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New Terra et Aqua available
IADC has just released the latest issue of Terra et Aqua, featuring articles covering dredging projects as well as the topics of safety, socio-economics, technical innovations and the environment. Coastal ecosystems have always created a natural defence that protects inhabitants and infrastructure f
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Geraldton dredging on the way
Mid West Ports Authority (MWPA) is preparing a plan to undertake maintenance dredging activities within Geraldton Port waters to remove accumulated sediments from the Commercial Harbour and Main Shipping Channel. This project is necessary to ensure the safe navigability and continued operations of
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Thames Vision 2050 up for comment
The Port of London will, in the coming weeks, organise a series of engagement events as they seek views on Thames Vision 2050, an updated framework for development of the 95 miles of river from Teddington Lock to the North Sea. The original Thames Vison 2035 was published in summer 2016. Now it is b
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Interview with Fulco Vrooland: ROHR-IDRECO is on the rise
ROHR-IDRECO, an internationally operating company, designs and manufactures a complete portfolio of deep digging electric dredging vessels and equipment for the mining, dredging and dam desiltation industries. A couple of days ago, we took an opportunity to talk with Mr. Fulco Vrooland, ROHR-IDRECO
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Anders Invest acquires stake in ROHR-IDRECO
Anders Invest, an investment company that focuses on partnering with Dutch SMEs with a technical focus, has acquired a minority stake in ROHR-IDRECO Dredge Systems. Anders Invest provides financing for both minority and majority interests and has investments in 23 profitable and expanding businesses
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Cedar Bayou dredging VIDEO
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve has just released this amazing video about the dredging operations to reopen Cedar Bayou along the Texas coast. This is the first couple of weeks of work to establish a connection from the Gulf of Mexico to Mesquite Bay. The video was shot in mid J
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Boskalis: New life begins for Rijnhaven
Boskalis Nederland, a unit of Royal Boskalis Westminster active on the Dutch market, will conduct the dredging works in Rijnhaven, Rotterdam, during the following months. With this dredging program, the Rijnhaven development is becoming visible. The areas between the Wilhelminapier and Katendrecht w
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Dhuvaafaru land reclamation wraps up
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) officially completed land reclamation works of R. Dhuvaafaru on June 14, 2021. At the moment, the shore protection works are moving forward according to schedule. The R. Dhuvaafaru Land Reclamation and Shore Protection project includes: dredging and
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More awards presented at the WEDA Dredging Summit
More awards have been presented at the 2021 Virtual Dredging Summit, to recognize individuals, organizations, and project teams for outstanding engineering and operational achievements while meeting the goals and objectives of WEDA. One of the primary goals and objectives is to recognize individuals
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USACE, CDMCS: Developing a safety mindset VIDEO
USACE and the Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) have signed a strengthened partnership on safety and discussed ways, through shared understanding and commitment, to create and sustain an injury-free workplace and safety-first culture for the men and women of the dredging an
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Cayo nabs Corpus Christi dredging contract
Corpus Christi Mayor, Paulette M. Guajardo, and the City Council yesterday awarded a construction contract to Cayo LLC, of Fort Worth, Texas for the Boat Basin Dredging and McGee Beach Breakwater Repairs. Funding for this Council District 1 project comes from the FY 2021 Seawall CIP in the amount of
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Improving navigational access to Gold Coast
Dredging has officially started in the South Channel of the Broadwater – part of Gold Coast Waterways Authority’s (GCWA) wider Seaway dredging project. “We’re improving navigational access to Gold Coast waterways by dredging the Gold Coast Seaway entrance and the adjacent North and South Channels,”
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Nature-based solutions in Knokke by Jan De Nul
Using natural elements to protect a vulnerable coastline against heavy storms: Jan De Nul calls it nature-based solutions. In the Belgian coastal municipality of Knokke, their trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Pedro Álvares Cabral brought about 980,000 m³ of dredged sand to the beaches to raise
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Van Oord kicks off works in Princess Amalia Harbour
Van Oord has officially started with the construction of some 2.4 kilometres of quays and earth-retaining walls in the Princess Amalia Harbour, commissioned by Port of Rotterdam. “Together with our partners HOCHTIEF Netherlands and Ballast Nedam, we will work on the connection to the existing quay w