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Grays Harbor dredging set for next week
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to conduct Grays Harbor maintenance dredging in the Outer Harbor beginning next week with the USACE hopper dredge vessels Yaquina and Essayons. According to USACE, the Yaquina is expected to start dredging in the outer harbor of Grays Harbor around April 12 and
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Campaign B maintenance dredging on Yarra River underway
Australasian Marine Associates has just started the Campaign B maintenance dredging works in the lower Yarra River for Parks Victoria. The dredging operations are being undertaken from the Bolte Bridge and through the CBD (suburb in the City of Melbourne). This followed a successful Campaign A dredg
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Dredging at Olympic Port in Barcelona underway
The transformation of the Olympic Port in Barcelona, Catalonia, is moving ahead. Under this development plan, dredging work on the inlet has begun this March, a maintenance project that will increase the safety of navigation and access to the Port by sea. This is the first time that this work has be
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GLDD signs agreement with Texas A&M University
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has entered into agreement with the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University to provide funding and technical support for what will become the GLDD Laboratory of Dredging and Coastal Studies. Lasse Petterson, President and Chief Executive Officer at
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Boskalis announces new investments in dredging fleet
Royal Boskalis Westminster, a Papendrecht based company operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors, is making new capital investments in its fleet – centered around strengthening their position in the large and jumbo hopper segment. Under the plan, Boskalis will
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Unsuccessful attempts to refloat Ever Forward, General Average declared
In light of the increasing costs arising from the continued attempts to refloat the 12,000 TEU Ever Forward, Evergreen declared General Average today. The vessel, owned by Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd., a subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corporation, ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay after leaving
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Advancing key infrastructure projects in Virginia
Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Representatives Bobby Scott and Elaine Luria (both D-VA) issued the following statement yesterday, applauding an additional $223,871,000 in federal funding for key Virginia projects. “This funding will advance key infrastructure projects in the r
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Corpus Christi channel improvement included in FY 2023 Budget
The Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project was included in President Joe Biden’s proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Budget released yesterday under the USACE Coastal Navigation Construction category. The President’s recommended funding targeted project closeout appropriations of $157.3 million. Once
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Dredging Corporation of India celebrates 46th birthday
Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCI) today celebrated the company’s 46th birthday at its Head Office in Visakhapatnam. Incorporated on this day 46 years ago, DCI has consistently catered to the dredging requirements of the major and minor ports across the country and abroad. The celebrations
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Van Oord in 2021: Healthy market recovery in dredging business unit
Van Oord saw a healthy market recovery in the Dredging business unit in 2021. Revenue increased from EUR 598 million in 2020 to EUR 727 million in 2021. Fleet utilisation was nevertheless still low, the company said. The market picked up in the second half of the year. The results were satisfactory
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IADC webinar on nature-based solutions
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development earlier this week organised a webinar to discuss the findings of the SAVi Assessment of the Hondsbossche and Pettemer (H&P) sea dunes. The result of the SAVi assessment of the Honds
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Biden-Harris Administration submits President’s Budget for FY 2023
The Biden-Harris Administration submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 today. “The Army Civil Works FY 2023 Budget – which on the heels of the transformative investments of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and the 2022 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Ac
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Van Oord expands dredging fleet with three LNG TSHDs
The year of 2021 proved to be a year of opposites for Van Oord. On the one hand, it was a difficult year in the light of COVID-19, market- and supply chain issues and operational challenges. On the other hand, Van Oord ended the year with an optimistic outlook – reflected in a record-high order [&he
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Van Oord wins Ain Sokhna Port dredging contract
Van Oord has signed a large contract in Egypt for dredging the Ain Sokhna Port on the Red Sea. This new contract requires the deployment of self-propelled cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and a fleet of sand carriers. The port is situated in Ain Sokhna, a region of Suez Governorate of Egypt. A major i