An Implementation Agreement for Ganga Rejuvenation under the Namami Gange Program was signed in New Delhi last week between the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and German International Cooperation (GIZ) of Germany. The objective of the agreement is to enable res
A seven-day bauma 2016 show has come to an end, bringing more than 580,000 visitors from 200 countries to Munich, Germany. The show gathered a total of 3,423 exhibitors—1,263 from Germany and 2,160 from abroad—from 58 countries who presented their products, developments and innovations on some 605,0
The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District is making preparations for a dredging project at Jeffrey Lake that will begin in early May. Central intends to remove a large amount of sediment that has accumulated in the lake over the years. The project will result in significant improveme
BEML LIMITED has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dredging Corporation of India Ltd. for indigenous design, development and manufacture of spares for dredgers. The MoU was signed by Shri P Dwarakanath, CMD, BEML and Shri Rajesh Tripathi, CMD, DCI Ltd. in the presence of Shri Nitin Gad
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) held a five-day Dredging Seminar in Panama last week (April 11-15). During the first two days of the seminar, 32 participants from 13 countries visited the Boskalis’ Punta Pacifica land reclamation project and a rock loading facility in Vaca
The Klaipeda Seaport Authority will, in the near future, have its own dredger. Last Friday, April 15th, the authority announced its plans to buy a new dredger. In order to maintain depth in and around the port area, the authority will next month release a tender for the procurement of a self-propell
The maintenance dredging operations at the Port of Foynes are scheduled to begin today, according to the Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC). The dredging works will be undertaken by the SFPC’s multicat Shannon 1. Operations will be conducted by using a plough, and will be located within the Port of
The fallpipe vessel Flintstone has departed from Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm), following a six-week program of maintenance and repairs. The Flintstone underwent a comprehensive program of maintenance, surveys and testing in the run-up to her Special Survey, spending a total of 28 days in drydoc
The Maldives Transport and Construction Company (MTCC) has won a contract to build a causeway between the islands of Madaveli, Hodehdhoo and a habor in Faresmaathodaa, according to the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure of the Republic of Maldives. The Madaveli scheme will involve the reclamatio
In little over two months’ time, the Inauguration Ceremony of the new Panama Canal will mark the completion of the largest infrastructure undertaking in the waterway since the original canal construction back in 1914. The official opening ceremony of the expanded canal will take place on Sunday, Jun
Collier County will close Clam Pass Park and the public beach south of Clam Pass on April 20th and 21st, so that workers from Energy Resources may perform some work for the emergency dredging project in the Clam Bay Natural Resource Protection Area. The closing is necessary for safety reasons, as th
Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have announced that included in the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations committee bill is $2 million for Scoggins Dam upgrades, $48 million for small ports and over $300 million for additional port programs. “The funding included in the appropriations
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a unilateral order to Georgia-Pacific, Weyerhaeuser and International Paper which requires the removal of PCB-contaminated sediment and soil from a 1.5-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River upstream of the Otsego Township Dam, Otsego, Mich. This stret
Gator Dredging, a Florida based dredging contractor, is now at 50% completion of the muck removal from Turkey Creek, located in Palm Bay, FL. Part of the larger Indian River Lagoon cleanup effort in Brevard County, this project involves dredging over 235,000 cubic yards of muck using an Ellicott 670
