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Royal Smals crews busy in Portugal
Koninklijke Smals NV, Royal Smals has just released a photo update from an important dredging assignment in Portugal. The rehandling and pumping of a volume of at least 30,000m3 sand from along the existing breakwater in front of the main boulevard. Despite the strongly varying tidal conditions, th
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Rohde Nielsen finishes Port of Mukran job in Germany
Rohde Nielsen has completed a small port development project in the Port of Mukran in Rügen, Germany, for the client Deutsch Dänische Wasserbau Gmbh. The reclamation work comprised dredging 25.789 m3 of fine and compacted sand in the turning circle in the harbor, where the sand afterward was transp
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Waterking presents WK55 and Deltaworker at Bauma
Waterking BV will be presenting the ES-TRIN certified Waterking amphibious excavator WK55 and the Deltaworker at the Bauma. ES-TRIN certified means that the machine complies with the specified stability and safety standard. All floating equipment on inland waterways are required to comply with this
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TSHD Amazone ready for maintenance dredging project in Ireland
Dredging operations are about to kick off at the Port of Waterford with a maintenance dredging campaign to be carried out by a Dutch company. According to the Port, Baggerbedrijf De Boer’s trailing suction hopper dredger Amazone will be in the area, ready to conduct activities in the vicinity of Bel
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Dare County hosts hopper dredger Miss Katie christening ceremony
Dare County, in partnership with EJE Dredging Service, hosted a community day and christening ceremony in Wanchese on October 13 to formally honor Miss Katie, the new 156-foot-long shallow-draft hopper dredger. The vessel will be tasked with helping to address the shoaling issues that occur within w
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Fehmarnbelt: Second World War depth charge removed by controlled explosion
After intensive preparations and close coordination with the relevant Danish and German authorities, an unexploded depth charge on the Danish side of the Fehmarnbelt was defused yesterday. A so-called bubble curtain was used during the controlled explosion to keep underwater noise to a minimum. Ping
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Land reclamation for New Manila International Airport moves forward
Above the Philippines has just released these amazing photos of the newly created site for the New Manila International Airport – the largest project in Boskalis’ history. Under this massive program, approximately 1,700 hectares of new land will be developed for the airport, located in Bulacan Provi
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USACE announces completion of Rochester East Pier repairs
The USACE Buffalo District hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week to celebrate the completion of repairs to the 1,025 foot, 114 year-old Rochester East Pier. In attendance were Lt. Col. Colby Krug, Commander USACE Buffalo District, John Pellito representing Congressman Joe Morelle, Chief Matthew
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Natural phenomenon: Dredging under the Northern Lights by Boskalis
Boskalis has just released these amazing photos named “Dredging under the glow of the Northern Lights.” Boskalis crew on board the backhoe dredger Magnor – and the other equipment used on the dredging project in the Finnish Kemi Channel – know all about it. This week they got to work under a natural
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New ECT Marine workboat for French miners in Senegal
A new multi-purpose type workboat will ease the work of a French mining company in Senegal, operating in an artificial inland lake close to this African nation’s coast, ECT Marine reports. The customized WorkBoat 94 – successfully delivered by ECT Marine recently – is set to offer operational suppor
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Royal IHC electrically powered dredgers ready for Projeto Gelado
Royal IHC announced yesterday that the first of a series of four electrically powered dredgers for Vale has been commissioned. The dredgers will be operating in the Projeto Gelado where they are reprocessing iron ore tailings. Given the conditions in Brazil, and those of the Gelado dam, the CSD’s ar
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Golden Julong delivers cutter suction dredger to PowerChina
Qingzhou Golden Julong Equipment Manufacturing has delivered one set portable cutter suction dredger to PowerChina (a wholly State-owned company) – to be used for a construction and dredging project in China. The brand new piece of equipment is a 12 inch cutter suction dredger, equipped one set 620H
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TSHD Sayonara completes its sea trials
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Sayonara has completed its sea trials, Concordia Damen Shipbuilding said. During the sea trials, all systems are properly tested and the TSHD performed perfectly. ????? ???????? ????????? has delivered all dredging gear, including the D500 mm trailing pipe,
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Land & Water reaches milestone at Queen Pool project
The wet civil engineering firm Land & Water has reached the milestone of 100,000m3 being dredged from Queen Pool at Blenheim Palace in Oxford. Queen Pool, which was created in 1715, had become heavily silted putting its extensive eco-system at risk. Land & Water started works earlier this year, maki