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Royal IHC completes track installation to URM Vehicle in Blyth
Royal IHC’s construction team has completed the track installation to its latest URM Vehicle (Underwater Remote Mining) at its Port of Blyth facility. Using the technology from within the Royal IHC group, this 120t vehicle will efficiently cut and transfer material from a pit floor using a dredge sy
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BREAKING NEWS: Princess Alexia of the Netherlands christens new dredger Vox Alexia
Her Royal Highness Princess Alexia of the Netherlands performed the christening ceremony for Van Oord’s new hopper dredger Vox Alexia today. The christening ceremony took place at the Wilhelminakade quay in Rotterdam’s city centre, where the vessel is being docked for two days. Guests and Van Oord e
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Cashman wins Jacksonville dredging contract
Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co. LLC, Quincy, Massachusetts, has won a $9,266,500 firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging work in Florida. Bids were solicited via the internet with four bids received, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Work will be performed in Jacks
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Lake Cathie dredging reaches halfway mark
Port Macquarie Hastings Council today announced that they are halfway through the dredging operations at Lake Cathie, with close to 10,000m3 of sand now extracted from the lake. “We’re undertaking this important work for two reasons; to improve the recreational amenity of the lake, and to protect Li
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BREAKING NEWS: Van Oord wraps up Addu land reclamation
As part of the efforts to develop Addu City in the Maldives, the latest land reclamation project initiated on the southernmost city has now been completed. The Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure revealed that the project was wrapped up in August. The physical work for the proj
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BREAKING NEWS: Boskalis to deploy TSHD for Baltica 2 job
Boskalis has acquired two contracts for the transportation and installation of the export and array cables for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm off the coast of Poland. The two contracts were awarded by a joint venture between PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted, which are developing the
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Work on new offshore breakwater in Millport Bay about to begin
Works to construct a new offshore breakwater in Millport Bay as part of Millport Flood Protection Scheme are planned from Monday, 11th September, until March 2024. The breakwater will be constructed between the small rock islands of The Leug, The Spoig and The Eileans as illustrated. According to Cu
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EXCLUSIVE: Saudi Arabia launches Jeddah canal MEGAPROJECT
Saudi Arabia has launched a mixed-use megaproject near Jeddah that includes an 11km canal. ROSHN Group – Saudi Arabia’s biggest developer, owned by the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund – last week announced plans to develop MARAFY, located north of Jeddah, that will accommodate more than 130,000 res
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VIDEO: Saltmarsh restoration – the BUDs trial
Solent Seascape Project has released this amazing video named Saltmarsh Restoration – the BUDs trial. A new trial taking place in Chichester hopes to prove that sediment dredged out of marinas can be put to good use, by rebuilding degraded shoreline and reversing saltmarsh decline. The trial is the
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Dredging concessions: towards complete outsourcing
Canals and rivers are usually important economic lifelines. It is therefore crucial to maintain the depth and flow of these waterways by dredging accumulating sand, silt and other sediments in time. This not only allows – the ever bigger – ships to pass smoothly, it also prevents siltation and flood
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Dredging & Land Reclamation World Summit returns to Singapore
The world’s exclusive 14th Dredging & Land Reclamation World Summit 2023 is back again in Singapore with dredging professionals and reclamation practitioners gathering from September 5-8 to share latest case studies and strategies. According to the organizers, Equip Global, the summit is dedicated t
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GLDD wins $22.1M Mississippi River dredging job
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has won a $22.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for a dredging job on the Mississippi River. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, Louisiana, with an estimated completion d
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PHOTO: Dredge Goetz at work near Brownsville, Minnesota
After spending the winter in drydock for scheduled maintenance, the Dredge Goetz has been busy this summer maintaining the 9-foot channel on the Mississippi River. According to USACE St. Paul District, Goetz has dredged 418,710 cubic yards of material so far this summer and is working near Brownsvil
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Hội An coastline protection plan gets OK
The People’s Committee of Quảng Nam Province has just approved a project helping to prevent the erosion of Hội An’s coastline, Viet Nam News reports. The project has a total investment of EUR42 million, equivalent to VNĐ980 billion (US$41 million), of which overseas development assistance (ODA) loan