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DEME at New Suez Opening On Thursday, 6 August,2015, the Dredging International (75%) and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (25%) consortium participated in the opening festivities of the modernized Suez Canal in Egypt. VIDEO: New Canal – Icon of the Future Records were broken, vessels […]
SCCT Prepares for Suez Traffic Growth
The Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT), located east of the northern entrance of the Suez Canal, at the convergence of the continents of Africa, Asia and Europe, is preparing for an even larger role in global trade as the expansion of the man-made waterway linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas en
Maersk Welcomes Suez Expansion
As the largest customer of the Suez Canal with more than 1,400 transits in 2014, the Maersk Group has welcomed the expansion of the Suez Canal and the advantages it entails. Egypt has all through the 20th and 21st century acted as the bridge between Europe and Asia thereby enabling global trade and
WATCH LIVE: New Suez Opening
Dredging Today is bringing you live coverage of the New Suez Canal opening ceremony, hosted by the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. Live stream provided by the Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi official youtube channel
Jan De Nul: 33.4 Pct of Suez Dredging
The new Suez Canal in Egypt will be officially opened today. A project for which Jan De Nul Group realized no less than one third of all works. “And that is something we are very proud of,” said Jan Pieter De Nul, CEO of Jan De Nul Group. “This really is an iconic performance. It […]
Everything Set for Suez Canal Opening
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi will inaugurate the New Suez Canal project at massive ceremony today, marking a new beginning to Egypt towards a brighter future. The organizing committee for the inauguration ceremony said that the event will begin at 2 pm, where President Sisi will be on “El-Mahrousa
Combat Squads to Secure New Canal Inauguration
The Ministry of Interior is gearing up to secure the historic celebrations of the New Suez Canal, set for tomorrow, in the presence of a host of political leaders and world figures. The ministry said that as many as 10,000 police troops and 230 combat squads and central security forces are taking pa
Jan De Nul Starts Saloum River Dredging
Macky Sall, the President of Senegal, kicked off the Saloum River dredging project located in the Fatick region last month. Jan De Nul Group’s hopper dredger De Bougainville has been mobilized to undertake this work, with the main goal to deepen the entrance of the Port of Foundiougne-Ndakhonga. Thi
VIDEO: New Canal – Icon of the Future
Records were broken, vessels were mobilized from every corner of the globe, and work was carried out non-stop. The construction of the new Suez Canal in Egypt was like a rollercoaster ride, said Van Oord. The new Suez Canal has been completed in record time thanks to several consortia from the globa
Seychelles Coastal Erosion Discussed
President of the Republic of Seychelles, James Alix Michel, met with the Japanese State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minoru Kiuchi, at State House yesterday. They spoke about the extension of the Providence fishing port, which forms part of a Seychelles request for a 7th Fisheries Grant from the Jap
DEME at New Suez Opening
On Thursday, 6 August,2015, the Dredging International (75%) and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (25%) consortium will participate in the opening festivities of the modernized Suez Canal in Egypt. Thanks to the widening and deepening of the canal, the waiting time on the navigation route has been
VIDEO: Completion of New Suez
National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has just released this very interesting video about the New Suez Canal development project. NMDC, together with other members of the Challenge Consortium (Jan De Nul, Boskalis and Van Oord), recently announced the completion of construction works on the new