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GAICO adds new hopper dredger to its fleet
Last weekend, Guyana based GAICO Construction & General Services officially commissioned their new trailing suction hopper dredger – the Malavi. The ship, previously known as ‘Costa Verde’, was operated between 2016 and 2022 by Dravo SA – Van Oord’s Spanish subsidiary. The vessel performed its dredg
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Minister inspects work on Nieuwpoort storm surge barrier
Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Lydia Peeters was recently in Kallo, in Port of Antwerp, to inspect works on a major component of the Nieuwpoort storm surge barrier currently under construction by the Agency for Maritime Services and Coast (MSC). 23.5 metre wide, 42.1 metre long and
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Kooiman-Hoebee completes extension of TSHD Swalinge
Last Friday, Kooiman-Hoebee Shipyard in Dordrecht shipyard successfully refloated trailing suction hopper dredger Swalinge. According to Kooiman, the work on TSHD Swalinge started in January 2022, and by now the ship has been extended by 37 meters with many other adjustments also completed. The Swal
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Dredging part of the Rosslare Europort ORE Hub project
Rosslare Europort management has announced plans to establish the port, its hinterland and the south-east region as Ireland’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, with the potential to create up to 2,000 jobs. After a history making 2021 which saw Rosslare Europort become Ireland’s number one port f
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Valley Water breaks ground on South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project
Valley Water held a groundbreaking ceremony earlier this week to commemorate the start of construction on the first phase of the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project. Valley Water is partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the California State Coastal Conservancy, and the U.S. Fish &
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Van Oord: Preparations underway for Addu City land reclamation
Preparations for the Addu City capital land reclamation project will start immediately, Van Oord said today. Land will be reclaimed along the coasts of the islands Hithadhoo and Maradhoo/Maradhoo-Feydhoo. In addition, three new islands will be created in the city’s lagoon. The trailing suction hoppe
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North Pond dredging begins
Work to restore the nearly 150-year-old North Pond in Lincoln Park, Chicago, is about to begin, the Lincoln Park Conservancy said. The $7.3 million raised for the project will support its first two phases, which are expected to finish in November. The first phase of restoration includes dredging of
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Van Oord welcomes its first LNG hopper dredger – the Vox Ariane
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has just announced the successful delivery of the first dual-fuel Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) to Van Oord. Named Vox Ariane, the high-specification dredger has a hopper capacity of 10,500 cubic meters and can run on LNG. It is the sixth dredger bu
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Rohde Nielsen crews busy on Lynetteholm project
Rohde Nielsen is part of the port development and capital dredging project named “Lynetteholm Enterprise 1” – Copenhagen’s man-made island. From December 2021 to December 2022, RN units Ajax R, Roar R, Hugin R, Munin R, Ull R, and Balder R, will dredge approximately 51.300 m3 to deposit onshore and
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GLDD completes Cameron Meadows Marsh Creation
The Cameron Meadows Marsh Creation project is now complete. Nearly 2 million cubic yards of sediment were dredged from the Gulf of Mexico and pumped 5 miles inland to build more than 300 acres of marsh and 2.3 miles of terraces to increase sediment deposition and reduce the impacts of wave erosion a
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New boat ramp at Onslow taking shape
The new boat ramp at Onslow is taking shape with contractors recently using excavation equipment to allow water to flood the newly completed boat ramp basin for the first time. According to the Department of Transport WA, dredging and construction of revetments is close to completion as part of the
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RockSalt wraps up phase one of Craig Goch silt removal
RockSalt Subsea has completed the first phase of silt removal works at the Craig Goch Reservoir in Wales. For these works, RockSalt crews mobilised the Super Mohawk ROV with the Electric Piranha Dredger. “Super Mohawk is a robust, durable and field proven ROV system designed for high payload, with p
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Lubmin coastal protection project with Secutex VIDEO
Naue Group has just released this very interesting video about the Lubmin coastal protection project in Germany. Due to climate change, storm surges are becoming more frequent. The coast in the seaside resort of Lubmin, Germany, was exposed to several storm surges in a short time. In case of an addi
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Boskalis delivers climate adaptive projects
Boskalis, a Papendrecht based company operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors, is responding to the growing need for coastal protection and flood prevention on a global scale. “As well as through advances in technology, we aim to reduce emissions and ecologic