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Nominations open for the 2022 IADC Safety Award
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has open nominations for the annual IADC Safety Awards. In 2022, two safety awards will be given: one to a dredging organisation and a second to a supply chain organisation active in the dredging or offshore industry. The awards seek to iden
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Reducing the noise of backhoe dredge Takutai
Over the past few weeks, New Zealand’s Port Otago has installed a series of silencers on their backhoe dredge Takutai. While her accommodation block and operator cabin were well insulated for sound, it was a different story outside. Her rear-mounted digger, hydraulic systems’ generator and plant roo
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Big recognition for the crew of hopper dredge Magdalen
The Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) recently held their annual safety awards ceremony to recognize outstanding safety leadership in the dredging and marine construction industry. CDMCS together with the USACE representatives, dredging contractors, Associated General Contr
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Keppel’s Safety Plus Programme wins award
The International Association of Dredging Companies yesterday presented the safety award to Keppel FELS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, for their Safety Plus Programme and National WSH Vision 2028. The award was virtually handed over during the IADC Annual General Meeting by
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DEME’s draghead access platform nominated for the safety awards
DEME’s removable draghead access platform is the latest nomination for the IADC Safety Awards 2021 that will be announced on 16 September. Access to the draghead for maintenance or repair purposes is usually done by climbing a steep ladder with no attachment point for a fall harness. DEME’s simply a
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Another nomination for IADC Safety Awards
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has announced another nomination competing for the Safety Awards 2021. The next nominee is Van Oord and their design of a retractable boat landing that can be deployed and retracted without the use of a deck crane. Using a boat landing at sea no
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PIPELINE WALKWAY system joins the race for IADC Safety Awards
Last Friday, International Association of Dredging Companies presented another interesting project that will compete for one of the two IADC Safety Awards 2021. The recent nomination includes a joint venture between Jan De Nul and DEME and their ‘PIPELINE WALKWAY’ system. For the AMORAS project, fun
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First two nominations for the IADC Safety Awards 2021
In the coming weeks, International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will announce fifteen nominations that will compete for the Safety Awards 2021. IADC will announce two nominations every week, starting from 19 July, 2021, and the winner will be announced on 16 September 2021. As of 2021, t
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USACE stresses safe boating around dredging operations
With the upcoming Fourth of July holiday around the corner, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District has a public safety announcement for recreational boaters on the Galveston Harbor and Channel. In collaboration with Orion Marine Group—the contractor carrying out the dredging in
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Emphasizing dredge safety
This week SPN Commander Lt. Col. John Cunningham and District Construction Branch members will be busy holding dredge safety meetings with their contractors, reports the Army Corps’ San Francisco District. The series started yesterday at the Port of Oakland, Treasure Island is scheduled for today an
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Manson wins WEDA safety excellence award
Manson Construction Co. of Seattle, Washington, has been selected by the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) as the recipient of the 2020 Safety Excellence Award for the Atchafalaya River maintenance dredging project. Manson won the Atchafalaya project in September 2018. After the scope changed from
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USACE and Dredging Industry ink MOU to improve safety culture
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) have inked a strengthened partnership on safety and discussed ways, through shared understanding and commitment, to create and sustain an injury-free workplace and safety-first culture for the men an
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Next WEDA Safety Commission webinar
The WEDA Safety Commission will this month host an hour-long webinar focusing on the ongoing pipeline safety challenge in dredging. The webinar named “What Lies Beneath: The Ongoing Pipeline Safety Challenge Facing Dredging and Marine Construction Projects” is scheduled for Friday, April 30, 2021. G
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Karnataka: Security guard of dredging vessel found dead
A 42-year-old security guard of a stranded dredger was found dead this morning under mysterious circumstances in the sea at Guddekopala, Mangalore, the Indian state of Karnataka. The deceased is identified as Shankar, a local resident. Mercator Limited, the vessel’s owner, had deployed private secur