Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI) will sign a strategic alliance with National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) next week to pursue work jointly in India and overseas markets using each other’s resources. Under the agreement, NMDC will be providing their cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) to DCI and
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has announced their decision to postpone the ‘Financing Sustainable Marine and Freshwater Infrastructure’ conference in Dubai. “As IADC, we have been closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation in both Europe and other global regions. Last wee
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National Marine Dredging Company (NDMC) has won an AED1.3 billion ($354 million) contract from AD Ports Group for the engineering and construction of the Shamal Development marine works. The Shamal Development is part of Khalifa Port, located in Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, midway between Mina Zayed and Jeb
Originally planned for Singapore but due to the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, IADC has decided to move the next live Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation to Dubai, UAE, from 20–24 March 2022. The seminar has been developed for both technical and non-technical professionals in dredging-related
After announcing its candidacy for the construction of an energy island in the Danish North Sea earlier this week, DEME is now separating from its parent company CFE by summer 2022. CFE’s board of directors announced today in a press release its intention to split the group into two separate listed
The fact that the world is in a climate crisis is unquestionable and the offshore energy industry is working at full pace for a more sustainable environment. We are regularly introduced to many solutions and innovations which fail to take nature into account. That is not the case with DEME’s latest
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 is approaching! With only a few days left, don’t forget to sign up to be part of a great event filled with networking opportunities, insightful sessions and doing business. This year’s content theme is: “Offshore Energy in a Changing World”. Four talk sho
A lecture about the wonder world of dredging, civil engineering of waterway construction and architecture is set to take place on October 23. On that Saturday, Mr. Remco van der Ven, in cooperation with Mr. Bas de Goeij, will lead the discussion on these items in the National Dredging Museum in the
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just released this very interesting video named ‘An example of sustainable asset valuation, Sven Kramer – Director Sustainability (Van Oord)’. This presentation shows the practical implications of taking all externalities into consideration
With an ever increasing focus on sustainability, the recently established Sustainability Committee (2020) defined a sustainability framework, giving direction for both present and future activities. With the publication of the book “Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure”, and more recently the rep
Boskalis Westminster is about to begin the dredging and land reclamation operations for a key project of Bahrain Steel Company, TradeArabia News Service said. The material dredged from the project site, located on the southeast of Bahrain Steel’s plant, will be taken by trailing suction hopper dredg
The Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) and DP World Jeddah today laid the foundation stone for the expansion and modernization of the South Container Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port. The revamp of the facility comes in line with Saudi Arabia’s strategy to develop ports infrastructure to unlock the Kingd
Filip Stefanović, the head of engineering at Ecocoast, recently highlighted the importance of choosing reliable partners for dredging operations, and what the most important considerations should be when choosing a dredging contractor. According to Mr. Stefanović, as a dredging provider, managing an
