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Van Oord awarded for unique offshore project for Petrobras
The Dutcham Trade Award 2010-2011 is dedicated to Van Oord Offshore for best business achievement in Brazil. The trophy was assigned to the Dutch dredging company for their succesfull merits in the Brazilian offshore industry. At the ceremony on May 17 in São Paulo the jury of the Brasilian-Dutch Chamber of Commerce was unanimous in their decision to hand out the first price to Van Oord for their challenging ...read full story...
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Keeping the Dead Sea alive
(Jpost) The lowest point on earth promises to rise high on the controversy scale in coming months. The Dead Sea will spring raucously to life with the kickstarting of a dispute about who must foot the bill for keeping it healthy. The tourism and environmental protection ministers announced last Monday that the Dead Sea Works (owned by the Israel Corporation, in which the Ofer brothers hold the largest stake) will ...read full story...
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EUR 415 million Gladstone Dredging project awarded
Rotterdam / Zwijndrecht – 13 May 2011. Van Oord Australia Pty Ltd and Dredging International (Australia) Pty Ltd have been awarded the second contract for the Western Basin Main Works Dredging at the Port of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. This second contract signed on the 12th May 2011 with the Gladstone Ports Corporation involves the dredging of Parcels 1, 3 and 4 for the Western Basin Development. The value of ...read full story...
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Boskalis wins € 90 million worth of contracts in Nigeria
 Papendrecht - Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has recently been awarded a number of contracts in Nigeria with a total value of approximately € 90 million. The largest contract was awarded by Prodeco International Limited and involves dredging and reclamation works for the expansion of the Federal Lighter Terminal and the Federal Ocean Terminal in Onne Port, which is managed by Intels Nigeria Limited, a large logistic service supplier to the oil and gas industry.
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Work starts on Seaway dredging
(goldcoast) THE first step in opening the Broadwater to larger vessels should be completed by Christmas with work set to begin on removing 200,000 cubic metres of sand off the eastern end of the Gold Coast Seaway. Mayor Ron Clarke and Broadwater MP Peta-Kaye Croft this morning hailed the pilot dredging program, which will see the removed sand used to replenish several Gold Coast ...read full story...
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Classdiving & JDN Group Wishes Sierra Leone Happy 50th Jubilee
(news.sl) An Under-water Construction and Marine Constract Company, Classdiving in collaboration with a Belgium based Dredging and Marine Construction Company, Jan De Nul Group both operating in Sierra Leone wish the President, H.E. Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, Vice President Alhaji Samuel Sam Sumana and the people of Sierra Leone a prosperous and happy 50 Classdiving and Jan De Nul Group have been ...read full story...
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RM250m dredger launched
(btimes) Inai Kiara Sdn Bhd - a company in dredging, reclamation and marine-related construction industry - expects to build four more dredgers by end-2013, as it remains optimistic in the dredging outlook. "I believe that despite the uncertainty in the outlook of dredging volumes, to a certain degree, any decline in private infrastructure investments will be compensated by government infrastructure products embedded ...read full story...
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GE selects contractor to dredge PCBs from Hudson
(businessweek) General Electric Co. has awarded a dredging contract for the Hudson River to the company that did the work during the cleanup's test phase in 2009. GE announced Wednesday that it has selected Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co. LLC, to perform environmental dredging in the upper river beginning in May. The massive cleanup project is expected to take five to seven ...read full story...
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What is dredging
(dvidshub) GALVESTON, Texas -- Dredging is essentially the underwater excavation of a channel. Throughout the year, sediments within the water column will settle and accumulate within the channel, a process that is known as shoaling. The shoaled material is removed to the authorized project depth (plus advance maintenance and allowable overdepth) to allow for safe navigation between dredging cycles, a process ...read full story...
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Bahrain starts work on $2.26m road project
(tradearabia) Bahrain Ministry of Works said it has started work on a new road project in Juffair area of the Kingdom at a cost of BD 853,600 ($2.26 million). The work on the 12.3 km road on Juffair block 324 involves land reclamation from the sea and rock armor slope protection for avenue 22, said Raed Al-Salah, director of Roads Projects and Maintenance.
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Faulty breakwaters fail to reduce coastal erosion |
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 |
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(The Times of India) MANGALORE: The north and south breakwaters near old port here seem to have outlived their use after 16 long years. There is a move to redesign the breakwaters, constructed by the public works department, ostensibly due to its flaws, as the design is based on a mathematical model rather than a regular flow model. To talk of it, there's not much of breakwater left for the ...read full story... |
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Sri Lanka - Expedite Colombo Port project – President tells officials |
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 |
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(isria) President Mahinda Rajapaksa noting the progress of the Colombo Port expansion project, advised relevant officials to expedite the ongoing construction work. He made these comments during an inspection tour yesterday (4 August) on the breakwater being constructed at the Colombo Port. The President also advised relevant parties to commence the construction work of the ...read full story... |
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Regulators need to establish legal environmental dredging framework |
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Saturday, 07 August 2010 |
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For many years there have been little ground-breaking developments in the world of dredging according to Tore Hansen-Tangen, Executive Chairman of Viking Development Group. “The vessels have become larger, the control systems and other equipment have become more sophisticated, but the industry still uses the same types of vessels and basically the same methods as they used to,” he said. |
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IADC: 35th International Seminar coming to Singapore again |
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Friday, 06 August 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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Transparency urges Port Qasim Authority to stop corruption |
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Friday, 06 August 2010 |
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(paktribune) ISLAMABAD: Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) has urged the Chairman Port Qasim Authority, Karachi to take action against the contractors involved in collusive practices and to hold inquiry about expected loss of Rs6 billion for delaying dredging tender for one year. TIP has also hinted at the recent order of Competition Commission of Pakistan which has imposed Rs50 million penalty on four contractors for ...read full story... |
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Karnaphuli dredging likely to start in Dec |
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Wednesday, 04 August 2010 |
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(thedailystar) The much-talked about capital dredging of the river Karnaphuli and construction of a 2.5km marine driveway with bank protection wall along the city side of the river is likely to begin in December. Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) completed pre-qualification bidding and short-listing of bidders last month in this regard where 12, out of 18 bidders, were found pre-qualified. A consultant ...read full story... |
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Firms eye Salalah Port general cargo and liquid terminals' contract |
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Monday, 02 August 2010 |
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(Zawya) MUSCAT -- More than 40 international and local construction firms are preparing to bid for a contract to build a major General Cargo and Liquid Terminal at the Port of Salalah. Bids for the prestigious contract, estimated to cost RO 75 million, close on August 23, 2010. When completed in the year 2012, Salalah Port will boast a world-class General Cargo Terminal, complementing its hugely ...read full story... |
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DSC Dredge reports sales increase two months after consolidation |
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Monday, 02 August 2010 |
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(aggman) U.S. dredge manufacturer DSC Dredge LLC reported an increase in overall sales just two months after the company consolidated its subsidiaries including, Dredging Supply Company, Inc., Best Equipment, and W&S Dredge Manufacturer. After a sluggish start in 2010, the company says it “has greatly increased production with exports making up the majority of backlogged sales.” Within the first two ...read full story... |
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STX France to build sand dredge at Brittany yard |
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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(Marinelog) STX France Lorient SAS has just signed a contract with STFMO (Societe de Transports Fluvio-Maritimes de l'Ouest), a subsidiary of Sablieres de l'Atlantique, for the construction of a sand dredge. This order is the first placed with STX Lorient since 2008. Currently it has just one vessel under construction at its Lanester, Brittany, shipyard - an OPV70 patrol vessel under construction for Raidco Marine ...read full story... |
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Inai Kiara Builds Own Dredging Vessel |
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
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Malaysia - Inai Kiara Sdn Bhd, a local company involved in the sand dredging business, Wednesday launched a dredging vessel it built on its own, Inai Ixora, to cater to changes and competition in the dredging business regionally and internationally. Its Executive Chairman, Datuk Gulzar Mohamad Noor Mohamed said his colleagues in the industry had added on new vessels in line with changes in the regulations for bidding dredging tenders. |
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HR Wallingford creates new Environment team |
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 |
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International research and consultancy organisation HR Wallingford has announced the creation of a new team of environmental specialists to enhance existing capabilities and act as a centre of excellence for aquatic environmental solutions. Environmental issues are at the heart of sustainable economic growth and social development. |
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CHEC signed the Contract on the Dredging Project in Angola |
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 |
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CHEC reports that it has signed a contract with sonangol recently on the dredging project of a refinery factory in Angola Oil Company. The value of the contract is USD 60.89 million with a duration period of 17 months. It is estimated that the quantities of the dredging project will reach up to 920,000 cubic meters. |
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