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Duxbury: Public comment period opens for proposed dredging project
(959watd) A proposed dredge of the Duxbury Harbor would remove an estimated 135 thousand cubic yards of sandy and silty material from Duxbury Bay. “The United States Army Corp. of Engineers is proposing to perform maintenance dredging of the Duxbury Harbor Federal Navigational Project in Duxbury, Mass.,” said New England District spokesman Tim Dugan. Dugan says the proposed ...read full story...
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Recruiting fresh talent for the dredging industry
Within the maritime infrastructure industry, the companies that comprise the International Association of Dredging Companies are known for their high-levels of expertise. But outside the industry dredging in general is often little known and undervalued. Important progress is being made to communicate the dynamism of the dredging sector to a new generation and to underscore how essential dredging is to improve a country’s socioeconomic well-being and living standards.
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Important Australian contract
(Van Oord) Rotterdam, the Netherlands – 3rd September 2010 – Van Oord was recently awarded the dredging works for the Cape Lambert Port B Project by Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd. The project comprises the construction of a new port facility adjacent to the existing Cape Lambert Port facility in Western Australia.
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Offshore firm IHC hopes for return to profit
(nebusiness) Offshore engineering specialist IHC Engineering Business (EB) is “absolutely” confident of being back in profit this year after investment in new technology and the opening of a new site pushed it into the red. Figures just published by the Northumberland-based business show it made a pre-tax loss of £2.8m in the 12 months to September 30 last year, compared with a £2m profit in ...read full story...
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Flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes launched
(Van Oord) On 20 August 2010, flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes was launched at the CIMC Raffles yard in Yantai, China. A naming ceremony will be held at a later date. Final building operations will be conducted at the same yard. The ship is scheduled for completion in 2011 after which it will be operational on the offshore market.
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Orion Marine Group Announces the Christening of its Newest Dredge
(GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Orion Marine Group, a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced the christening of its newest dredge the Linda LaQuay. Orion Marine Group will christen the dredge Linda LaQuay Friday morning, August 27, 2010, in its new north yard in Port Lavaca, TX. The dredge Linda LaQuay, is a 24" cutter suction dredge with the capability of dredging depths up ..read full story...
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Sand berm defense gets $60 million financing installment
(Nola) Louisiana received its third $60 million check from BP on Tuesday to pay a share of the cost of building berms along barrier islands, and the state's coastal czar again defended the controversial use of sand as an effective tool in capturing oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico ...read full story...
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Jan De Nul is awarded the Pacific Entrance North Access channel works
 On Monday August 16th Jan De Nul NV was awarded one of the last large tenders for the Panama Canal Expansion. Jan De Nul is already very active in Panama and is a.o. working on the construction of the new locks on the Panama Canal, one of the most prestigious infrastructure works in the world.
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ECNEC gives nod to dredging scheme under $ 1b Indian loan
(Thefinancialexpress-bd) he government Tuesday approved a project under the much-talked-about one-billion-dollar Indian credit aiming to procure dredgers for improving river draught on the Kolkata-Ashunganj water route to facilitate transshipment. The government's highest body on project approval -ECNEC-also endorsed the cross-border power transmission grid scheme, which would be ...read full story...
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Manila lawmaker probes Belgian dredger
(Allvoices) MANILA, Philippines- A militant lawmaker wants a Belgian dredging firm to be investigated on the controversial 3-million dredging contract in Laguna Lake. Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano last week filed House Resolution No.203 directing the House Committees on Oversight and Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources to conduct an investigation on the P 18.7 billion loan agreement between the ...read full story...
