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Jan de Nul’s innovative dredging approach favoured by the Flemish Government
Jan De Nul is ready to start another dredging and beach replenishment scheme in Ostend, Belgium, which will once again be carried out in an entirely sustainable manner. The project, which is being carried out on behalf of the Belgian Public Maritime and Coastal Services Agency (MDK), concerns mainte
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River Shannon maintenance works underway
Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), Patrick O’Donovan, T.D., yesterday visited the New Cut in Meelick, Ireland, where maintenance works have commenced on the River Shannon. The works are being carried out by Waterways Ireland on behalf of the Shannon Flood Ris
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Beneficial use of sediments in Seville
The Port Authority of Seville has completed the regeneration of the coastline of the Doñana Natural Area with sediments extracted during the last dredging campaign for the maintenance of the navigation channel. In total, the authority has deposited 62,000 m3 of sand, which has allowed the recovery o
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Rohde Nielsen’s first job in Mexico completed
Rohde Nielsen has just announced the successful completion of the company’s first dredging project in Mexico. The dredging works for the refinery terminal in the port of Topolobampo were completed on time, for one of the Sempra Group subsidiaries, the company reported. One of the most versatile vess
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Dredging project kicks off in Destin, Florida
The City of Destin, Florida, has just announced that dredging of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Station Destin boat basin and access channel is set to begin today, January 25th. As reported, dredging operations will occur 24 hours per day and all work will be completed by March 6, 2022. “Comme
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Crab Bank restoration before and after photos
Last September, the Army Corps’ Charleston District started restoring the Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary in Charleston Harbor. Only a few weeks after, in November, the project was finished and 32 acres of prime nesting habitat had been created for shorebirds. For the restoration of Crab Bank, Norfolk D
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Dredging underway in Tavua, Fiji
Fijian Government has officially kicked off dredging works along the Nasivi River in Tavua as a part of their efforts to safeguard the township of Tavua and its adjacent communities from flooding. According to the Ministry of Waterways, a total of 3 kilometres of river will be dredged to allow for t
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Jan De Nul’s TSHD Bartolomeu Dias busy in Brighton Port
National Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited, has just announced that maintenance dredging is underway at the Port of Brighton. Over the next few weeks, Jan De Nul’s trailing suction hopper dredger Bartolomeu Dias will stay at Brighton, dredgi
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Salterns Marina dredging complete
ML Dredging recently completed another project in Poole Harbour, dredging of the prestigious Salterns Marina. According to Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC), dredging operations at Salterns Marina commenced in late November 2021 and continued until last week. The works were carried out by the dredge
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Reclaiming dredged material from the Altamaha River (VIDEO)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District have partnered with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to use reclaimed dredge material from the Altamaha River to create a new bird island this month. The island, located at the mouth of Altamaha Sound, is made completely from reclaimed d
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PHOTO: Dredge Woomera arrives in Townsville
After travelling 700 nautical miles from her home base in Brisbane, the largest Australian-owned backhoe dredge Woomera has arrived in Townsville for her next assignment. The Woomera will call Townsville home for the next two years as the Port of Townsville moves to the next phase of their $232 mill
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Cashman to dredge Lake Worth Inlet
Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Co. is about to begin Lake Worth Inlet dredging operations, informs the City of Riviera Beach. According to the city and the Army Corps, hopper dredge Atchafalaya will start dredging works this week. The work will take place in the channel and turning basin. T
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River Freshney dredging about to begin
North East Lincolnshire Council, UK, has just announced that work will start tomorrow on a project that will improve the water quality of the River Freshney in Grimsby. For around 6 weeks, a specialist contractor, Ebsford Environmental, have been appointed to undertake dredging of the river between
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Fernandina dredging project to begin next month
The City of Fernandina Beach, FL, has just announced that the annual maintenance dredging of the Fernandina Harbor Marina will begin in February, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dredging contractor, Manson Construction, will be dredging the existing southern basin at the Harbor Marina locate