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Hulhumale land reclamation starts this week
Hulhumale lagoon in the Maldives is set to be reclaimed in three stages, with work on the first stage starting this week, Urbanco said today. Under an agreement signed between Urbanco and Sri Lanka’s Capital Marine and Civil Construction (CMC) in late August, the company will reclaim: According to
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Sand nourishment halted on Doggie Beach
Noosa Council has halted work on the sand nourishment project at Doggie Beach. In consultation with the contractor engaged to do the project, it was decided to stop the dredging work due to the challenging nature of that section of the Noosa River and the likelihood of it not being completed before
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Spotlight on Meramec Ecosystem Restoration
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District’s Commander Col. Andy Pannier met with Missouri Department of Natural Resources Director Dru Buntin and his staff last week in Jefferson City, Mo., and formally signed the design agreement for the Meramec River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Project.
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Modernization of Port of Bujumbura in Burundi includes dredging
The African Development Bank Group and the European Commission have approved funding of over $52 million to renovate and modernize the Port of Bujumbura in Burundi. The port has deteriorated over the years due to lack of investment. This project will rehabilitate infrastructure, dredge the access ch
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Stonehaven flood scheme completed
McLaughlin & Harvey has completed works on the Stonehaven Flood Protection Scheme – the project designed to protect homes and businesses which have previously been badly affected by flooding events around the River Carron. Works included construction of 2km of flood walls, the installation of two hi
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Aberdeen South Harbour in the running for Construction Project of the Year award
Port of Aberdeen has been shortlisted in the ‘Construction Project of the Year’ category of the Trades Awards 2023. The expanded Port of Aberdeen has been shortlisted for its £420 million investment in the construction of Aberdeen South Harbour, the UK’s largest marine infrastructure project. The aw
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DEME’s TSHD Uilenspiegel returns to Egypt
DEME Group has just announced that they are deploying additional resources that will speed up the work on the Abu Qir project in Egypt. According to DEME, trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Uilenspiegel’ will once again return to the country to create new land for the Abu Qir 2 port expansion project.
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A royal christening for Royal Van Oord
Next week, Van Oord will hold a christening ceremony for their two new vessels, the Vox Alexia and Calypso. Vox Alexia is named after Her Royal Highness Princess Alexia, the second daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. According to Van Oord, she accepted the invitati
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Dredging part of the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port project
The Port of Coos Bay and NorthPoint Development have submitted a proposal for the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port (PCIP) project for the second round of Mega grant funding. The PCIP is considered to be a project of national significance by creating a new gateway for west coast imports and exports for
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GLDD secures another major project in Texas
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has won a major dredging and disposal contract for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project. The contract was awarded by Bechtel Energy, Inc. (Bechtel), the company that’s managing the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project in partnership with Sempra Infrastructure.
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Stage 1 of the Onslow Boating Project now complete
Stage 1 of the Onslow Community Boating Precinct (CBP) is now complete, with the works creating modern recreational boating facilities to residents and visitors alike. Upgrades to the precinct included the dredging of a new basin, construction of a two-lane boat ramp with central floating jetty, a c
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Dredger Elbe completes Montserrat dredging campaign
Dutch Dredging’s trailing suction hopper dredger Elbe has successfully wrapped up the Caribbean dredging campaign in Montserrat. Since late July, TSHD Elbe was busy in Little Bay working on the Montserrat Port Development Project. “On the completion of its dredging duties last weekend TSHD Elbe depa
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Dredging concessions: towards complete outsourcing
Canals and rivers are usually important economic lifelines. It is therefore crucial to maintain the depth and flow of these waterways by dredging accumulating sand, silt and other sediments in time. This not only allows – the ever bigger – ships to pass smoothly, it also prevents siltation and flood
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Scarborough redevelopment project available for public review
The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has just announced that the Final Report for Scarborough’s Urban Redevelopment has been approved for public review. THA commissioned JMetrix Ltd to further develop the conceptual plan presented at the first tranche of public consultations held in February – March 2