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P18-b lake rehab frozen; worst flood scenario feared |
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Tuesday, 07 September 2010 |
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(manilastandardtoday) The government is restudying the P18.7 billion-worth rehabilitation of Laguna Lake despite clearance by the Department of Justice amid concerns over a repeat of last year’s devastating floods. At the Senate on Monday during deliberations over the proposed P1.6 trillion national budget, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said he had sat down with the Department of ...read full story... |
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35th International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation |
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Sunday, 05 September 2010 |
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(IADC) More than ever dredging is in the news. Be it the land reclamation projects in Dubai and Abu Dhabi or the cleanup actions in the Gulf of Mexico and China, or the urgency of coastal protection against rising sea levels in this time of climate change. All are reasons why governments continue to invest in maritime infrastructure projects. |
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Important Australian contract |
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Saturday, 04 September 2010 |
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(Van Oord) Rotterdam, the Netherlands – 3rd September 2010 – Van Oord was recently awarded the dredging works for the Cape Lambert Port B Project by Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd. The project comprises the construction of a new port facility adjacent to the existing Cape Lambert Port facility in Western Australia. |
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Japanese companies plan Vietnam ship terminal |
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Monday, 23 August 2010 |
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(BairdMaritime) Japanese companies Mitsui O.S.K Lines, Nippon Yuen and Itochu have announced planes to build a containership terminal on the outskirts of Hanoi in Vietnam. The companies will enter into a joint venture with state-owned Vinalines to build and operate the port. Vinalines will have a majority stake of 51 percent and the remaining stake will be separated equally among the three Japanese ...read full story... |
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Initial Oakajee port deals signed |
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Monday, 23 August 2010 |
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(PerthNow) The $4 billion Oakajee port and rail project is a step closer with initial agreements signed by the foundation customers of the infrastructure that will help cement the Mid West as an iron ore province. Murchison Metals Ltd, which owns 50 per cent of Oakajee Port and Rail (OPR), the company behind the infrastructure project, today said that a memorandum of understanding (MOU) had been signed ...read full story... |
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Manila lawmaker probes Belgian dredger |
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Sunday, 15 August 2010 |
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(Allvoices) MANILA, Philippines- A militant lawmaker wants a Belgian dredging firm to be investigated on the controversial 3-million dredging contract in Laguna Lake. Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano last week filed House Resolution No.203 directing the House Committees on Oversight and Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources to conduct an investigation on the P 18.7 billion loan agreement between the ...read full story... |
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Indonesia to build new container port in Jakarta |
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Friday, 13 August 2010 |
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(XE) JAKARTA, Aug 12 [Reuters] - Indonesia's state port firm will start building a new container terminal in Jakarta this year to cope with overflowing volumes at the main shipment hub in Indonesia's capital as trade grows. The first phase of the 22 trillion rupiah ($2.45 billion) project is expected to be completed in two years, with funds coming from domestic and foreign firms as investor interest grows in developing infrastructure in ...read full story... |
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Fremantle downplays dredging concerns |
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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(lloydslistdcn) Fremantle port has downplayed concerns raised in national media over water clarity issues associated with the phase 2 of their dredging project. "We expect that there would be some plumes - it would be inevitable," a spokeswoman told Lloyd's List DCN today. She added that regulatory approval for the project to commence was subject to "stringent" conditions and pre-testing to ...read full story... |
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Port Otago confirms dredging to continue |
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 |
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(RNW) A group of surfers say plans by Port Otago to dump dredge sediment near Aramoana spit could spoil the area's world-famous surf break. Port Otago has confirmed it plans to dredge to widen and deepen the harbour to accommodate shipping. Waste from the dredging would be dumped at Taiaroa Heads, opposite the Aramoana spit. A local spokesperson for the Surfbreak Protection ...read full story.... |
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Newcastle Coal Group Completes Financing for $824m Port Expansion |
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 |
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(bloomberg) Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group, partly owned by BHP Billiton Ltd., completed financing for a A$900 million ($824 million) expansion of a terminal at the port in Australia’s New South Wales state. Export capacity will rise to 53 million metric tons a year from 30 million tons now, the group, known as NCIG, said in an e-mailed statement today. Construction will take place over the next two years. The terminal has ...read full story... |
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