Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 18
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WODCON XX1 2016
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) has announced that the 21st World Dredging Congress & Exhibition (WODCON XXI) will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Miami, USA from 13 to 17 June 2016.
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NewsNewbuild Italdraghe shipped to Guyana
Italy’s Italdraghe has delivered, as part of a complete dredging equipment package, a newly-built cutter suction dredger and booster station to Guyana, South America.
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NewsHealthy order book for IHC Merwede
Dutch dredging expert, IHC Merwede has been awarded the contract for the design, construction and delivery of a 5,500m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) to Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) in South Africa.
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NewsA solid reputation for dredgers
Dutch dredger designer, Holland Dredge Design, is a relatively new kid on the block, having been about for only two years, but it has a solid reputation having been built on the foundation of dredger system supplier, Bagema.
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NewsSelf-propelled CSD launched at Kinderdijk
Netherlands based vessel builder IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the 23,545kW self-propelled cutter suction dredger Al Bahar C/D Huta 12 at the company’s shipyard in Kinderdijk.
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Wave buoys to support dredging operations
AXYS Technologies Inc of Canada is providing Observator Instruments of the Netherlands with four TRIAXYS Currents Directional Wave Buoys, each equipped with the new Next Wave II sensor and a Nortek ADCP current profiler.
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NewsGrooved pipe-joining aids dredger retrofit
When piping systems had to be replaced on the 1983-built trailing suction hopper dredger FRPD 309 , the work needed to be done as quickly as possible.
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NewsDensiTune promises dredger deployment savings
Stema Systems launched the newly developed DensiTune at OI2014 in London last month.
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Ravestein digs deep with backhoe dredgers
Dutch shipyard and construction company Ravestein BV has been awarded the contract for the design and construction of a backhoe dredger type of type Ravestein 750 B for ETERMAR SA. The vessel will be delivered in July 2014.
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NewsLarge dredging contract as profits surge
Dutch dredging and marine civils contractor Van Oord has been awarded a land reclamation project in Kuwait valued at some €500m for client Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC).
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Hydraulic dredging system packs heavy punch
Kent UK based electrical submersible pump specialists Euroflo Fluid handling Ltd have launched a Hydraulic Dredging System which is built to rival its competitors despite its relative size.
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New contract for Jurong Island extension
Dredging International Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (DIAP), in a joint venture with Starhigh Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, has been awarded a design and build contract for 148ha of land reclamation.
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News‘Plug and play’ dredging for Russian pontoon
Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered a complete trailing pipe including submersed dredge pump to a Russian pontoon.
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NewsIHC to build mega-CSD for Boskalis
IHC Merwede has been awarded the contract for the design, construction and delivery of a 23,684kW self-propelled cutter suction dredger (CSD) from Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis).
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Licensing changes for dredging in England
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is encouraging people and organisations carrying out navigational dredging in England to prepare for changes affecting the activity from April 2014.
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NewsNew CSD to maintain vital depth on Lake Tana
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is experiencing rapid population growth which is placing ever greater demands on the country’s limited water resources due to increasing needs for crop irrigation, drinking water and hydroelectric power.
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NewsDredged material guidelines adopted by IMO
The 35th Consultative Meeting of the Parties of the London Convention 1972 and London Protocol have adopted Guidelines for Assessment of Dredged Material.
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NewsIHC Merwede lands €125m in dredger orders
The Netherlands’ IHC Merwede has recently secured orders to the value of €125m for a wide range of new cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and related equipment.
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NewsSister dredger delivered 32 years later
Damen Dredging Equipment has handed the cutter suction dredger Susanna II over to its owner, dredging contractor Verboon Maasland.
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NewsDredging kicks off Liverpool2 development
Work on Liverpool2, a new terminal at the UK port, has begun with more than a million cubic metres of material now to be moved by dredgers to clear a deepwater channel at the Port of Liverpool.
