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Canada invests $70 million in New Brunswick small craft harbors
As part of the Government of Canada’s commitment to growing the economy to help everyone get ahead, Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard has announced a $70-million investment over three years to continue important work at 18 small craft harbors in New Brun
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Time for the next Port Geographe dredging campaign
Maintenance dredging works are set to begin at the entrance to the Port Geographe Marina and will proceed until approximately early January 2025. According to the Department of Transport (DoT), Western Australia, dredging will mainly occur Monday to Friday between the hours of 0700 and 1800hrs, with
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€90M secured for the Darsena terminal project in Livorno
European Investment Bank (EIB) and L’Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale have signed a €90 million financing agreement for sustainable expansion of the Port of Livorno. The goal is to support the modernization and expansion of the Port of Livorno, helping to increase its prod
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QR5 opts for IHC Beaver dredger
Philippine dredging company QR5 and Royal IHC have signed a contract for the supply/delivery of a cutter suction dredger Beaver 45. After a thorough evaluation of potential suppliers of CSDs, the Beaver 45 from IHC Dredging proved to be the most suitable for its first project: the improvement of the
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Expanding the Latin American Port of Montevideo (VIDEO)
In recent years, bigger and bigger vessels have been navigating through the seas and oceans. But the bigger the vessels, the fewer can moor at a quay. That is why in 2021, the government of Uruguay, together with Katoen Natie, decided to further expand the container terminal Cuenca del Plata. To acc
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Essex River dredging project set for fall
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now soliciting bids for the project of dredging the Essex River. The Essex River Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in Massachusetts consists of mechanically dredging approximately 17,500 cubic yards (cy) of sand and silty material from the 4-foot channel and 4-foot
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Register now for the DFSI dredging course in Copenhagen
Following on from the success of the previous courses Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure, CEDA and IADC have announced that a next course will be organized, with the support of DHI, from 24-26 September 2024 in Copenhagen. During the 2.5-days participants will learn how to achieve dredging proj
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JDN hopper barges docked at the BLRT Repair Yards
Split hopper barges MAGELLANO 1800, VERRAZZANO 1800, BOUSSOLE and L’AIGLE are currently undergoing service by the BLRT REPAIR YARDS in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The four barges, owned by Jan De Nul Group, a family-owned company specializing in the construction and maintenance of marine infrastructure, ar
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Dredge working in the Lower Maroochy River
Sunshine Coast Council (QLD) is undertaking a project to boost sand on Maroochydore beach before summer. The Council will use dredged sand from the Maroochy River to widen and restore the beach to provide protection from future storms. The sand renourishment project has been protecting the Maroochyd
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Ahtna kicks off Estero Island beachfill project
The Estero Island Beach Nourishment and Hurricane Recovery project is now underway, according to the Town of Fort Myers Beach (FL). The project will dredge approximately 950,000 cubic yards of sand from a nearshore borrow area in the Gulf of Mexico onto Fort Myers Beach. Ahtna Marine Construction Co
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Marinex bags $22.8M Savannah dredging contract
Marinex Construction Inc. has won a $22.8 million contract for maintenance dredging works in Savannah, Georgia. The work is located in the Savannah Harbor deep draft navigation project in the vicinity of Chatham County, Georgia and Jasper County, South Carolina. According to the Army Corps, approxim
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Jamestown dredging project wraps up
The Jamestown Fishing Harbor Project has been successfully completed and is awaiting formal handing over to the Government of Ghana, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) said. The project, which includes dredging about 100,000 cubic metres of Harbor Basin, construction of hydraulic structures about
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First of series Damen CSD600 kicks off its work in Indonesia
The first of series Damen CSD600 has started its operations in Indonesia. The cutter suction dredger is the first of Damen’s comprehensive new dredger range to be delivered. It was transported from Rotterdam, the Netherlands to Indonesia as deck cargo on a heavy lift carrier. The stationary dredger,
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Tweed River dredging about to begin
Dredging work at the entrance of the Tweed River is set to begin this month – part of the Tweed Sand Bypassing project. The project’s objectives are to establish and maintain a safe, navigable entrance to the Tweed River, and restore and maintain the coastal sand drift to the beaches on the southern