A Damen CSD450 dredger was shipped within 3 weeks from receipt of the order. The environmental cutter suction dredger is right now on its way to Taiyaun, China, where it will arrive well in time to assist in fighting the sedimentation problem of the Fen river. The CSD450 dredger will be called “Fen
Dredging Corporation of India Ltd has announced its Financial Results for the period ended June 30, 2012. The company has posted net profit / (loss) of (Rs.66.8) million for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 as compared to Rs.30.2 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. Total income was at Rs.129
The port of Rotterdam will receive EUR 5 million from the EU programme for the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) for a rail terminal and inland shipping cranes at the new container terminals on Maasvlakte 2. Brussels is also providing EUR 300,000 for a study into a new rail corridor between R
The World Port Days are being held in Rotterdam for the 35th time. This year, that will be on 7, 8 and 9 September. The festival will take place on the banks of the river Maas in the centre of the city and on the industrial site in the 40-kilometre long port. This year’s theme […]
Under a contract signed on Wednesday, a consortium comprising Japan’s Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Ltd and Port and Waterway Engineering Consultant Company would provide consulting and draws up a detailed plan for the central Quang Ngai Province’s Dung Quat II Port project. According to Viet Nam
The Geraldton Port expansion project is nearing its completion, according to the ABC News. Michael Weir, a spokesman for Karara Mining, stated: “Port expansion is coming along very well and in fact will be completed within weeks now, so we will be aiming to have haematite shipments ready to go as so
The Wrightsville Beach residents fear that the maintenance dredging will result in fresh erosion of the small beaches along Banks Channel. According to SF Gate, they said that as a result of regular dredging over the decades adjacent properties have lost more than 60 feet of dry sand since the stati
According to The Hindu, the Merolyn Engineering Works Pvt Ltd is in the race to supply six dredgers worth $600 million (nearly Rs 3,300 crore) to Bangladesh. Kakoli Mitra, the Managing Director of Merolyn, a Kolkata-based company, stated that along with Dutch shipbuilder IHC Merwede and infrastructu
During a joint operation along Iponan River Friday morning, the police confiscated four 24-horsepower hydraulic dredging machines and a 200-meter water pipe. According to sunstar.com, this operation was jointly conducted by forces of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office’s (COPC) Public Safety Compa
Modus Seabed Intervention has secured a major contract on EDF Energy Renewables prestigious Teesside Offshore Wind Farm. Main contractor Van Oord’s appointment of Darlington-based Modus, to provide trenching and survey services on this high profile North Sea project, is an acknowledgement of the reg
The Ocean City Council on Thursday unanimously approved borrowing $617,500 to pay for the city’s upcoming beach replenishment project. “The current conditions out there would tell the Army Corps that the project will extend to somewhere in the 14th to 17th street areas only,” City business administr
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintenance dredging project is now underway at the Ponce de Leon Inlet. Jenn Miller, a public affairs specialist with the Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville office, said: “The dredging, which began Friday and is expected to wrap up in 20 days, will remove about 80,000
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, has unveiled plans for the maintenance dredging of the Wilmington Harbor. The work includes maintenance dredging of the Wilmington Harbor Baldhead Shoal Channel and Morehead City Harbor. This dredging project shall be performed by a hopper dredg
Mr L. Radhakrishnan, the Chairman of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, held a meeting with the officials of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. on the commencement of the JNPT-MbPT channel dredging project, reports Exim India. This dredging contract has a total value of approximately EUR 175 million. The dre
