Mexico: Dredging Giants Eye Guaymas Port Contract According to José Luis Castro, the Guaymas Port director, the first phase of the port expansion will be tendered in March. VIDEO: Jan De Nul Group People and vessels. These are the driving forces behind Jan De Nul Group. VIDEO: Van Oord “Athena”
A short display of the dredge training facilities at IHC Merwede, in specific in China. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. The Training Institute for Dredging (TID) is part of MTI Holland BV (part of the IHC Merwede group). TID provides hig
More than 64,000 more homes will be better protected from the devastating effects of flooding after 93 new flood defences were given the green light to start construction this year. With £294 million to be invested in flood risk management this year, 165,000 homes are now expected to be better prote
Dredge Technology Corporation (DTC) has announced that pre-registrations for its CSD Simulator Training have exceeded expectations. With the registration deadline closing in, the company is looking forward to commencing training sessions, starting April 7, 2013. On April 7, the DTC Cutter Dredge Sim
A delegation of companies and research institutes, including IMARES and LEI, both part of Wageningen UR, travels to Murmansk in April to jointly identify opportunities for the expansion of the harbour. Within Triple P@Sea, Wageningen UR maps how the harbour can grow in a sustainable manner. The expe
The Angolan Executive is investing 120 million kwanzas in the programme of rehabilitating, expanding and modernizing the Lobito Port, in the central Benguela Province. This was announced last Thursday in Lobito (Benguela Province) by the Transport minister Augusto da Silva Tomás, at the opening of t
Next month, the Port of Rotterdam Authority will transfer €290 million to the Dutch State. This is eight years ahead of the schedule planned in 2005. In 2005, the Dutch State, the Municipality of Rotterdam and the Port Authority agreed that the Port Authority would receive a total amount of €726 mil
The current condition of Big Carlos Pass is causing major concerns, reports nbcnews.com. The mentioned channel is getting so shallow that it keeps boaters and their business away, say boaters and business owners. Regarding this issue, Boater Ted Lawwill stated that a stranger coming in would have no
Cutting process on an IHC Beaver 50 cutter dredger. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. The IHC Beaver® 50 is equipped with state-of-the-art technology and special design features including: – A Cutter Special® pump which combines a large ba
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, is soliciting offers under Request for Quotation No W912BU-13-T-0013 for removal of existing pipe section and to fabricate and install new pipe section in hopper area of the Dredge McFarland located at Fort Mifflin Project Office, Philadelphia
THV Vlaamse Baaien 2100 has won the Ostend beaches replenishment project. The works include dredging, transporting and depositing of appropriate sea sand in the project area. This assignment aims to implement a beach (and banks) supplementation on the beach of Ostend. The total value of this sand pl
Meraas Development LLC has again contracted Van Oord to build an island in the emirate of Dubai. Jumana Island will lie 500 metres off the coast and will be used for urban development. A bridge will connect the island to the coast. The contract is worth approximately EUR 100 million. Work on the pro
Arcadis Nederland BV has introduced a plan for the harbour construction works on the island of Aruba. This contract will include: – Construction and repair of embankments; – Land reclamation; – Dredging works; – Installation of bollards. The development works will be carried out on the island of Aru
As a subconsultant to Atkins, Taylor Engineering will examine the bridge hydraulics and scour associated with the proposed deepening of the St. Johns River channel at the Dames Point Bridge in Duval County, Florida. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposes deepening the St. Johns River chan
