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Jan De Nul Group secured its continuous presence in Panama for another two years through the award of the quay wall and dredging contract for the expansion of Panama PSA’s terminal, the Group’s press center says. After six months of design and tendering process, the contract has been awarded to Jan De Nul Group and… Read More
Van Oord executes several contracts in the Caspian Sea region with a total value of more than 500 million US $. During the visit of the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to Kazakhstan on Wednesday 2 December 2015 Van Oord announced the award of several contracts in the Caspian Sea. The first project comprises the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract for the Cape Cod Canal dredging project, which is expected to begin in early January 2016. According to the Cape Cod Times, the contract was awarded to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., the project’s low bidder, at $5.9 million. The project is expected to take… Read More
The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Management Office (PENRO) said a Taiwanese mining firm has been given permission to dredge Abra River. The project is aimed at ensuring the safety of residents in at least five municipalities in the province against flash floods. According to Raymund Sinay, PENRO officer, the silt has been building up… Read More
Sunshine Coast-based dredging, civil contracting and marine civil company Halls Contracting dredged more than 365,000 sqm of sand from a lagoon to fill the holes and improve living conditions on the island. Hall Contracting managing director Cameron Hall said the works, funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on behalf of… Read More
PSA Panama International Terminal has awarded two contracts for a total of US$200 million for the dredging alongside the future berths to a depth of 16.3 million to Belgium-based Jan de Nul. The construction of 800 metres of new quay wall for the terminal that is located on the western bank of the Pacific entrance… Read More
Marine contractor Boskalis Westminster has deployed a crane barge to begin clearing debris from Portsmouth Harbour ahead of dredging work. In June, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) awarded Boskalis Westminster a £31m contract to prepare the naval harbour for the arrival of Queen Elizabeth Class carriers. While the dredging vessel is not due to start… Read More
Inix Technologies Holdings Bhd’s soon-to-be 30 per cent associate company, Galactic Maritime (M) Sdn Bhd, has signed an RM34.5 million agreement with Alam Seada Sdn Bhd (ASSB) to provide three vessels for dredging and land reclamation services for a project in Penang. In filing to Bursa Malaysia today, Inix said, it was based on a… Read More
BMT JFA Consultants (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, recently completed the project management and supervision of the 2015 Bandy Creek Boat Harbour Dredging works. This campaign was undertaken as part of the state-wide maintenance dredging program which has been managed by BMT for the… Read More
PSA Panama International Terminal, located on the Western bank of the Panama Canal Pacific entrance continues to push ahead with its $400m-expansion that will increase its handling capacity to 2m teu. PSA Panama has awarded two major contracts for a total of $200m for the dredging alongside the future berths to 16.3 m draught, a… Read More
After an impressive profit after tax of Rs.19 crore in second quarter as against Rs.3 crore during the same period last year, Dredging Corporation of India is cruising ahead to diversify its operations by undertaking shallow water dredging and sand mining and exploring opportunities abroad. The company is looking at various dredging projects in Dubai,… Read More
Rudy Helmons, a PhD-Candidate in Dredging Engineering at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), has won the IADC Young Author Award in 2015. The award was presented by René Kolman, secretary-general of IADC at CEDA Dredging Days 2015 conference at Ahoy Rotterdam on 6 November, 2015.
Crowley Puerto Rico Services has broken ground on a US$48.5 million construction project for a new pier at its Isla Grande Terminal in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The project includes the development of a new 900ft long, 114ft wide concrete pier and all associated dredging needed to accommodate Crowley’s two new liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered,… Read More
A launching ceremony of a new dredging vessel Severnaya Dvina, project TSHD 2000 was held in Vietnam. The festive occasion took place on 9 November, 2015 at the Song Thu Corporation shipyard, Da Nang, being a part of Damen Shipyards Group, Russian Maritime Register of Shipping said in its press release. Severnaya Dvina is being… Read More
Salmons Inc., a Virginia Beach marine contractor, was fined Tuesday for the second time in two months for illegally dredging local waterways and causing environmental harm to them. Problems arose this time in Crab Creek in Virginia Beach, along the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp and Beach Facility , a public landmark visible to motorists traveling the… Read More