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USACE seeks public review for Sawpit Creek dredging
The USACE has published an Environmental Assessment (EA) for public review and comment in regard to proposed maintenance dredging of the federally authorized Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) channel, settling basins and advance maintenance areas (AMA) in the waters of Sawpit Creek, the Amelia R
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Fehmarnbelt Tunnel – part of sustainably connected Europe
Femern A/S, a Danish planning company charged with preparing the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, is contributing to the green transition of transportation within the EU. Earlier this week, the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Project was featured in exhibition “The track to a successful TEN-T for a sustainably connected Euro
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Kenmare posts Q3 2022 Production Report
Kenmare Resources plc, the company that operates the Moma Titanium Minerals Mine in northern Mozambique, has just introduced a trading update for the quarter ending 30 September 2022. The company reported the primary zircon production of 17,300 tonnes, a 10% increase compared to Q3 2021 (15,700 tonn
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DSC to hold Dreducation Class next week
Once a year, industry expert Charles Johnson conducts a Dreducation Class, a dredge operators training course designed to educate and enable industry newcomers on how to become more productive and enable them to work more efficiently. The 2022 course is set to take place on Tuesday, October 18th fro
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Aberdeen South Harbour PHOTO UPDATE
Port of Aberdeen has just released the latest visual update of its transformational port expansion project at Aberdeen South Harbour. “We are fast approaching the next major construction milestone at the end of October, when around 80% of the quayside will be complete and fully operational,” the Por
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CEDA-IADC fact sheet: Beneficial Use of Dredged Material
The IADC-CEDA recently published a Fact Sheet titled “Beneficial Use of Dredged Material” which describes methods and answers questions about how to deal with large quantities of sediments in relation to dredging projects and ecological developments. Dredging is essential for the maintenance and dev
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WEDA’s 2022 Pacific Chapter Meeting coming soon
Two weeks from now, the 2022 WEDA Pacific Chapter Meeting will be held in downtown San Francisco. The meeting is taking place at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA from Wednesday, October 26th to 28th, 2022. As in the previous years, the conference is aimed at encouraging dialog between t
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Mawani signs contracts for Jeddah Islamic Port deepening
The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has signed two contracts with major contractors PC Marine Services and Modern Building Leaders (MBL), the latter in consortium with HutaHegerfeld Saudia Ltd, to deepen and build new berths at Jeddah Islamic Port with a total of SAR642 million ($170.7 million). The
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Maintenance dredging at Newburyport Harbor moves ahead
H&L Contracting, LLC of Long Island, NY will be performing maintenance dredging of the Newburyport Harbor in the following days, the City of Newburyport said. The project will consist of hydraulically dredging approximately 226,000 cubic yards of material from the two entrance channels at the mouth
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Removing fragmented rock from South Port harbour entrance channel
On 8 August, South Port NZ contracted Heron Construction Company Ltd operating under an existing coastal permit, to remove fractured or fragmented rock that remained in the Port harbour entrance channel from previous dredging campaigns. This project commenced on 21 August and was expected to be comp
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Developing Port of Bari by Jan De Nul
The Port of Bari is one of the main economic focal points of Southern Italy. To make the region ready to receive both more and larger vessels, Jan De Nul helped construct an extension to the port. According to JDN, 586,000 m3 of limestone – an extremely massive soil layer- had to be removed, to [&he
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WEDA Journal of Dredging Volume 20, Issue 1
Western Dredging Association (WEDA) has just released the latest edition of its ‘Journal of Dredging’, with some of the most interesting dredging-related topics presented to the audience. The Volume 20, Issue 1 of the WEDA’s Journal includes five manuscripts covering a wide range of technical topics
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IADC Dredging Seminar in Singapore
Registration is still open for the IADC Dredging Seminar in Singapore, which is taking place from 7-11 November of this year. According to International Association of Dredging Companies, the five-day seminar strives to provide an understanding of the basics of dredging through lectures and workshop
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Channel Islands Harbor dredging starts soon
Navigating the Channel Islands Harbor will continue to be safe and downcoast beaches will receive an influx of much-needed sand thanks to a dredging project that will soon be underway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is on schedule to start dredging the Channel Islands Harbor in the following days.