New Suez: 62.9 Pct of Dredging Finalized Up to 157.260 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand have been dredged so far as part of the Suez Canal Development Project, said executive director supervising the dredging process Wagdi Zaki. Belgian Business Delegation Visited Managua HKND Group an
The ACI’s European Dredging Summit, scheduled for 7th and 8th of October 2015 in Antwerp, Belgium, will be focused on discussing the essential dredging strategies and environmental monitoring for project approval. The participants will have a chance to learn how to solve the major problems when deve
Dredge Yard has successfully delivered dredge valves of sizes 600, 700 and 750 mm internal diameter, needed for the discharge pipeline on board of two trailing suction hopper dredgers. Fabrication was done in-house at Dredge Yard’s production facilities. Dredge gate valves are highly sophisticated c
NMDC, a company that provides dredging, reclamation and marine construction work in the Middle East, has just won the Hail Field Development Project. The project consists of a new artificial island (350m x 100m) which will be built on the reclaimed land. Also included in the project are channel dred
Central Dredging Association – CEDA, an established authority and the leading independent forum for the professional dredging community, has just published its 2014 Annual Report. “In 2014 we consolidated much of the work started in 2013 and we set out some ambitious plans for the future in the CEDA
The U.N. International Seabed Authority (ISA) recently issued a “Report on the draft framework for the regulation of deep seabed exploitation activities“. The ISA report on the draft regulation of marine mining is open for comment until May 15th. The WOC (World Ocean Council) is working to help ensu
APT Global has delivered newly built modular Jack-Up Barge “Fugro Oceanus” to Fugro Middle East. “Fugro Oceanus” is a modular self-elevating drilling platform built under RINA classification and is designed to carry out marine soil investigation works related to dredging in coastal waters, ports and
Saudi Global Ports (SGP), a joint venture company formed between Public Investment Fund (PIF) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and PSA International, started earlier this month its commercial operations at the container terminal in the King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam. On 23 April 2015, SGP handled the
This week’s Highlights bring you very interesting stories from Van Oord, DEME, Liebherr and Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik, news stories that were the most read on Dredging Today this week. Without further ado, here are the news that marked this week in dredging industry: Exceptional Year for Va
Van Oord, a Dutch contracting company that specializes in dredging and land reclamation, has just published its annual report 2014. The annual report 2014 looks back on an exceptional year, according to CEO Pieter Van Oord: “The year was special because for the first time in our history, our turnove
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) is building one of the largest oil refining plants in the world, the Al-Zour Refinery. The refinery will be constructed on land reclaimed by Van Oord in ‘sabkha area’, a salt plain near the coast some 30 kilometers north of the Saudi border. The project invol
UniSite Group, specialized in providing comprehensive service as well as relevant items for dredging, land reclamation and other marine engineering projects, had a busy start of the year, continuing the legacy of quality, value and professionalism that has defined the company for the last 10 years.
Dredging Today has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 13 – 19). Van Oord’s Volvox Asia Arrives in Egypt Van Oord, a Dutch contracting company that specializes in dredging and land reclamation, has deployed its trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox As
The 5th International Conference on Estuaries and Coasts (ICEC), organized by Sultan Qaboos University, will take place on November 2-4, 2015 in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The Middle East region is going through an era of rapid coastal development which may be attributed to the strategic location of
