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Ellicott Dredges Ends 2017 With a Bang – With Orders For Over a Dozen Dredges From All Six Continents

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The end of the year was busy and successful for Ellicott Dredges, with important new orders from all corners of the world. North American Award The New York State Canal Corporation (NYSCC) which runs the New York State Canal System has once again selected Ellicott to supply its latest dredge, to be named the “HD-7.”… Read More

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Water Quality Planner Set to Retire

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For 34 years, Kurt Erichsen has been on the front lines of northwest Ohio’s biggest water issues. Now, as he prepares for retirement on Jan. 31, officials are wondering how to fill the void he’ll leave behind. “Kurt has 34 years of experience, but about 100 years of knowledge and passion for our region,” said… Read More

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Dredging Corp Secures Rs 88-cr Contract from Cochin Port

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Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI) has secured a Rs 88.51 crore contract for dredging of channels at Cochin Port. DCI secured the contract through competitive bidding, the company said in a BSE filing. DCI has been carrying out the maintenance dredging works at Cochin Port continuously since 2011-12. “Cochin Port invited global tenders for… Read More

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Denmark’s Rohde Nielsen Wins Sri Lanka Sea Sand Dredging Deal

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Rohde Nielsn A/S, a Denmark based company had won a 20 million US dollar deal to dredge sea sand in Sri Lanka, the state information office said. Sri Lanka’s state-run Land Reclamation and Development Company Ltd, has chosen the Danish firm after competitive bidding. The cabinet of ministers had approved a proposal by Megapolis Minister… Read More

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Shipping Ministry Builds Case Against Dredging Corporation Selloff

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ET reported that the government may shelve its plan to sell Dredging Corporation of India to private players, after the shipping ministry made a case against privatisation of this company. The ministry is of the view that given the massive projects that the government is undertaking to make inland waterways navigable and build and modernise… Read More

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2017 SonarWiz Workshop a Great Success

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Chesapeake Technology, Inc. has publicly thanked the over fifty attendees of the 2017 edition of the SonarWiz Training Workshop. The annual training event was held December 5-7 at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, North Carolina. In his welcoming remarks, Jason Rogers, Chair of the Marine Technology Department, said “Cape Fear has one of the… Read More

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New Dredging Contract Awards for Boskalis

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Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a five year contract by the Buenos Aires based Comision Administradora del Rio de la Plata for the capital and maintenance dredging of the Martin Garcia channel. The contract is valued at some €110m and will be carried out in a joint venture with the Belgium… Read More

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Sevenson Employees Receive “GM Life Saving Award”

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GM Life Saving Award-Given to Sevenson employees: Chris Money, Chyrese Gill-Arellano, Robert Jones Jr, and David Morgan. SES has been working as a contractor for GM Remediation at Bedford as part of landfill maintenance. SES had a workers walking the landfill during mowing/erosion control activities looking for drainages. At lunch time the worker’s team waited… Read More

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CSA Ocean Sciences Expands Trinidad and Tobago Operations

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CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) is pleased to announce the expansion of its operations in Trinidad and Tobago. CSA Ocean Sciences (Trinidad) Limited, will be led by Ms. Candice Leung Chee, Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Carlyle Kalloo, Director, and Mr. Rameez Persad, Operations Manager. The expanded executive team brings decades of collective experience in the… Read More

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Adani Ports Dredging Fleet Emerges as India’s Largest

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Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone today said it has added two new dredgers to become the largest fleet in the country. “Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ), India’s largest port developer and part of Adani Group today announced the addition of two new 8000 m3 Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (TSHDs),” the company… Read More

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Ellicott Dredges and Caterpillar Marine Celebrate Over Fifty Years of Success Together

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Founded in Baltimore, MD in 1885, Ellicott Dredges is the world’s oldest and largest builder of medium-sized cutter suction dredges. A leader in the dredging industry, Ellicott built all of the dredges used in the original construction of the Panama Canal, and through the years, they have been an innovative and influential source for design and… Read More

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Geraldine Knatz, PhD, Joins Dewberry Board of Directors

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University of Southern California professor and former executive director of the Port of Los Angeles confirmed during December board meeting. Chairman Barry K. Dewberry and Dewberry Chief Executive Officer Donald E. Stone, Jr., announced the confirmation of Geraldine Knatz, PhD, following the firm’s most recent board meeting. Dewberry is a privately held professional services firm… Read More

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Watershed District Administrator Resigns

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The Shell Rock River Watershed District board announced Thursday that District Administrator Brett Behnke resigned effective Wednesday. “It has been my honor to serve 13 years for the district,” Behnke said in a resignation letter read by watershed board Chairman Dan DeBoer Thursday. “Getting the permit for the dredging was a long road, but we… Read More

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YRDL to Acquire Wuhan Economic Development Port Co.

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International infrastructure company Yangtze River Development Ltd. (YRDL), which engages in industrial and logistics real estate development in China’s Yangtze River, has an agreement in place to purchase Wuhan Economic Development Port Co. (WEDPC), YRDL confirmed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. WEDPC is a large infrastructure development project positioned in… Read More

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Govt Seeks Bids from Advisors for Sale of Dredging Corp, HLL

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The government today invited bids from transaction advisors for the sale process of three PSUs, including Dredging Corporation of India. The government plans to sell 100 per cent stake in HLL LifeCare Ltd and Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (IMPCL) through strategic sale via a two-stage auction process. Entities willing to act as transaction advisors… Read More

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