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EIB support for the Port of Genoa expansion
The European Investment Bank (EIB) continues to promote climate action by providing €300 million to finance Port of Genoa expansion. This is the first EIB operation in Italy for a project co-financed by the government with resources from the Recovery and Resilience Facility Complementary Fund, the b
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Construction of the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden complete
Construction works on the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden are now fully complete, according to the Dutch water agency Rijkswaterstaat. The new sea lock – being 70 metres wide, 500m long and 18m deep – will greatly improve the accessibility of the Port of Amsterdam and stimulate the region’s eco
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Innovative new dredger launched at Barkmeijer Shipyards
Earlier this week, Thecla Bodewes Shipyards held a launching ceremony for newbuild Dredger BN348, the sister vessel of trailing suction hopper dredger Anchorage. TSHD Anchorage was successfully delivered to her owners De Hoop Terneuzen in 2020 while the handover of the newbuild BN348 is scheduled fo
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MPA Singapore unveils first phase of mega Tuas Port project (VIDEO)
The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) Singapore recently announced successful completion of land reclamation works for Phase 1 of the Tuas Port Project. This marks a major milestone for MPA in developing Singapore’s next-generation port. The multi-billion-dollar Phase 1, which began in 2015, was com
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Avon, Buxton $25,8M beach nourishment deal for GLDD
The Dare County Board of Commissioners earlier this week awarded the bid for the 2022 Avon and Buxton beach nourishment projects to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD) in the amount of $25,8 million. The bid – which was evaluated and subsequently recommended by the county’s consultant for the project
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The Salvage of the Ever Given by Boskalis
Royal Boskalis Westminster has just published a book about the salvage of the Ever Given. In March this year, Boskalis was at the center of worldwide media attention on the salvage of the stranded mega container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal. In collaboration with the Suez Canal Authority, a lar
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Van Oord’s giant Vox Amalia arrives in Harwich
The €140 million Harwich Haven Channel Deepening Project is about to enter its next phase with the arrival of trailing hopper suction dredger Vox Amalia. According to the Harwich Haven Authority (HHA), the hopper dredger Vox Amalia will arrive in Harwich later today to commence capital dredging of t
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Rubio, Scott push for Everglades Restoration
Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott wrote to Michael Connor, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, prior to the Army Corps Engineers finalizing their supplemental work plan for Fiscal Years 2022 through 2024, to ensure that “all proposed and ongoing projects in Florida receive
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Carteret County: No bids for east Taylor’s Creek dredging
Carteret County did not get any bids to open Thursday for a proposed project to dredge east Taylor’s Creek, Carteret County News-Times informs. According to Gene Foxworth, county planning director, the county did get some “interest” from potential bidders, but no official bids. “We will readvertise
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Mongla-Pakshi dredging costs rise
The project cost to carry out dredging in the 460km Mogla-Pakshi water route is shooting up by Tk 3.34 billion ($39 million) to Tk 12.90 billion ($150 million), daily sun reports. A proposal of the Shipping Ministry for the cost hike is likely to get the nod at a meeting of the Executive Committee o
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Sunoco to restore lake at Marsh Creek State Park, dredging included
Pennsylvania DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn yesterday announced that the commonwealth has reached a settlement with Sunoco Pipeline, L.P., that will require the company to dredge Ranger Cove in the 535-acre lake at Marsh Creek State Park in Chester County. Sunoco will also pay $4 million for natura
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Vuosaari fairway deepening wraps up
The deepening of the Vuosaari fairway and harbour basin was completed ahead of schedule at the end of November, Port of Helsinki said. During the project, around 1.1 million cubic metres of soil was dredged and 800,000 cubic metres of rock was made available for use in area construction in Helsinki.
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Broward County Segment II work moves forward
The Broward County Segment II Shore Protection Project is making headway, USACE said in their latest project update. As of Thursday, December 2, the crews had placed approximately 87,000 cubic yards of beach-quality sand in the section of beach running north from Anglin’s Pier. The team is progressi
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Mugharraq Port expansion project almost finished
AD Ports Group has just announced that they are about to complete an extensive expansion project at Mugharraq Port, a strategic harbour located 240 km from Abu Dhabi City. The announced infrastructure improvements include the extension of the quay wall up to 480 metres with additional berths, deepen