National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has won a 79 million dirhams ($21.5 million) contract for a very important dredging project in Egypt. The job includes dredging the entrance to the navigation channel and the trench of the quay wall in the Red Sea Port in Safaga, NMDC said in a disclosure to t
Winter dredging is well underway again with the new look split hopper barges Nab and Needles both back hard at work in the Solent area, Jenkins Marine said. Working together with Jenkins’ 30m x 9m backhoe dredger ‘Doreen Dorward’ and her onboard 50t long reach excavator, they enable dredging to cont
CDES, a Luzancy (Seine-et-Marne) based marine specialist, has won the Port of Saint-Jacques dredging contract, located in Sarzeau, north-western France. The works, aimed to effectively and sustainably solve the problems of silting in the area, will include removal of 4000 m3 of material. According t
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has signed an agreement with the Maldives’ Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure towards implementation of the R. Ungoofaaru Channel Relocation Project. MTCC CEO, Adam Azim, signed the contract on behalf of the company and Ms. Zee
Hall Contracting has just announced that their 65-metre-long backhoe dredge Woomera is ready for her next dredging job, the Port of Townsville Channel Upgrade project. The Woomera has set sail from Brisbane and is journeying 700 nautical miles to the Port of Townsville to work on the Channel Upgrade
Kooiman Marine Group has just announced that they are embarking on another exciting project, lengthening of the trailing suction hopper dredger Swalinge. The Swalinge was built as a coaster in 1977 and rebuilt into a hopper dredger after being purchased by Den Herder Seaworks in 1996. This single pr
President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, recently inspected the progress of ongoing works at the new Kipevu Oil Terminal (KOT) in Mombasa. The construction of KOT, which is now almost finished, has been wholly funded by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and implemented by China Communications Construction
Baars Charter B.V. together with Merceron recently completed a port expansion project on the west coast of France – dredging the harbour of La Turballe. For this job, in addition to dredging equipment from Merceron, Baars type B113 split barge was used to transport dredged sediment, sand and water.
The dredging of the fairway to the Danish Port of Thyboron – Thyboron Canal – is now complete. A water depth of 10m in the fairway from the North Sea and between the pier heads into the outer harbour and all the way down to the Limfjordskaj quays in Sydhavnen is now a reality. For […]
ESPO has just announced that Niedersachsen Ports, Germany, is once again being certified through the EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS). With a total of 15 port locations, Niedersachsen Ports is the largest operator of public seaports in Germany. A committed member of the EcoPorts Ne
Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), Johor, Malaysia, has just unveiled an ambitious plan to invest RM750 million ($179 million) in the expansion of its capacity in 2022. According to their chief executive officer, Marco Neelsen, the port, which currently has a capacity of 11.5 million twenty-foot equival
USACE has found a safe dumping site for the dredged materials, allowing the dredging work for Sandusky’s Harbor to resume this year, Sandusky Register reports. In its recently released annual report, the USACE Buffalo District updated its dredging efforts, which helps keep commerce flowing in Ohio’s
Manson Construction Co. of Seattle, Washington, recently presented an interesting article about the Pier 8 replacement project at Naval Base San Diego (NBSD), California. Over the last 20 years, Manson has played a vital role in the upgrades of the base’s waterfront facilities – completing three maj
The massive development of a new container handling port at Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, is nearing its completion. “This year, we look forward to the opening of our new state of the art Cork Container Terminal,” Port of Cork Company said in their latest announcement. Work on the €86m project – the bigges
