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Building up sand stockpile at Opotiki breakwaters
Building up the sand stockpile has been the Opotiki Harbour Development teams main focus this week. This photo shows excavators on the eastern beach, between the breakwaters and in the river, all loading up trucks to add to the stockpile. The Opotiki Harbour Development Project will provide access f
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PHOTO UPDATE: The largest project in Boskalis’ history – New Manila Airport
rexDronieTV has just released the latest photo 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 works are moving ahead according to schedule. Unde
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MTCC dredging crews busy on Dhigurah Harbor project
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has just released the latest update on the Adh. Dhigurah Harbor Development Project. According to MTCC, dredging operations are ongoing at the new harbor basin. Scope of works will include: The value of the project is MVR 50.02 million ($3.2 million)
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Port Beach sand nourishment wraps up
The ground-breaking Port Beach sand nourishment project is now complete, the City of Fremantle said. In the latest and final stage of works, 150,000m³ of sand was dredged from Fremantle Port’s deep water channel during February and March and used to extend the beach. The Port Beach sand nourishment
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Applying early contractor involvement in marine infrastructure procurement
Complex construction projects that use traditional procurement practices are often impacted by significant cost overruns and delays. Early contractor involvement (ECI) is a concept that strives to involve the contractor collaboratively at an early stage of a project’s development to mitigate or othe
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EXCLUSIVE: Top dredging players in race for NEOM Duba Port contract
NEOM has invited selected companies to bid for a contract to complete the next phase of the Duba Port Expansion at Oxagon Industrial City. According to MEED, the companies need to submit their offers before May 11. The prospective bidders are: The contract to execute the first phase of the Duba Port
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DEME’s financial position remains healthy
In its 2022 financial highlights report, DEME Group said that they achieved two records in 2022. These records include: There was healthy demand in all segments, leading to a 285 million euro increase in orderbook compared to December 31, 2021. A series of contract awards for offshore projects aroun
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Maalhos Island harbor development in full swing
The Maalhos Island harbor development project in Alif Alif atoll, the Maldives, is moving forward. The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) said yesterday that the fifth shipment of rock boulders required for the harbor development project has been delivered to the project site. Current
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Dredging of Black Hawk Lake starts
A second and final season of dredging on Black Hawk Lake, located in Sac County, is scheduled to start this week. An additional two to three weeks of site clean-up and contractor demobilization will follow the dredging work. The dredge will move across the lake slowly as it removes silt. Also, the p
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All set for Leland dredging work
Leland Harbor Personnel will be starting the dredging of the harbor mouth on or around April 11, said Susan Och, Township Supervisor at Leland Township, Michigan. This is an annual process where the dredging crews suck up the sand that has drifted into the harbor mouth and deposit it onto the beach
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Port of Rotterdam, APM Terminals sign Maasvlakte II expansion deal
APM Terminals, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has announced the expansion of its Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam. The project involves a site of approximately 47.5 hectares with 1,000 metres of deep-sea quay. The Port of Rotterdam Authority is now constructing the new quay walls, which will be co
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Mariel dredging complete, TCM Neo-Panamax ready
Mariel Container Terminal (TCM) said that the dredging work of its access channel has been completed. Buoys have been relocated as per new channel dimensions, allowing the terminal to receive Neo-Panamax vessels of up to 366-metres long, 52-metres wide, and 15-metre deep. “The deepening of the acces
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“Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure” course in Belgium
For professionals involved in dredging related activities for water infrastructure development, IADC and CEDA have decided to organise another “Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure” course from 20-22 June 2023 in Hotel Van der Valk in Beveren, Belgium. During this 2.5-day course, participants wil
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Dredging resumes at Spoilbank Marina site
Dredging operations are in full swing again at the Spoilbank Marina site. “Now that the flatback turtle’s nesting season has finished, we’ve resumed marine construction activities at the marina,” Spoilbank Marina said. Dredging will take place 7am to 7pm, seven days per week for the next few months.