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Duke Offshore scores dredge support job in Maldives
Duke Offshore Limited has been awarded a contract for its vessel Duke Express. The contract has been awarded by a multinational corporation and will be executed in the Republic of Maldives where the vessel will provide support for dredging operations, the company said. The vessel will be relocated a
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Palm Beach Harbor dredging in full swing
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has just released the latest update on the Palm Beach Harbor Dredging and Beach Placement Project. According to the update, the dredging program is underway with the Dredge Alaska presently working in the entrance channel and settling basin. T
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Dredging, land reclamation and poverty in Makoko, Lagos
Makoko is an important fishing community located in Yaba Local Government Area of Lagos State, overlooking the Third Mainland Bridge. The community faces imminent displacement threats from the government of Lagos State, without due consultations or plans for resettlement, Health of Mother Earth Foun
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Withdrawal of Boskalis, DEME, Jan de Nul, Van Oord – a huge challenge for Russia
Russia experienced a considerable increase in the costs of dredging works in 2022. The main reason for this is the withdrawal of top European dredging companies from the Russian market, said Andrey Boldorev, Head of the Department for Investments and Strategic Development, FSUE Rosmorport, at the 6t
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Damen CSD650 Felicitas on its way to Argentina
The CSD650 “Felicitas” has left the ????? ???????? yard. The modular cutter suction dredger is now on its way to Antwerp – to be shipped to South America. According to Damen, the CSD will be transported by three inland waterway vessels, plus a number of containers, to its owner – Argentinian contrac
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Rosmoport’s new TSHD to replace old dredgers Dnestr and Kuban 2
FSUE Rosmorport is set to start developing a technical design of a new 1,000cbm trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for the Caspian and Azov seas. This info was revealed earlier this week by Vasily Strugov, Deputy General Director of Rosmorport, at the 6th Hydraulic Engineering and Dredging Congr
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MAR Marine expands dredging fleet with new CSD MAR 22
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a cutter suction dredger CSD500 to MAR Marine & Building Contractor L.L.C., a UAE-based contractor. The dredger has been shipped from Damen Dredging in the Netherlands to Dubai. For its first project, the dredger will be utilised at the Al Hamriyah Port Expansion
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Vale officials inspect new IHC Beaver dredger in Kinderdijk
IHC Mining hosted Vale officials Álvaro Nacif de Carvalho and Nelson do Prado Junior earlier this week. Together with IHC’s Geraldo Azevedo, they came in Kinderdijk to inspect the new Beaver® 45 dredger and the DMC workboat. Also, the guests will be present for tests before the equipment travels to
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Transformation of Damen CSD range underway
With the arrival of the main pontoon at Damen dredging yard, the transformation of their CSD range is underway. “Equipped with an integrated spud carriage as standard, this innovative design features three pontoons instead of 6 – fast and practical assembly and still transportable by road,” said Dam
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Royal IHC opts for Bachmann technology
Royal IHC recently decided to use Bachmann hardware and software on its standardized Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers. The Easydredge is IHC’s range of smaller-sized TSHDs, with hopper capacities from 500 up to 4000 cubic metres. For larger hopper capacities, Royal IHC directs its clients to its Bea
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Dredge Jadwin’s crew – USACE Heroes of the Week
USACE Vicksburg District announced yesterday that dredge Jadwin’s crew was among those recognized as USACE Heroes of the Week. “They are truly valuable to our nation’s waterways, and we appreciate all they do. For instance, the crew spent 254 days on the water and moved 6.2 million cubic yards of ma
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Hopper dredger Eleanor almost ready to sail again
After almost 40 days, Eleanor’s scheduled maintenance and repairs are almost done, and the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) will soon be dredging sand again. The vessel is expected back to North American Aggregates (NAA) for testing today. “While the vessel was drydocked at GMD Shipyard, the t
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CHEC gears up for Gwadar Port dredging
China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) is about to begin the dredging operations at Gwadar Port in Pakistan. The main goal of this $57 million project is to achieve 14.5 meters of natural and original operational depth of the port areas. Under the title of “The Maintenance Dredging of Navigati
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USACE: Record setting dredging season comes to end
The Dredge Potter crew finished up an unprecedented 2022-23 season on February 1, 2023, that required tremendous teamwork to maintain the congressionally mandated nine-foot-deep, 300-foot-wide navigation channel and overcome the challenges from the widespread drought, and prolonged extreme low water