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Elmina Harbour expansion nears end
The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, inspected ongoing construction works on the Elmina Fishing Harbour expansion project two days ago. The 30-month program started on August 1, 2020, following the sod cutting ceremony conducted by President Akufo-Addo. During the vis
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Interview with Georges Teheux, General Manager at MOTAS Dredging Solutions
Designing and developing great components is not enough to make a dredging vessel work in the most efficient way. It’s the way the different components and systems work together and communicate what makes a good machine a great machine. Recently, we took an opportunity to talk about sustainable dred
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Spotlight on Damen’s new Marine Aggregate Dredger class
Although marine aggregates are increasingly in demand given the scarcity of land-based resources, the marine aggregates dredging fleet worldwide is largely an aging one, with a significant portion of vessels over 30 years old. With its decades of experience building dredgers of all types, Damen deci
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Get ready for WEDA Winter 2023 conference
Western Dredging Association (WEDA) has just revealed the date of their Winter 2023 conference. WEDA’s 2023 Midwest Chapter Meeting will be held in downtown Louisville, KY, at the historic Brown Hotel from Tuesday, Feb. 21 to 23rd, 2023. Similar to previous years, the meeting will be an exciting edu
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Dredging equipment arrives at Falcon Lake
Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar yesterday announced the arrival of the necessary equipment to begin the dredging of Falcon Lake. The dredging of the lake will help ensure continued access to this critical water supply for the people of Zapata County and the surrounding areas. According to Cuellar, t
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Stepping up to the water, climate and sustainability needs
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards led a delegation of business and state leaders on an economic development, water management and resiliency mission to the Netherlands last week. The visit is the result of an invitation from the Kingdom of the Netherlands Special Envoy for International Water Affa
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Norfolk Dredging wins Norfolk Harbor Deepening Project
USACE Norfolk District awarded a $84.8 million Norfolk Harbor 55’ Deepening Project contract last week to Norfolk Dredging Company of Chesapeake, Va. This first Corps contract will include the Newport News Channel and the Norfolk Harbor Channel. Future Corps contracts are also planned for the Atlant
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Boskalis makes progress on the Philippines’ most sophisticated airport
In Boskalis’ latest Annual Report, the company CEO, Peter Berdowski, announced the latest update on the Manila International Airport (MIA) project in the Philippines. According to the update, preparatory works started in Manila in the course of 2021 – ahead of the construction of the platform for th
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Interview with Pavel Syrtsov: Remu Oy is on the rise
Living near a body of water has always appealed to many, yet some of these areas may require maintenance operations – such as dredging – to keep up with the ever-changing environment. To achieve this, an amphibious excavator or some other suitable dredging equipment is used to remove the underwater
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Construction of Hamburg heating tunnel kicks off
Construction of a new tunnel that will supply northern Hamburg, Germany, with heat from industrial waste started on August 4. According to Implenia, work kicked off when a large diaphragm wall excavator began the first dredging to construct the tunnel shaft on the south bank of the Elbe. The company
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Oklahoma delegation visits dredge builder VMI
A delegation from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Oklahoma Finance Authority, Central Technology Center, Cushing Economic Development Foundation, and Senator Tom Dugger toured VMI, Inc., a long-time local dredge builder located in the Andrew Little Industrial Park, earlier this week. The group
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Rock groyne at Point Richards almost complete
The new rock groyne at Point Richards is almost complete and new channel navigation markers are planned to be installed over the next two weeks, directing boaters safely past the groyne, Better Boating Victoria said. The Point Richards boating facility upgrade, which included 50 additional boat and
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Nadi River dredging starts
The Nadi River dredging project, aimed to protect households, communities’ farms and infrastructure adjacent to the river, is now underway. A total of 9 kilometers of dredging work will be undertaken by the Ministry of Waterways under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with Hong Yuan Dev
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Sihanoukville Port expansion gets $306 million boost
Japan will provide a loan of $306 million to Cambodia for the expansion of a new container terminal at the Sihanoukville Port, according to a press release from the Cambodian Foreign Ministry. Cambodia’s Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhonn, and his visiting Japanese counterpart, Hayashi Yoshimasa, exchan