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Reinforcing sea dike with ripened clay – World’s first in Groningen
In an area near Groningen, the Netherlands, a sea dike has been reinforced with ripened clay made from salty dredged sediment – the project that has never been done before. More info
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Interview with Filip Stefanovic: Solving the world’s most pressing marine problems
Finding the balance between protecting coastline structures and conserving the environment is an important task. Nowadays, extreme climate events, such as droughts and flooding, are occurring at an increasingly alarming rate worldwide. Also, sediments and floating debris collect on structures during
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Get ready for TAMU’s annual Dredging Engineering Short Course
Texas A&M University is gearing up for what will be the 52nd TAMU Annual Dredging Engineering Short Course. This 4.5 day Dredging Short Course, which attracts a wide range of audience from state, local and federal governments, consultants, contractors, and academic researchers, focuses on dredging,
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Boskalis creates new land for New Manila International Airport
The construction of the New Manila International Airport (MIA), the largest project in Boskalis’ history, has reached an important milestone – the contours of the new land are now visible. Under this massive program, around 1,700 hectares of land will be developed for the new facilities, located aro
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Boosting boating access at Black Rock
Better Boating Victoria (BBV) is currently helping boost boating access at Black Rock. “Through the Better Boating Fund’s Dredging and Access Grants, we provided $40,000 to Bayside City Council to undertake dredging at the popular Port Phillip boat ramp,” said BBV. Council has funded the remainder o
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EPA announces settlement to study Lower Hudson River
Under a legal agreement with the U.S. EPA, General Electric Company (GE) will investigate the Lower River portion of the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site to determine next steps for addressing contamination. Under the terms of the legal administrative agreement, GE will immediately develop a plan fo
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Rockingham secures funding for sand renourishment works
The City of Rockingham has successfully secured $196,000 from the State Government’s Coastal Adaptation and Protection Grants Program, to help deliver important sand renourishment works along beaches within Warnbro Sound. A number of beaches in the north-eastern area of Warnbro Sound are experienci
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Damen Dredging Seminar in Thailand
Earlier this September, Netherlands based Damen Shipyards Group successfully organised the first Dredging Seminar in Thailand. The Guest of Honor, His Excellency Mr Remco van Wijngaarden, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Thailand, opened the event by highlighting the existing cooperat
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USACE, Ports of Longview and Kalama agree to $2.1M study
Leadership from the Ports of Longview and Kalama, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have agreed to fund an estimated $2.1 million study. The study will investigate what changes or improvements engineers can make to turning basins in the Columbia River to help larger, deeper-drafting vessels, safe
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African Development Bank president inaugurates Port of Maio
The Government of Cabo Verde, the European Union and the African Development Bank, with Team Europe members France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the German development bank KfW, inaugurated a modernised port on the island of Maio yesterday. This project is part
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Historic dredging partnership agreement inked in Liberia
Following extensive discussions and alignment on the need for dredging and widening the port channels of the Freeport of Monrovia, the National Port Authority and APM Terminals Liberia have executed a Dredging Project Financing & Execution Agreement under the mandate of the NPA Board of Directors. T
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Sandusky Harbor dredging starts soon
The USACE Buffalo District awarded a $1,372,000 contract to Michigan-based Luedtke Engineering to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Sandusky Harbor and will begin on September 18 through mid-October. With partial funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes
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Land & Water strengthens relationship with Canal & River Trust
Land & Water has been awarded a place on the Non Complex, Canal & River Trust CEC Framework in three regions for a four year term. The regions are Wales and South West, London and South East and East Midlands. Land & Water has worked with Canal & River Trust for over 20 years now, […]
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Ashtead acquires subsea dredging solutions provider
Ashtead Technology is expanding its mechanical solutions service offering with the acquisition of WeSubsea, a provider of subsea dredging technology solutions. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of the year and will be Ashtead’s sixth acquisition in the past five years. A