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Changes at Port Ramsgate
24 Jan 2008
Major changes in the way the UK's Port Ramsgate is run could be in the pipeline. In 2006 the Department for Communities and Local Government published a report entitled 'Opportunities for Ports in Local Authority Ownership'. Aimed at around 60 ports in England and Wales, it addressed concerns about the perceived shortcomings in the running of small ports and harbours by local authorities.
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IADC Dredging and Reclamation Seminar
24 Jan 2008
The International Association of Dredging Contractors (IADC) will hold its 30th International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation on 16-20 June this year at Delft in the Netherlands.
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CEDA Encourages the Next Generation
24 Jan 2008
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) continued its campaign to involve students and young professionals more closely with the industry when it announced the winners of the CEDA Dredging Days 2007 poster competition at its gathering which took place within the recent Europort exhibition in Rotterdam.
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Belgian Folk Hero Arrives at Christmas
24 Jan 2008
Dutch shipbuilders IHC Merwede celebrated the Christmas season by launching the 9,000m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger 'Breydel' from its Kinderdijk yard on 22 December. Named after 14th century Flemish freedom fighter Jan Breydel, the newbuild will join the fleet of Belgium's Dredging International, one of the main companies of the Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering NV (DEME) Group.
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Westerschelde Dredging to Boost Flanders
24 Jan 2008
Work has started on the deepening of the Westerschelde, which is intended to reinforce the competitive position of the port of Antwerp. Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters officially started dredging works at a ceremony last month which marks the official start of the historic deepening works of the Westerschelde.
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