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The first Young WEDA Award coming today
This year for the first time the Western Dredging Association will recognize a Young Professional, who has made contributions of significant value to WEDA and the dredging community in recent years. The Young WEDA Award will be presented at the 2021 WEDA Dredging Summit, which starts today June 15.
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Jan De Nul signs Rabnabad dredging deal
The Payra Port Authority (PPA) and Jan De Nul signed a contract for capital and maintenance dredging of the Rabnabad channel yesterday. Under the agreement, Jan De Nul will dredge a 75km stretch of the channel, ensuring a draft of 10.5 metres. According to the Port, this will allow entry and anchori
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Sevenson: Getting ready for Absecon dredging
Sevenson Environmental Services is mobilizing a DSC Dredge’s LLC Wolverine Class Dredge at the NJDOT Absecon Creek Maintenance Dredging & Channel Improvements Project in Atlantic City, NJ. Under the project, 71.000 cubic yards of sediment will be removed from the channel via hydraulic dredging. The
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Maryland Port Administration joins CDMCS
The Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) has just announced that the Maryland Port Administration (MPA), Port of Baltimore, officially joined the organization. “We’re thrilled to join the Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety,” said William P. Doyle, Executive Di
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Interview with Luca Sittoni: Dredged sediment is the new gold
Sustainability means acting in a way that is not harmful to the planet, preserving natural resources, and thus supporting long-term ecological balance. By adhering to principles of sustainability for dredging and dredged material management by using natural systems to integrate these actions, the dr
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Barnegat Inlet dredging set for July
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has just announced details for an upcoming project that will involve dredging the Barnegat Inlet navigation channel and placing the sand in the nearshore area off Harvey Cedars, N.J. The dredger Murden is expected to arrive around July 6th and will conduct dredging a
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Deepening of Southampton’s berth pockets by Boskalis
To enable the growth of the Port of Southampton in the UK as a major international logistics hub, Boskalis successfully completed widening and deepening of their five berth pockets. The dredging and widening of the berths ensure that the terminal’s operator DP World Southampton is able to continue t
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Boskalis’ Odin busy at Fehmarnbelt
Work on the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel’s area east of Rødbyhavn is in full swing now, Femern reports. Excavation operations in the harbor pool have been boosted in the form of Boskalis’ backhoe dredger Odin. The Fehmarnbelt link will be built as an immersed tunnel between Rødbyhavn on Lolland and the German
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Upton urges support for Michigan dredging projects
The necessity of clearing harbors along the Lake Michigan shoreline is on the mind of Michigan Congressman Fred Upton. The Congressman sent a letter last week to the leaders on the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies asking them to support President Biden’s FY22 Budget
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San Rafael dredging project on the way
San Rafael Creek in Marin County, California, could be dredged – at least in part – next summer. The Biden administration’s proposed budget sets aside $6.75 million for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin working on the $13 million project. The budget must be approved by congressional committe
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Abu Dhabi Ports: Fujairah expansion inaugurated
H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, officially opened Fujairah Terminals’ expansion programme yesterday. Fujairah Terminals is one of the Middle East’s most important economic, commercial, and logistics hubs, according to Emirates News Agency. Founded in
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Damen expanding the Hopper Dredger portfolio
Damen Shipyards Group has expanded its Hopper Dredger portfolio – the full range now covering hopper volumes from 650m3 to 5,000m3. The company is known in the dredging market for its array of vessels for different dredging projects. These vessels include a range of cutter suction dredgers, workboat
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Work on Feevah Harbour nears end
Work on the Sh. Feevah Harbour development is well underway, with overall 92% project progress, the Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) said in their latest announcement. According to the update, maintenance dredging works of existing harbour basin are also ongoing, with 78% completion
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Building more climate resilient future for Louisiana’s coast
Louisiana’s Barataria Basin has experienced some of the highest rates of land loss on the planet: Between 1932 to 2016, the region lost nearly 295,000 acres of land, displacing communities, threatening critical infrastructure and jobs, and decimating formerly diverse and abundant wildlife habitat. L