Environment
Operational Forecasting
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Coast, Estuaries & Ports
Coastal zone
management
Coastal structures
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Coastal & estuarine
processes
Ports & marine facilities
Inland Waters
Flood Risk and
Flood Forecasting
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Navigation and
Nautics
Safety
Analysis
Inland Waters
Channel Design
Water Management and Climate Change
TYPICAL
SERVICES
Hydraulic Modelling
Ports & (Coastal) Structures
Dredging Expertise
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Design of a new Channel – France
Client
VNF
Study
Design of new Canal Seine-Nord
Europe (2011 – 2012)
Objective
Design of a new canal Preliminary design
• Alignment
• Watertightness of canal
• Bank protection
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Inland Waterways Improvement – Upper Sea Scheldt
Study
Objective
Integrated Plan of
Upper-Sea Scheldt
Improve navigation with respect for estuarine nature
and ecosystem and safety – Preliminary Design,
System modelling, EIA
• Sustainable
maintenance and
monitoring
• Integrated system
study
• EIA
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Inland Waterways Improvement – Deûle Lys
(Seine-Scheldt linking Channel, France)
Study
Objective
Client
Trajectography
Seine-Scheldt France
Identify bottlenecks for Class Va+,
recommendations for navigation. Nautical
check of preliminary design, nautical
simulations, recommendations
VNF
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Impact of climate change
Impact on rainfall
Sea level rise of the North Sea
historische gegevens Vlissingen
450
100
440
90
430
70
410
60
400
50
390
40
380
370
1890
30
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
jaar
jaarlijkse gemiddeld HW
10-jaarlijks gemiddeld HW
lineaire trend + nodaal getij HW
jaarlijks gemiddeld LW
10-jaarlijks gemiddeld LW
lineaire trend + nodaal getij LW
lineaire trend 10-jaarlijks gemiddeld LW
lineaire trend 10-jaarlijks gemiddeld HW
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2000
LW [cm TAW]
HW [cm TAW]
80
420
Hydraulic Modelling – Waves and Sediment transport
Analysis of
Turbidity.
Esclusas
Canal de
Panamá en
el Atlantico
Maasvlakte 2:
Impact of the structure on navigation
conditions
London Gateway: Monitoring during
Construction
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Evaluation of Density and
discharge currents
Locks at the Panama Canal
(Pacific side)
Port Studies
Damietta
(Egypt)
Design
LPG
Terminal
Deurganckdok
(Bélgium)
Environmental
impact of
dredging
operations
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Doha Port
(Qatar)
Wave Study
Manappad
(India)
Master Plan
Port structures
Ostende, Belgium, Breakwater design
Marroco – Expert control
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Breakwater & Jetty Montevideo (Uruguay)
Hammamet (Tunisia) – Design and supervision
Dredging Studies
LNG terminal
Channel Alignment
Antifer,
France,
Technical Specifications
BoQ – Budget Estimates
Samuel de Champlain,
expertise
France
Method Statement
Supervision
Cutter Dredger,
outfall supervision
Ghana
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Thank you
for your
attention!