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Dredging part of the Carey Island port project
Port Klang Authority (PKA), Malaysia, is working on a project that will require dredging in order to establish the new deep water port at Carey Island, Klang. The scheme is aimed to create additional capacity to cater for future needs. It is seen as a port development to overcome the nearing full ca
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Another prestigious project completed by Rohde Nielsen
Rohde Nielsen, working for the main contractor Per Aarsleff A/S, has successfully completed dredging part of the “Farehamnen Varberg” port development project in Sweden. Thanks to the favorable weather, the contractor was able to finish the dredging a full six weeks ahead of schedule. “I am very sat
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Contractors starting work on the Coos Bay North Jetty
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland District contractors will soon begin making repairs to the Coos Bay North Jetty. Engineers will this weekend close access roads to the North Spit marking the start of this three-year, $64 million critical infrastructure improvement project. Coos Bay is Oreg
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Rohde Nielsen finishes dredging project in Cabinda, Angola
Rohde Nielsen has successfully completed another major dredging project, this time for the client SETH in Cabinda, Angola. With its constrained connections to other cities, Cabinda has limited economic development. Rohde Nielsen was awarded a contract that included capital dredging of the port and a
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QuayLink dredging project VIDEO
The JV company established by Hazell Bros Group Pty Ltd and Brady Marine & Civil Pty Ltd has started dredging and reclamation works for the Devonport East Terminal 3 development. The project is part of TasPorts QuayLink development which is a $240 million investment to upgrade the East Devonport por
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Tuas Port Phase 1 project recognised with triple awards
For the engineering innovations behind the Tuas Port Phase 1 (TPP1) Reclamation, Wharf Construction & Dredging Project, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and project partners were awarded the 2022 World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) H.J. Sabbagh Prize for Excellence
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Van Oord’s dredger Athena ready for the River Tees scheme
PD Ports Teesport has announced that starting at the end of January capital dredging works will be carried out in three different areas within the port limits. The works are part of the wider South Bank Project, which will see the creation of a new £107 million heavy-lift quay. According to the PD T
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Boskalis’ Causeway busy dredging in Stornoway, UK
Boskalis’ hopper dredger Causeway has begun dredging operations to deepen the new main quay and approaches in Stornoway, UK. The Stornoway new deep water harbour project includes construction of a new quay, berthing dolphin and foundation works for a new linkspan as well as the removal of two shipwr
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Albania to release tender for Romano Port project
The Government of Albania is now preparing to release a tender for the first development phase of the new Porto Romano infrastructure project. The tender will be based on a Construct & Finance approach, primarily concerning marine works and port infrastructure (breakwater/revetments, dredging & recl
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PHOTO UPDATE: Payra Port dredging in full swing
Jan De Nul Group has been busy lately working on the second phase of Payra Port dredging project. One year after the first phase of the project was completed, JDN in late October 2022 began phase two of this capital dredging project. Payra Port, Bangladesh, situated at the Rabnabad channel near the
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Port of Long Beach dredging project included in the budget
The Port of Long Beach is kicking off 2023 with plenty to celebrate. After years of planning, the port has finally received Federal Authorization for its Channel Dredging Project. On Dec. 23, President Joe Biden signed into law the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, the biennial legisla
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Jan De Nul builds new seaport in Morocco
Jan De Nul Group has just released a short video about design and construction of a new seaport in Nador, Morocco. Located on the western side of the ‘Cap des Trois Fourches’ peninsula, about 30 km as the crow flies from Nador city centre, it is close to the main East-West shipping routes for contai
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Funding secured for Phase 4 of the Corpus Christi dredging project
Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project will receive $157.3 million in federal funding for the last phase of the Channel deepening and widening work. According to the port officials, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, approved by Congress in December 2022, includes project
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$1.8B for the Louisiana Port Expansion Project
Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced a historic public-private partnership between the state of Louisiana, the Port of New Orleans and two global maritime industry leaders to build a $1.8 billion state-of-the-art container facility on the Lower Mississippi River. The new Louisiana International Termi