Ellicott Dredge Technologies (EDT) is pleased to announce new technology that will minimize down time by greatly reducing pump and cutterhead clogs in debris rich environments. EDT, through its IMS and Mud Cat™ product lines, is now offering the self-cleaning debris guard called the “Pump Defender” (patent pending) on its entire horizontal cutterhead product line…. Read More
Wärtsilä Sternguard In-Water Serviceable Seal (IWSS) has won its third award. The ground-breaking seal received the award for Innovation in Dredging Equipment at the Dredging & Port Construction (DPC) Innovation Awards 2016. The new recognition comes only days after Wärtsilä Sternguard IWSS won the Technical Innovation Award at the Seatrade Maritime Awards and the Environmental… Read More
CEDA has added a new Commission to its ranks: the Dredging Management Commission (DMC). This commission was set up to provide for initiating and facilitating discussions, innovations and questions from the dredging community on the management of dredging works in the broadest sense. Its aim is to bring together all stakeholders related to dredging management… Read More
Stating Michelle Barczak is leaving a legacy behind is an understatement when describing the departing Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Chief of Counsel’s 33 years of public service. Ms. Barczak, retiring this December, spent the better part of her career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and first started in the Buffalo District as… Read More
The first IHS DPC Innovations Awards gala dinner was held in London last week, to recognise innovation and outstanding achievement in the dredging and ports construction industry. Many projects, people, and organisations, were honoured for their contributions at a glittering gala dinner on the 10th November at the London Marriott in Grosvenor Square, London. Of… Read More
Abu Dhabi-based National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) is investing heavily to prepare the business for long term growth. The company has confirmed an order with Royal IHC of the Netherlands for a 6000 cu m trailing suction hoper dredger. Currently at the design stage, the newbuilding is due for delivery in March 2018, when it… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. said it has completed the sale of assets associated with the service lines of the Terra Contracting Services, LLC business for $6.1 million in cash. “This sale marks an important step in executing the company’s strategy of focusing on the Environmental and Infrastructure segment’s core strengths and divesting of… Read More
Shanghai-listed Zhongchang Marine has announced the sale of its 55% equity in its dredging unit Zhongchang Dredging Engineering and 100% equity in dry bulk shipping unit YangxiZhongchang. The stakes are being sold to Shanghai Zhongchang and PutuoZhongchang for RMB19.5m ($2.8m) and RMB145m ($21.3m) respectively. Zhongchang Dredging Engineering mainly offers dredging service in domestic coastal regions… Read More
Norfolk Dredging Company won a $7,088,500.00 contract from Department of the Army for conducting Poplar Expansion Sand Stockpile 2016, Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project, Poplar Island, Talbot County, MD. Contract was solicited under solicitation W912DR-16-B-0014 Source: EnvironmentGuru
Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) today said it has won aRs 1,119-crore contract for dredging of a shipping channel at Kolkata Port in a global bidding in which seven players participated. “Kolkata Port has called for global competitive tenders for maintenance dredging in the shipping channel leading to Haldia Dock Complex in the Hooghly estuary… Read More
PrimePort Timaru and four other port companies will sign a 10-year deal with Dutch Dredging today. The other four ports in on the deal are Napier, Taranaki, Lyttelton and Tauranga. The latter owns 50 per cent of PrimePort in Timaru. PrimePort chief executive Phil Melhopt said the existing contract with New Zealand Dredging and General… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of environmental and infrastructure services, today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2016. For the three months ended September 30, 2016, Great Lakes reported revenue of $198.9 million, net income of… Read More
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) (the “Company”), a leading specialty construction company, today reported net income for the three months ended September 30, 2016, of $4.7 million ($0.17 diluted earnings per share). These results compare to a net loss of $7.4 million ($0.27 diluted loss per share) for the same period a year ago. Consolidated… Read More
Subsea 7 has contracted Van Oord to construct the landfall and execute subsea rock installation works for the West Nile Delta project in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea. Preparations on-site have already started. The BP-operated project, located 65 km (40 mi) offshore northern Egypt, comprises the development of a series of gas fields…. Read More
Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME has won a €41m dredging contract for the Container Terminal Quay Project at Port Louis Harbour in Mauritius. The contract is DEME’s first win in Mauritius. The Mauritius Ports Authority has launched an extension project for the Mauritius Container Terminal to accommodate larger vessels and to handle… Read More