For (future) decision makers and their advisors in governments, port and harbor authorities, offshore companies and other organisations that have to execute dredging projects, the International Association of Dredging Companies will organize the International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation on O
Speaking at the TOC West Africa Market Briefing conference, APM Terminals’ Commercial Director for Inland Services West Africa, Moussa Diop, described the opportunities represented by a rapidly expanding and urbanizing sub-Saharan population, and the urgent need for significant infrastructure invest
The Crown Estate has completed the construction of a £325,000 flood defense wall at Hawkins Point, Sunk Island to protect the areas high grade agricultural land from flooding. This follows a £450,000 investment last year which saw the tidal doors and drainage system on the island upgraded. The lates
New Suez Canal Dredging in Full Swing The digging rate after 125 days of work at the Suez Canal Development Project reached 150 million cubic meters on Thursday, said Chief of Staff of the Army’s Engineering Authority Major General Kamel el-Wazir. Massive Achievement for APT Global APT Global Mari
The Damen DOP submersible dredge pump range has been enlarged. The DOP range now runs from the smallest possible DOP150, fitting in any corner of a building pit, to the impressive DOP450L doing some 4.000 m3 of mixture per hour. The DOP submersible dredge pump is a heavy duty pump designed to be use
Repairs to the seawall at the U.S. Coast Guard Station at Point Judith in Narragansett, Rhode Island, will be completed under the terms of a $935,300.00 contract issued recently by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Work will be accomplished by HK&S Construction Holding Corp., o
A Grant Agreement has been signed between the Government of the Republic of the Maldives and the Government of the Netherlands to implement a project aimed at remedying the coastal erosion faced by the populations of Gn.Fuvahmulah, S.Maradhoo, Maradhoo-Feydhoo and S.Feydhoo. Minister Abdulla Jihad s
The digging rate after 125 days of work at the Suez Canal Development Project reached 150 million cubic meters on Thursday, said Chief of Staff of the Army’s Engineering Authority Major General Kamel el-Wazir. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, el-Wazir said that the number of workers at th
Hosted and co-organized by the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, the 9th International SedNet conference will be held on 23-26 September 2015, in Kraków, Poland. At the core of this SedNet conference will be the link between sedime
Voies navigables de France has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Rhone-Rhine Canal dredging program. This deepening project on the Rhone-Rhine Canal South Branch (CRRBS) downstream Lock 41n in Mulhouse to the downstream lock 7s in Bourogne, will include: – Development of the site includ
Governor Pat McCrory has named Tom Adams of Brunswick County the next chairman of the North Carolina State Ports Authority Board of Directors. “We look forward to Tom Adams’ leadership as he takes on this new role within the Board, and we trust in his ability to advance the goals of the North Caroli
A decision on Chatham Rock Phosphate’s marine consent application is expected to be announced on or before 30 January 2015. The Decision-making Committee hearing CRP’s application today officially closed the hearing. Once closed the DMC has 20 working days to consider its decision which would mean t
The New Suez Canal dredging project is progressing very well. Suez Canal Authority (SCA) chief Mohab Mamish recently hailed efforts exerted by the workers of the project and the progress they made so far. This development project is designed to enlarge the transit capacity and to increase industrial
Stockholms Hamn AB (Ports of Stockholm) has announced a tender for the dredging works in Stockholm, Nynashamn and Norvikudden. This dredging contract will involve the following activities: – Rock excavation of about 200,000m³; – Excavation of rock fill of about 200,000m³; – Excavation of friction so
