{"id":418873,"date":"2026-01-20T14:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/418873\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:41:20","slug":"breaking-news-van-oord-wins-beach-restoration-contract-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/418873\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Van Oord wins beach restoration contract in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Van Oord\u2019s Spanish subsidiary,\u00a0Dravo S.A., has signed a contract with the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) for an important coastal protection and beach nourishment project along the Portuguese coastline. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/beach-6-768x517.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>photo courtesy of Van Oord<\/p>\n<p>According to Van Oord, this initiative aims to restore and reinforce one of Portugal\u2019s most prominent tourist beaches, ensuring long-term resilience against erosion and supporting sustainable tourism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe project will focus on replenishing sand and reshaping the coastline to mitigate erosion, safeguard infrastructure, and strengthen the shoreline against the impacts of climate change,\u201d Van Oord said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is fully aligned with APA\u2019s environmental policies and coastal management strategies, while preserving the attractiveness of this key destination to sustain local economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scope of work of Dravo S.A. will include: <\/p>\n<p>dredging and transporting marine sediments, <\/p>\n<p>replenishing sand to restore its original shape. <\/p>\n<p>Also, environmental monitoring will be conducted throughout the process to ensure compliance with APA standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Van Oord\u2019s Spanish subsidiary,\u00a0Dravo S.A., has signed a contract with the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) for an important&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-418873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}