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WEDA’s webinar highlighting the 2022 Environmental Excellence Awards Winners
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will this Friday, March 10, present their next webinar focusing on the “2022 Environmental Excellence Awards Winners”. Each year, at its annual Environmental Summit and Exposition, WEDA presents three Environmental Excellence Awards to outstanding projects. Su
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2023 WEDA Environmental Excellence Awards
Each year the Western Dredging Association presents Environmental Excellence Awards to outstanding projects/programs during its annual WEDA Dredging Summit and Exposition. In 2023 the awards will be announced on July 18, during the WEDA Luncheon at the WEDA Dredging Summit and Exposition, held from
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Brennan acquires dredging & dewatering division of IAI
J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. (Brennan) has finalized the asset acquisition of the dredging and dewatering division of Infrastructure Alternatives, Inc. (IAI). The purchase brings dewatering, water treatment, and treatability testing services into the organization for the first time. Environmental serv
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New information paper on Energy Efficiency by CEDA
The quest to improve the energy efficiency of dredging projects and equipment has been a constant goal within the industry, particularly as fuel prices rise and the IMO’s greenhouse gas emissions strategy comes under revision this year. The CEDA working group on energy efficiency (WGEE) has released
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Høj Nordic building two new stone reefs in the Little Belt
Høj Nordic Marine Contractor from Horsens will soon commence preparation work to construct the two stone reefs at Raade Hoved in Denmark. The Little Belt Nature Park is working together with Haderslev Municipality, who have hired Høj Nordic Marine to build the new reef with rocks that will be brough
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Boskalis commissions first electric dredger
As of the middle of December 2022, Boskalis Nederland has been operating a new completely electric cutter/profile suction dredger. The “BOKA E-Dredge 1” can do the job with a permanent shore connection and is therefore completely emission free. Currently, the dredger is making her first meters in th
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Port of Turku starts using the new dredge disposal site
The Port of Turku, Finland, has stopped the disposal of dredged material in the sea for environmental reasons and to protect the Baltic Sea. The disposal of dredging masses is now starting in Lauttaranta district on the northern shore of Hirvensalo Island. This will also help to elevate the ground l
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Sustainability in the Dredging industry
Jan De Nul Group recently deployed two Ultra Low Emission vessels, Tristão da Cunha and Sanderus, to dredge in Flemish ports. This way, Jan De Nul complies and even dives below the strict exhaust regulations the Flemish Government implemented for dredging activities. The company is the first to intr
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Keppel O&M delivers second dual-fuel hopper dredger to Van Oord
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), has delivered the second of three dual-fuel hopper dredgers to Dutch maritime company, Van Oord. Named Vox Apolonia, the energy efficient TSHD is equipped with green features and has the
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BPA: No new restrictions on dredging without credible evidence
The British Ports Association has written to the UK Parliament Environment, Food & Rural Affairs select committee to express concerns over the Committee’s recommendations on dredging. Last month the Committee wrote to Ministers with a series of recommendations including reviews of dredging activity,
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Last chance to register for the ‘Dredging for sustainable infrastructure’ course
Following on from the success of the previous online courses Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure, CEDA and IADC have decided to organise an onsite course on 13 & 14 December 2022 at the HR Wallingford Head Office in Oxfordshire (UK). Experienced lecturers will describe the latest thinking and ap
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Dredging part of the ecosystem restoration project at Harlan County Lake
The delivery of an aquatic ecosystem restoration project at Harlan County Lake, Nebraska, was initiated upon the request of Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The partnership project is authorized under Section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and is expected to be an investment
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Boskalis completes habitat restoration project in the Western Scheldt
Boskalis has just announced the successful completion of an important bird habitat restoration and enhancement project in the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands. According to Boskalis, the newly restored habitat named Hooge Platen is a breeding site for coastal birds in the Western Scheldt. But at
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Restoring the Lake George Canal in Chicago (VIDEO)
Earlier this year, J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. started work on a remediation and restoration project in East Chicago, IN. Working under the Army Corps’ Chicago District, Brennan is executing environmental dredging, sampling, capping, and habitat restoration at Lake George Canal – Middle Section. The