Africa
Boskalis introduces sand engine concept in West Africa
Boskalis has won a contract for the protection and replenishment of more than 40 kilometers of coastline stretching from the eastern coastline of Togo to the western coastline of Benin in West Africa. The project is part of the West African Coastal Areas Management (WACA) program. The award was made
Lekki Port project enters final stage
Construction works on the Lekki Port project in Nigeria are nearing its completion, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) said in their latest project update. The concrete pouring for the last section of the anchored retaining wall of the CHEC-undertaken project was finished recently, mar
Black River dredging almost done
The City of Cape Town is putting finishing touches on the R10 million Black River dredging project. The project, which started in September 2021, is being done as part of ongoing river maintenance programmes to improve inland water quality. According to the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate, t
OilTech supplies custom Gold Dredge to African buyer
Oiltech Dredging Equipment from the Netherlands has successfully delivered another gold mining dredger with all the associated equipment, this time to a customer in Central Africa. According to Oiltech, this will soon be the fourth new machine purchased for gold mining in a short time. This dredger
HYPPADEC calls for Benue and Niger dredging
The Nigerian Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) is calling on the Federal Government to dredge Rivers Benue and Niger without further delay. The commission has raised the alarm over the ecological menace caused by the operations of dams and other hydroelectric powe
TSHD Pearl River busy on the largest ever dredging job in DEME’s history
Ahmed Abd El Hameed, Project Engineer at DEME Group, yesterday released this beautiful photo from the largest ever dredging and land reclamation project in DEME’s history – the Abu Qir Port in Egypt. According to DEME, this project includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land. It also invo
Suez Canal: Work to prevent second Ever Given disaster in full swing
Work to expand the two-way section of the Suez Canal by 10 kilometres is moving ahead, but widening of the whole waterway is too expensive to be viable, Osama Rabie, Suez Canal Authority Chairman (SCA), said. The project will cost 3 billion Egyptian pounds ($191 million) and will be completed and in
NMDC has launched new strategic partnership with Daewoo
Building further on its global partnerships to drive aggressive growth, National Marine Dredging Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Daewoo Engineering & Construction to mutually explore and grow business opportunities across the Middle East and Africa. The MoU was signed by Eng. Y
Banana Port construction project officially underway
DP World and the Democratic Republic of Congo recently kicked off construction of the massive Banana Port project. This infrastructure project, one of DP World’s largest port investments in Africa, is being developed at Banana, along the country’s 37km coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in Kongo Centra
VIDEO: Timeline of Ever Given crisis management
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has just released this very interesting video named ‘Timeline of the Ever Given crisis management’. With a length of 400 meters and a width of nearly 60 meters, this giant ship had been wedged in the Suez Canal since March 23, 2021, blocking all shipping traffic. For t
Rainbowing and rainbow at Abu Qir Port Project
Ahmed Abd El Hameed, Project Engineer at DEME Group, has just released this amazing photo from the largest ever dredging and land reclamation project in DEME’s history – the Abu Qir Port in Egypt. According to the Belgian giant, this project includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land. It
VIDEO: Constructing dredge pipeline with bare hands
Bunnal Tech has just released this unbelievable video showing a man constructing a dredge pipeline with his bare hands. Hydraulic dredgers work by sucking a mixture of dredged material and water from the channel bottom. The amount of water sucked up with the material is controlled to make the best m