Africa
President Buhari launches $1.5 billion Lekki Port
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari officially commissioned the $1.5 billion newly completed Lekki Deep Seaport yesterday, located at the Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos State. With the official commissioning, the port has become eligible to begin commercial operations of receiving imports and shipping ex
Largest container vessel berths at Lekki Port ahead of commissioning
Ahead of the commissioning of the Lekki Deep Seaport by President Muhammadu Buhari – set for today – the largest container vessel has already berthed at the port. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) announced the arrival of the vessel, owned and operated by the French shipping firm CMA/CGM, on Sunday
Egypt to finalize Arish Port development plan in 2024
The development plan for the Port of Arish will be completed during the first quarter of 2024, the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) announced last week. The plan includes the implementation of sea docks, breakwaters, container handling yards, and internal roads, and raising the efficiency of buildi
Damen implements 3D Classification for dredging vessels concept
Damen Engineering has announced the completion of its first vessel design to be entirely created, reviewed and class-approved using 3D models in collaboration with Bureau Veritas (BV) and global maritime software provider NAPA. The 2500 m3 dredger concept is the first Damen vessel concept to receive
VIDEO: The story of DEME
Innovation has always been the growth engine for DEME Group. The world leader in the highly specialised fields of dredging, land reclamation, marine infrastructure, offshore energy and environmental remediation, last week released this amazing video named ‘The story of DEME’. According to Luc Vanden
Egypt’s President highlights importance of port development projects
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir last week to follow up on development efforts in different sea ports. At the meeting, the President gave directives to upgrade the ports in an integrated developmental manner that
DEME finalizes the largest dredging job in its history – Abu Qir Port Project
DEME is finalizing the largest dredging and land reclamation project in the company’s history – the Abu Qir Port Project in Egypt. This vast program includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land, the deepening of the port’s approach channel to 23m and the dredging of a turning basin to 22m.
Boskalis’ Creating New Horizons available
A brand new edition of Boskalis’ online magazine Creating New Horizons has just been published. The magazine offers fresh perspectives from the company’s experts and showcases projects and approaches that stretch operational and technological boundaries. In this issue, Boskalis is taking a closer lo
Jan De Nul builds new seaport in Morocco
Jan De Nul Group has just released a short video about design and construction of a new seaport in Nador, Morocco. Located on the western side of the ‘Cap des Trois Fourches’ peninsula, about 30 km as the crow flies from Nador city centre, it is close to the main East-West shipping routes for contai
NMDC scores $272 million Suez Canal dredging contract
National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has won a contract worth AED 1 billion ($272 million) for dredging works in Egypt’s Suez Canal. The job will include dredging operations on the waterway’s 122-132 KM section. The project is expected to be completed in 2023, the company said in a bourse filing
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: The biggest and strongest dredgers in the world
INZ WORLD has just released this beautiful video about the biggest and strongest dredgers in the world. Dredgers are of great importance as they serve the purpose of ensuring the necessary safe bottom clearance for safer voyages. The sediments might be gathered for purposes like:
VIDEO: 10 most amazing dredgers in the world
Top10 Files has just released this beautiful video named ’10 Most Amazing Dredgers in the World’. In the video, you will see the following dredgers: