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Steel cut for the first US-built Damen Multi Cat
As reported earlier this month, Conrad Shipyard LLC has begun construction of two Damen Multi Cats 3013 for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation. The construction of GLDD’s Multi Cats started with the ceremonial steel-cutting ceremony that was held at Conrad’s facility in Morgan City (La) on Tuesda
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Fifth anniversary of the Expanded Panama Canal
Last month, Panama Canal Authority celebrated fifth anniversary of the grand opening of the Expanded Panama Canal. Following seven years of hard work, this massive infrastructure project was launched by the Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela on June 26th 2016. With the price tag of $5.25 billio
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Soo Locks deal for L.B. Foster Company
L.B. Foster Company has been awarded a $7 million subcontract to supply infrastructure materials for the rehabilitation of existing upstream approach walls for a new lock at the USACE Soo Locks Complex in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The Company is supplying approximately 5,750 tons of steel piling t
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Review of coastal defence management for Scarborough
Proposals for a review of Scarborough’s coastal defences strategy will go before Scarborough Borough councillors next week. The Environment Agency is covering the cost of the fresh assessment of the risks posed by land erosion and sea flooding. A specialist team will investigate the likely issues ov
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Kisumu Port facelift enters final phase
Kenya Ports Authority has just announced that Kisumu Port will soon be able to receive larger vessels with the capacity to handle more cargo volumes once the ongoing renovations and dredging works at the port is complete. Currently the project scope which covers the Kisumu port basin, Kenya Pipeline
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Mordialloc Boat Ramp upgrade wraps up
The Mordialloc Boat Ramp upgrade in Mordialloc, Victoria, is now complete and the installation of the new pontoons took place yesterday. “In addition to the dredging works, Australasian Marine Associates (AMA) was able to assist our client DELWP with the removal of rock from the edges of the dredge
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Keeping the Mississippi River navigable
Keeping the Mississippi River open to navigation is not an easy task and Dan Cottrell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District dredging manager, knows this. Recently, he had the opportunity to ride Ingram Barge Company’s MV Neil N. Diehl on the Upper Mississippi River where he got to experien
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Napier Port’s 6 Wharf project in full swing
HEB Construction is making really nice progress with the 6 Wharf project at Napier Port, New Zealand. The contractor is building the new multi-purpose wharf which will boost the port’s ability to handle much larger ships. “It’s all go here for the hard working team at Napier Port with the first fend
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Meeting on Coverack sea defences set for this week
A public meeting will be held on July 15 over proposals to build new sea defences in a Cornish coastal village. St Keverne Parish Council has called the meeting over a planning application for the North Corner end of Coverack. An additional piece of coast defence is being installed below the cliff a
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CSD Hussein Tantawy ready for the Suez Canal
After successful dredging trials in the Netherlands, state-of-the-art cutter suction dredger (CSD) ‘Hussein Tantawy’ is ready to go to Egypt. Following intensive testing during May and June, Royal IHC will now load out the new dredger onto a semi-submersible transport vessel that will finally bring
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Taylor Creek dredging about to begin
St. Lucie County, Florida, will begin dredging Taylor Creek in early August to remove unwanted silt and muck from the bottom of the waterway. This $2.7 million project is entirely funded through grants from the South Florida Water Management District, Florida Inland Navigation District and a Legisla
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Dredger Xin Zi Lang 5 busy at Mongla
Despite COVID-19, a Chinese dredging vessel is working hard to dredge the port channel at Mongla – a major seaport in Bangladesh’s southern Khulna industrial region, XinhuaNet reports. This work is being conducted under an agreement between the Mongla Port Authority and China Civil Engineering Const
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Ekiti Govt starts dredging works across the state
The Ekiti State Government, Southwest region of Nigeria, has officially started the dredging works on waterways across the state. The main goal of this project is to prevent flooding, deaths and destruction of lives and property – caused by floods. For this flood protection program, the government h
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Construction of the new Pionersky terminal continues
FSUE Rosmorport has announced another tender for further construction of the international terminal in Pionersky, the Kaliningrad Region. The contract foresees the completion of the freight and passenger terminal including 2 berths with the total length of 725 meters and a water area for freight and