I thought Herrenknecht produce TBMs in Germany. But Australian press say "Once they are in the ground, the German boring machines - manufactured in China by Herrenknecht - will operate 24/7 and tunnel about 10 metres per day....

  Thousands of Italians continue their protests against the controversial high-speed Torino-Lyon railway link with 57,5 kilometre tunnel under the Alps. The largest of the protests were held  in Piedmont, where the tunnel for the TAV...

  Always moving forward in pipeline technology A dense pipeline network spanning over three million kilometers is the global backbone of industry and commerce. To keep supply stable, innovative pipeline companies are constantly expanding...

I cannot believe it. Indeed TÜV SÜD also certifies tunnels. Among them are very very critical tunnels. I hope they are properly checking the safety in those tunnels, considering what happened in Brazil... Their web site lists some...

  BBC reports that the mining dam which burst in Brazil killing 300 people was tested as "safe" by Germany's TÜV SÜD.  Even worse, the BBC news says ' Investigators believe there's evidence the German...

  According to a local French press `Le Creusot`, French workers of Mühlhauser NFM are not hapy because their salaries are not paid on time. French TBM company NFM was acquired by German tunneling company Mühlhauser short time...

  China Railway Engineering Equipment Group (CREG) ceremony for EPB TBM Qianjin (CREC 773) on July 15 in Zhengzhou, China factor. It is for Guiyang Metro...

A high-speed train passing through a tunnel in Japan comes in contact with a geological survey drill. Only a coincidence of drills lining prevents a disaster https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/13060489

  Normally after boring tunnels, celibrations are made with the `dignitaries` give self-praising nonsense speeches but you do not hear often that actually the TBMs themselves are celebrated. But Kolkata Metro bid farewell specifically for...

  Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) announced that its first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has officially broken through to connect with the Wilshire/Western subway station in...

  The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority unveils two new tunnel boring machines on June 17 for the authority’s $9.3-billion Purple Line Extension (PLE) project. Manufactured in Germany by Herrenknecht AG, the...

  CREG introduces WORLD'S FIRST WATER JET TBM. It is NOT prototype. It is for use in Wan’anxi Water Diversion Project in Longyan City in Fujian Province. With water jet technology, less damage to TBM. Click at text under...

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Finally Hyperloop arrives in continental Europe. As a vision at least. The Netherlands-based technology company Hard Hyperloop proposes a hyperloop link between Amsterdam and Frankfurt which would shorten the 450 kilometer journey to a whopping 50...

Dutch start-up Hardt showed off on Thursday Europe’s first fully operational hyperloop system in a 30-meters ‘low speed’ test tunnel in Delft. For the former students of TU Delft, this is a new milestone, six years after winning...

Italian construction company Impresa Pizzarotti & CSpA, which won the contract for the construction of a road tunnel in Morocco is suing the AABV for failing to pay for the cost of construction and the penalties for the delayed payment....

  China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (CREG) said it has rolled off the tunnel boring machine (TBM), which will be exported to Italy for a high-speed railway building project linking Milan and Verona. The machine, finished...

China’s high-tech TBM will help build high-speed railway project linking Milan and Verona https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/06/article/cregs-giant-tunnel-bore-bound-for-milan/

CREG again exports to a European country. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06h/24/c_138168316.htm

From TBM, an orbituary about Richard James Robbins: https://tunnelingonline.com/im-memoriam-dick-robbins/