Mongla Port Authority has invited bidders to submit their offers for the dredging program in the Pussur Channel area. The main works under the contract include dredging of 6 areas in the Pussur Channel harbour. These areas are: – Sabur beacon turning ground, – jetty channel, – jetty head, – confluence channel, – mooring buoy [...]
Arunachal Pradesh and Bangladesh have discussed several measures for better management of the Brahmaputra river for mutual benefit, official sources announced. Arunachal Pradesh Water Resources Development Minister Newlai Tingkhatra during a meeting with the visiting Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tariq A Khan discussed ways to tackle the problem of siltation through river dredging and [...]
Mott MacDonald is providing consultancy services for a project that will improve flood defences and drainage in coastal areas in Bangladesh, benefiting 150,000 households (1 million people). The project is being funded by the Dutch government as part of the Netherlands Development Cooperation. Over half the population of Bangladesh’s coastal areas live below the poverty [...]
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Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) introduced a plan to add eleven new dredgers to its current fleet by September 2013, reports thefinancialexpress-bd.com. This information was announced yesterday, at the Shipping Ministry’s meeting on “different projects of BIWTA, purchase of dredgers under revenue budget and dredging activities.” Shajahan Khan, the Shipping Minister, presided over the [...]
Customer of IHC Beaver Dredgers in Bangladesh gives his opinion about IHC Merwede and its dredgers. Dredging Today Staff, February 5, 2013
Dredging Department of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has invited bidders for the dredging works at the Dhaka area. These works include dredging by a cutter suction dredger for improving navigability of Dhaka-Taltala-Dohuri-Zazira-Madaripur-Kabirajpur-Chowdhuryhat/Peajkhali-Charjanaj/Kaorakandi river routes with construction of D Munshiganj, Madaripur and Shariatpur. The time period for the completion of this program is 24 [...]
Mongla Port Authority has invited tenders for the supply of dredging equipment and accessories. This tender includes: – Supply of 1 x 18″/450mm dia Cutter Suction Dredger, 1 x Crane/Work Boat, 1 x Tug boat, 1 x Crew House Boat, 1 x officer House Boat; – Supply for 18″ (450mm) Cutter Suction Dredger, 80 x [...]
The UK-based Port Evoluation Management (Port-Evo) will invest $25 million in the next year to develop and operate the under-construction river-based Rupayan Container Terminal in Bangladesh. The deal signed on December 17. with Rupayan Port & Logistics Services at the Westin hotel in Dhaka, will make Port-Evo a partner of the country’s first private inland [...]
Bangladesh owned water development board has invited an international tender for procurement of 500 mm diameter discharge cutter suction dredgers and ancillary crafts (2 sets). Tender security amount is US$ 430,000.00. The deadline for this tender is December 31, 2012. More info Dredging Today Staff, December 12, 2012
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The Bangladesh government has announced the plan that will ensure smooth navigability on the important river routes in the country. This capital development plan includes the massive dredging program on 53 rivers which will cost about Tk 18.74 billion, according to thefinancialexpress-bd.com. As soon as the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) receives the nod [...]
