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Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (August 15-21, 2016). Heron Expands Its Dredging Fleet with New Backhoe Heron Construction Ltd, a New Zealand company involved in dredging and marine construction works, has launched the latest addition to its fle
President Tours Albert Bosomtwi-Sam Harbor Expansion
As part of his ‘Changing Lives and Transforming Ghana’ tour of the Western Region, John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana, recently inspected the Albert Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing Harbor expansion project in Sekondi, Ghana News Agency reports. Mr Richard Anamoo, the Director-General of the Ghana Ports an
Boskalis 2016 First Half Results: ‘Drastic Measures’ Announced
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. realized a net profit of EUR 147.5 million in the first half of 2016 (H1 2015: EUR 306.5 million). Revenue in the first half of the year fell 25% compared to the first half of last year to EUR 1.17 billion (H1 2015: EUR 1.57 billion). Whereas the first half of 2015 wa
DredgingToday.com Podcast: Global Dredging Perspective
Welcome to the second DredgingToday.com Podcast, with our host Rosie Moth of RedMeters.com. In this episode we will be discussing the global dredging perspective with the Secretary General of the International Association of Dredging Companies, Rene Kolman, and Technical Consultant Murray Leach. The
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (August 8-14, 2016). VIDEO: Pythagoras Dredging Solution Pythagoras, a Belgian company involved in providing solutions for dredging, surveying, infrastructure, construction and agriculture, has just released this
Zion Market: Report on Amphibious Excavators Market
Zion Market Research has published a new report titled “Amphibious Excavators Market for Construction, Mining and Other Applications: Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis and Forecast, 2014 – 2020.” According to this report, the global amphibious excavators market accounted for USD 3.
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (August 1-7, 2016). TSHD Arco Dee Picks Up WW2 Bomb Off Selsey Trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Arco Dee’ has picked up an unexploded World War Two shell during its work off Selsey. New Cutter Suction Dredger De
UniSite Group Recaps Busy Q2 Period
UniSite Group, a Chinese company involved in dredging, land reclamation, offshore projects, marine, mechanical engineering and green remediation projects, took an active part in a lot of projects all over the world in the second quarter of 2016. In this time frame, UniSite supplied a significant amo
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (July 11-17, 2016). Boskalis Announces Job Cuts and Fleet Reduction Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has completed its fleet rationalization study announced earlier this year. The Netherlands to Implement New Flo
HR Wallingford: Reducing the Costs of Port Operations
The global economic outlook is uncertain and this uncertainty is leading to depressed investment worldwide, particularly in energy and mining activity. The international ports and terminals sector forms an important part of the infrastructure supporting these activities, HR Wallingford said in its l
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (June 27-July 3, 2016). Wartsila Engines for Two Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers Wartsila has won an order to supply engines for two new 8000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredgers. HAM 318 Completes Thinadhoo Lan
Major Boost for Port of Maputo Dredging Project
The dredging operations on the access channel to the Port of Maputo have received a major boost with the arrival of the Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) HAM 310. The Jan De Nul’s TSHD De Lapérouse, which started the channel dredging work on May 21, is currently working 24/7 in this