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CDMCS Hosts 5th Annual Safety Leadership Awards
Safety excellence in the U.S. dredging and marine construction industry took center stage last week in Washington, DC. when the Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) held its 5th Annual Leadership in Safety Awards Dinner, in conjunction with its quarterly meeting and its CDMCS
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Freeport of Monrovia raises the bar
Last Friday was a historic day for APM Terminals Liberia Ltd. and the Freeport of Monrovia – a total $15 million commitment for two latest generation German made, Liebherr 600 model Mobile Harbor Cranes which will be used to load and unload containers from ships calling at the Freeport. The cranes,
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U.S. dredging industry continues with $2.5B in newbuilds
The U.S. dredging industry is highly competitive and saves the taxpayer hundreds of millions of dollars every year. In 2022, according to The Mike Hooks Report, An Analysis of the FY22 U.S. Federal Dredging Market, compiled in September 2023 finds the following: This means that the U.S. private sect
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EXCLUSIVE: DEME completes dredging job in Sicily
DEME Group has officially completed the Port of Termini Imerese dredging program. Also, the company is actively involved in multiple port expansion projects worldwide. “We successfully concluded a project in the Port of Termini Imerese in Sicily, where our trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Reynaert’
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Amazon region experiences record drought
The Amazon region is experiencing a record drought, already affecting 100,000 people. The Brazilian government is setting up a task force to help those who rely on the rivers as transport routes for food and other essentials. “The situation is very worrying,” Brazil’s Environment Minister Marina Sil
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Watermaster dredger busy in Ozama River
Watermaster/Aquamec Ltd. has just released this amazing photo from a cleanup project in the Dominican Republic. The Ozama River in the Dominican Republic runs through the country’s capital and largest city, Santo Domingo, before reaching the Caribbean Sea. This urban part of the river struggles with
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The Philippines’ most sophisticated airport takes shape (VIDEO UPDATE)
Mxtv today released the latest video update from the largest land reclamation project in Boskalis’ history – the New Manila International Airport (NMIA). This will be the Philippines’ largest and most sophisticated airport and the dredging operations are moving ahead according to schedule. Under thi
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New CFO for Van Oord
Van Oord’s Supervisory Board, in consultation with the Executive Committee, has decided to appoint Ms. Katja Otten as the new CFO. She will start on 1 January 2024. Katja Otten is 52 years old and for the last 6 years has been CFO at APM Terminals. She also has 20 years of experience in various [&he
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How dredging keeps Mississippi River open (VIDEO)
Matt Yarosewick has just released this amazing video named ‘How Dredging Keeps The Mississippi River Open’ on his youtube channel. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Memphis Division, allowed Matt to climb aboard the biggest dustpan dredge in north America. Dredge Hurley has been working the waters of
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Agreement signed for Kenai River Bluffs Erosion Project
Col. Jeffrey Palazzini, Alaska USACE district commander, signed the project partnership agreement for the Kenai River Bluffs Erosion Project during a ceremony at the Kenai Senior Citizens Center on September 25. Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Terry Eubank, city
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Kaunakakai maintenance dredging delayed until Spring 2024
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Kaunakakai Harbor Maintenance Dredging Project is being delayed until Spring 2024. Work was originally scheduled to start in Fall 2023. Maintenance dredging is needed to remove the collection of accumulated sediment and to restore the harbor to its authorized depth
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Ensuring continued navigation from Sandy Pond to Lake Ontario
The Oswego County Legislature recently awarded the Sandy Pond Channel Maintenance Association (SPCMA) $300,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to ensure continued navigation from Sandy Pond to Lake Ontario and safeguard the local economy, which relies heavily upon fishing and summer tourism
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Inland Dredging wins $10.4 million dredging job in Brownsville
Inland Dredging Co. LLC, from Dyersburg, Texas, has won a $10.4 million firm-fixed-price contract for a channel pipeline dredging project in Texas. According to the Department of Defense (DoD), bids for this contract were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Brown
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Contract awarded for Meta River navigability project
Colombia’s national infrastructure agency (ANI) has selected consortium Unión Temporal EIF Navegabilidad Rio Meta to structure the project that will allow navigability on the Meta River. The consortium includes Coral Delgado & Asociados, Bonus Banca de Inversión and Ingeniería De Proyectos, and the