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Port Hinchinbrook dredging at 50% completion
Dredging operations at Port Hinchinbrook are in full swing now. Cassowary Coast Regional Council has just released the latest update on the progress of the Port Hinchinbrook dredging works, saying that they have now reached 50% completion. According to the officials, the current dredging will restor
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TSHD Kronshlot to start dredging operations in Makhachkala
The self-propelled hopper dredger Kronshlot, which was previously operated by the Astrakhan Branch of FSUE “Rosmorport”, has been transferred to the management of the Makhachkala Branch of the enterprise. The dredger Kronshlot became the third vessel in the dredging fleet of the Makhachkala Branch a
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EXCLUSIVE: Boskalis completes Chiapas dredging
Boskalis completed the Port of Chiapas dredging program recently. “Every dredging project, of course, serves its own purpose. In the case of our dredging project in the Port of Chiapas, located on the Pacific side of Mexico, the goal was clear: to remove a large amount of accumulated sand and excess
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BREAKING NEWS: DEME wins Le Havre dredging contract
DEME, in partnership with Terélian, has won a contract to create a new 1,800-meter-long access channel – protected by a breakwater – linking Port 2000 in Le Havre directly to the Seine estuary. For this capital project, DEME will deploy several dredging vessels from its specialist fleet. The prepara
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NEDC procures equipment for Alau Dam dredging
The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has procured dredging equipment for the Alau Dam cleanup program in Borno State, NIgeria. NEDC’s Managing Director, Mohammed Alkali, disclosed this yesterday during the inspection of the dredging equipment parked at the premises of the commission’s centra
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Fire Island Inlet dredging and beachfill project in full swing
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, recently commenced essential maintenance dredging for the Fire Island Inlet and Shores Westerly to Jones Inlet New York Beach Erosion Control and Navigation Project. This critical work, awarded to Norfolk Dredging Company for nearly $37 million, b
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Rock discovery delays Parham Harbor dredging program
Dredging work at Parham Harbor has been delayed due to unexpected challenges, Antigua News Room said. Lionel Hurst, Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office, explained at a Post-Cabinet Press Briefing that rock, rather than the anticipated sand or soft material, was found, complicating the proj
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Long Beach Island project moving as planned
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) recently completed major portion of the Long Beach Island storm damage reduction project. According to the Army Corps’ public affairs officer Steve Rochette, earlier this month GLDD finished beach replenishment works in Beach Haven, North Beach Haven and Holgate. Sin
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Dredging work begins on Jackson Ponds
Beginning last week, City Parks crews and South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks contractor crews are working to drain and dredge the Jackson Ponds along Jackson Boulevard across from Jackson Park. Parks crews are pumping water out of the ponds in preparation for dredging out the silt by contractor crews
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Custom-built Cutter Suction Dredger launched in Kinderdijk
Royal IHC has launched the first of two fully electric, custom-built Cutter Suction Dredgers at the Yard in Kinderdijk, Netherlands. The new dredger, being built for Kenmare Resources in Africa, was launched without any public announcement on Saturday, January 25th. Together with its sistership, sch
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Jackson County dredging project on the table
Jackson County, Mississippi, has proposed maintenance dredging of Seacliffe Bayou, two un-named tributaries to Seacliffe Bayou, and the Mississippi Sound in Gautier. The County recently requested a 10-year Department of the Army Permit to maintenance dredge approximately 7,677 cubic yards from Seacl
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Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure course starts tomorrow in Copenhagen
For professionals involved in activities for water infrastructure development, IADC and CEDA will tomorrow hold a new edition of the Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure course. Taking place in Scandinavia, the course will be held from 28-30 January 2025 in Copenhagen (Denmark) with the support o
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BREAKING NEWS: First section of Scheldetunnel almost underwater, DEME says
DEME Group has just released the latest update on the Scheldetunnel project, saying that the final section of the old dike on Antwerp’s Left Bank – which separates the river Scheldt from the Scheldetunnel – is being excavated. Once this section is removed, the first tunnel element will be fully unde
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Two new generation Damen CSDs ready for delivery
At the Damen Dredging Yard, two new generation cutter suction dredgers CSD450 and CSD600 are along the quay for outfitting and trials – almost ready for delivery. The fully dismountable CSD450 is equipped with a high efficiency dredge pump and heavy-duty side wire winches and has a dredging depth of