Netherlands, Sept. 19 -- Van Oord announced that it has received the IADC Safety Award 2025 during the Annual General Meeting of the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) in Stockholm, Sweden.The award was given for a redesigned gasket that reduces the risk of finger injuries when connecting the flanges of steel reclamation pipes. Traditional gaskets require workers to hold them in place during sealing, exposing hands to potential injuries.Van Oord's new gasket includes "ears," which allow personnel to keep fingers further away from the flanges during assembly. Each 12-metre section of reclamation pipe requires a gasket, and with kilometres of such pipes connected annually worldwide, the redesign can significantly reduce ri...