On the Independence Day of Bangladesh, March 26, the Payra Port Access Channel was declared open for commercial vessels up to a draught of 10.5m. The Chairman of Payra Port, Rear Admiral Sohail, together with Jan De Nul’s Project Director Jan Moens, made the announcement in presence of Mr. Mohibbur
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has just announced that the Gaafu Alif Atoll Villingili Harbor Development Project is moving ahead according to schedule. The new harbor dredging work has reached 45 percent completion, and quay wall block installation work has already commenced. The
Hopper dredges Yaquina and Essayons will next month conduct maintenance dredging of the Grays Harbor, according to the Army Corps. As repoted, the Yaquina is expected to start dredging in the outer harbor around April 5 and will dredge approximately 11 days. The Essayons is also expected to start dr
With spring arriving and higher water on the Mississippi, the crew of the St. Louis District’s Dredge Potter is busy doing maintenance on the 90-year-old vessel preparing for the upcoming dredging season. Carrying out the district’s mission of maintaining a nine-foot deep, 300-foot-wide channel on 3
The King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth has just announced that Boskalis Westminster Ltd is conducting another maintenance dredging campaign in the Portsmouth Harbour. According to the notice, the dredging works within the harbour and its approach channels commenced last Saturday, March 25, and will co
The Tooradin boat ramp upgrade plans are out for public consultation until Wednesday, April 5, Better Boating Victoria (BBV) said. Plans propose resurfacing and extending the concrete ramp which, combined with dredging, would provide access at a greater range of tides. Other improvements include a p
The New Lock Terneuzen project is really taking shape as the loading operation of the first bridge and two doors took place last month. Each door is 26m high x 62m wide and weighs 2,000 tonnes. At 86m long, the bridge has also a substantial weight of 1,540 tonnes. The arrival of the new bridge [&hel
Bell Dredging has successfully delivered a 36 ton class Bell Amphibious Excavator with Bell 200 dredge pump to a customer in Bangladesh. Capable of pumping 800 m3/h of mixture, this versatile machine is also fitted with: “Bell engineers, together with our Bangladesh dealer SINGUR GROUP, commissioned
Philippine Ambassador to Belgium Jaime Victor B. Ledda, together with other officials of the Philippine Embassy in Brussels, met with officials of Jan De Nul on 20 March 2023 at the company’s headquarters in Aalst, Belgium. Ambassador Ledda was given a briefing on the services provided by Jan De Nul
Mavi Deniz, an Istanbul based company involved in oil spill response, weed and silt removal, dredging and ship building, has signed an important agreement with UNDP. According to the contract, Mavi Deniz will supply amphibious wetlands mobile vessels and auxiliary equipment for maintenance and clean
The Dutra Group of San Rafael, California, has won a multi-million dollar dredging contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. According to the government officials, the contract (W91236-23-C-5000) includes dredging by hopper or mechanical dredge and potential clean-up operations in Norfolk, Vir
Marinex Construction has successfully completed maintenance dredging at the Wilmington Harbor Inner Ocean Bar, North Carolina. According to the Village of Bald Head Island, the dredging was accomplished with the Marinex cutter suction dredge Savannah. “Sand disposal is complete! The Marinex crew is
Around Southsea Castle, the units making up the terrace for the ‘Theatre of the Sea’ are really looking the part. “So far we’ve installed 95 of 250 units. Near the Pyramids, work is going swimmingly on the rock groyne as we reach the halfway mark in installing geotextile, which is the base layer for
At the Damen Dredging yard in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, the Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 650 Krakatoa has been inspected by her owner before shipment. The client has accepted the stationary dredger, which will now be shipped to Indonesia, where it will operate on the island of Kalimantan, Damen said
