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Mongla Port Authority signed a deal with Dredging Corporation of India Limited to dredge the Pasur River to ensure easier transport of coal, construction equipment and raw materials via aquatic channels to the Rampal Power Plant project site. MPA Chairman AKM Faruq Hasan and DCIL Chairman Rajesh Tripathi on Sunday inked the Tk166 crore deal… Read More
Kandla Port Trust has awarded a contract to Van Oord to keep the approach channel to the Indian port up to its declared depth for the next three years. The approach channel is a crucial gateway to the port of Kandla, which is one of the major ports in western India. Dredging activities will commence… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $12.7 million contract for beach renourishment in Ocean City, Maryland. The corps announced Wednesday that the contract has been awarded to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company. Officials say the effort will move 900,000 cubic yards of sand to the beach. Work is expected to begin… Read More
The Connecticut Port Authority, the state’s newest quasi-public agency, will relocate from Hartford to the Saybrook Junction complex at the beginning of next month. First Selectman Carl Fortuna Jr. and members of the Authority’s board of directors announced the move during the agency’s July meeting, which was held at Town Hall. The authority currently is… Read More
Royal HaskoningDHV has been hired by a consortium working on the $1.6 billion Marginal da Corimba project, in Luanda, Angola. The firm is tasked with developing a detailed design for the project, which includes reclaiming 400 hectares of land. The Marginal da Corimba project focuses on the development of Luanda, Angola. The city is facing… 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, has been named winner of the Western Dredging Association’s (WEDA) 2017 Annual Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Project for the John Redmond Dredging Project performed by our Rivers… Read More
The consortium Cruceros del Pacifico, formed by Belgium’s Jan de Nul and Beijing-based China Harbour Engineering Co. (CHEC), was awarded a $165.7m contract by Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) to design, develop and build the Amador Cruise Terminal at the Panama Canal Pacific entrance. Jan de Nul participated in the consortium Grupo Unidos por el Canal… Read More
Adani Ports, ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s Dharti Dredging and Construction, Mercator and a few other domestic dredging players are in the race to buy the government stake in Dredging Corporation of India (DCI). The government has a 73.47% stake in the PSU. “As the central government has decided to divest stake in a few loss… Read More
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and PUMA signed the contract for the construction of the site of the Offshore Center, the port’s press release says. PUMA (Projectorganisatie Uitbreiding Maasvlakte, Project Organisation Expansion Maasvlakte) is a joint venture of the two Dutch hydraulic engineering firms Royal Boskalis Westminster NV and Van Oord NV for the construction… Read More
Philippines port operator ICTSI is to dredge the Congo river to open ports to mainline ships. The company said it will work with Dredging International to deepen the river to an eventual 40ft-plus in the DR Congo. “This will eliminate current draught restrictions in the Divagante area near Boma, and enable direct calls by mainline… Read More
ICTSI Senior Vice-President and Regional Head of Asia Pacific Christian R. Gonzalez said the firm is currently monitoring three port projects in Africa, one in Asia, and another in an undisclosed location. “We’re pushing ahead with… at least five projects… one, I can’t tell you where, but that’s fairly imminent, and then another one also… Read More
A back-of-the-envelope calculation shows that business tycoon Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary may have made at least a cool RM210 million from flipping Penang Port Sdn Bhd from his private outfit Seaport Terminal (Johore) Sdn Bhd to his listed flagship MMC Corp Bhd. To be clear, Seaport Terminal is MMC’s largest shareholder, controlling 51.75% of… Read More
The Western Dredging Associations (WEDA) during its recent annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada proudly presented Environmental Excellence Awards in three categories: Environmental Dredging, Navigation Dredging, and Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. The 2017 WEDA Environmental Excellence Award for Environmental Dredging was presented to the project team for Onondaga Lake Restoration in Syracuse,… Read More
It is with deep sadness that Conrad Shipyard announces the death of its founder, John Parker Conrad, Sr. Surrounded by family and friends, Parker died peacefully on July 6 at his home in Morgan City, LA. He was 101 years old. A shipbuilding pioneer and a legend along the Gulf of Mexico coast and beyond,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, has a new leader. Friday morning, on board the the Battleship North Carolina, Col. Kevin P. Landers Sr. relinquished command. Col. Robert Clark assumed command during the same ceremony. Col. Clark has deployed several times to Iraq. He also holds several master degrees and military awards. Col…. Read More