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USA: Freeport Harbor Dredging Scheduled for May 29

USA: Freeport Harbor Dredging Scheduled for May 29

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract in the amount of $3,600,200 to Mike Hooks Inc., for maintenance dredging of the Freeport inside channel and turning basins in Brazoria County, Texas. The contractor is required to remove approximately 538,000 cubic yards of shoaled material from the channel using a pipeline dredge [...]

Top News – May 13 to 19, 2013

Top News – May 13 to 19, 2013

Cummins: “Smallest-to-Largest” on Display at Nor-Shipping (Norway) Cummins Inc, a leading manufacturer of diesel engines for the commercial marine industry, will feature one of the most impressive engine line-ups at Nor-Shipping (Oslo, Norway; June 4-7) with a “smallest-to-largest” commercial marine engine display featuring the QSB7 at 132 hp (98 kW) and the QSK95 up to [...]

Port of Bar: Large Potential for Further Development (Montenegro)

Port of Bar: Large Potential for Further Development (Montenegro)

A team of editors of World Maritime News has paid a visit today to one of the major ports of the Adriatic coast, the Port of Bar in Montenegro. Luka Bar AD rated this year’s business operation as less successful than that recorded last year. The management believes that this will be significantly improved by [...]

The Netherlands: General Dredging Course Approaches

The Netherlands: General Dredging Course Approaches

The General Dredging Course is a two-week open course (Training Institute for Dredging, 16 – 27 September 2013), focused on the design and operation of various types of dredging equipment and covers all aspects of dredging, such as dredging processes, equipment selection, soil characteristics, automation and control and dredge project management. Several excursions to nearby [...]

Johannesburg to Host Africa Ports and Harbours Show 2013

Johannesburg to Host Africa Ports and Harbours Show 2013

Africa Ports and Harbours Show (Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, Jun 24 – 27, 2013) is the continent’s leading ports, terminal and maritime event. It is a conference and exhibition that will attract decision-makers from port operators, terminal operators, major end-users, government and investors from around Africa. This conference focuses on everything the ports sector needs [...]

Australia: Fremantle Port Modernization Underway

Australia: Fremantle Port Modernization Underway

The Zhen Hua 21 was an impressive sight as it entered Fremantle Port’s Inner Harbour two days ago to deliver a new container crane to Asciano’s Patrick Terminal at North Quay. The mega-sized delivery was one of four cranes on board the ship, which has made the long journey from China. Once the crane for [...]

RIEGL: Geospatial World Innovation Award (The Netherlands)

RIEGL: Geospatial World Innovation Award (The Netherlands)

On May 15th, RIEGL won the Geospatial World Award in the category Geospatial Technology Innovation Surveying at the Geospatial World Forum Conference in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, for the RIEGL VQ-820-G. The RIEGL VQ-820-G introduced the world’s first “tightly coupled”, shallow water, land and smart echo waveform LIDAR sensor. The topo-hydrographic scanner demonstrated its innovative ability [...]

France: Bids Invited for Port of Cherbourg Dredging

France: Bids Invited for Port of Cherbourg Dredging

Ports Normands Associés has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Port of Cherbourg dredging program. This very important development project will include dredging and installation of structures and associated facilities. The deadline for this tender is June 17, 2013. Background info The port of Cherbourg is situated at the northern tip of the [...]

China: Cihu River Dredging to Bring Major Benefits

China: Cihu River Dredging to Bring Major Benefits

The objective of the Ma’anshan Cihu River Basin Improvement Project in China is to improve drainage and flood protection capacity in urban areas of Ma’anshan municipality. The project comprises of four components: – Cihu River rehabilitation and drainage improvement component will reduce the risk of urban flooding and restore pumping and drainage capacity to discharge [...]

Australia: Dredger “Athena” Arrives in Gladstone Harbour

Australia: Dredger “Athena” Arrives in Gladstone Harbour

A new dredge called the Athena arrived in Gladstone yesterday to continue project works for the Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project (WBDDP). It is expected to remain on the project until July 2013. The Castor, a cutter suction dredge, finished works on the WBDDP last week and is currently demobilising to leave the Western [...]







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