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Panama Canal Expansion – June 2015 (VIDEO)

A new video has just been released on the Panama Canal Expansion Program, the largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction.

 

Long-Term Dredging Deal for DEME

Ok Tedi Mining Ltd. (OTML) has awarded to Dredging International, member of the DEME Group, a five and a half-year extension of its ongoing contract to remove mine-derived sediments from the lower Ok Tedi river system, situated in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.

 

Three Contracts for Boskalis

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded three dredging-related contracts on the African subcontinent with a combined value of approximately EUR 75 million.

 

Mercator Buys Two Dredgers

Mercator Limited, an Indian marine and energy group, is expanding their dredging business by adding two more dredgers to its fleet.

 

VIDEO: Launching Ceremony of ILEMBE

Royal IHC has just released this video of the naming and launch ceremony of the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger ILEMBE, which took place on Saturday, 9 May, 2015 at Royal IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands.