Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 25
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NewsLerwick Harbour dredging project formally inaugu
What the port describes as ‘ a new era of opportunities for Lerwick Harbour’ has been launched officially with a celebration marking the latest significant phase in an ongoing development programme at the Shetland port.
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Van Oord awarded contract to dredge Brazilian harbour
Dutch dredging and marine civils contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract to deepen the harbour at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The contract value amounts to some € 45m.
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Van Oord wins ¢130m worth of work in the Middle East
Netherlands based dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has won contracts for a series of projects in the Middle East with an overall value of € 130m.
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Boskalis wins ¢45m port expansion project in Australia
Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract by Fremantle Ports for the deepening of the Port of Fremantle Inner Harbour in Western Australia. The contract is valued at approximately € 45m and the work is scheduled to be executed in the first half of 2010.
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NewsDredging gives Wells wind farm access
Dredging work has started at Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk UK following an agreement with Scira Offshore Energy Ltd for the port to serve as the operational base during construction and ongoing maintenance of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm (see MJ, September 2009).
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NewsFirst of twin trailers launched in Holland
The naming and launch of the 12,000 cubic meter Gateway took place at the IHC Merwede Offshore & Marine yard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam in the Netherlands on Saturday.
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NewsBeneficial re-use in Tyne Dock development
Dredging operations were due to get underway late last month at the UK Port of Tyne to create just over 13 acres of operational land by infilling Tyne Dock using the dredged material from the New Tyne Crossing project.
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News33rd IADC Seminar set for Singapore
Singapore has seen some massive land reclamation projects and there is an intention to take course participants on board a working dredger.For this reason, the International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation, developed by the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), continues to be highly regarded and well attended. This 33rd ...
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News'Leiv Eiriksson' launched in Spain
s latest mega-trailing suction hopper dredger Leiv Eiriksson was launched at the shipyard Construcciones Navales del Norte in Sestao in Spain on Friday.
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NewsSeaZone software supports dredge monitoring
Software from SeaZone in the UK is being used to monitor the impact of dredging activities taking place as part of a major new port development project in the UK.
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Substantial award for Van Oord in India
Dutch dredging major Van Oord has been awarded a contract for the deepening of a channel in Hazira, India. The contract value amounts to € 36m and the client is Essar Bulk Terminals Ltd, an Essar Steel company. The project got under way this month and is scheduled for completion ...
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Dutch pledge on Westerschelde dredging
The Netherlands will meet its treaty obligations to the Flemish region of Belgium and dredge the sea lane to the port of Antwerp, the Dutch prime minister has confirmed.According to a report in the Handelsblad newspaper, the delay in dredging work in the Westerschelde, the main point of entry for ...
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Reclamation at Durrat Marina complete
Land reclamation for the Durrat Marina islands, part of the luxury Durrat al Bahrain residential resort, has been completed ahead of schedule. Over five million m³ of material has been reclaimed in 24 months to create the three new islands, which are now ready for development.
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Van Oord reinforcing Dutch coast
Van Oord has been awarded two project contracts to reinforce coastal defences in The Netherlands. The contracts involve a total sum of some € 48m, with Van Oord’ s activities accounting for around half that amount.
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Royal Haskoning investigates dyke relocation
As the leading partner in a consortium Royal Haskoning is to assist the municipality of Nijmegen in The Netherlands to draw up a regional planning programme for the ‘ Space for the Waal’ project.
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Boskalis wins ¢90 million offshore project in Argentina
A consortium of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV and Allseas Group SA has been appointed for the construction of a gas pipeline through the Strait of Magellan in Southern Argentina. The agreement was signed during an official ceremony attended by the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
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NewsCoastal defence projects for Van Oord
Van Oord has been awarded two project contracts to reinforce coastal defences in The Netherlands. The first project involves sand replenishment along the coast in the Voorne region, where trailing suction hopper dredgers will deposit more than 2.2 million m3 of sand. The client is the Hollandse Delta Water Board. ...
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NewsHigh precision maintenance dredging on the Thames
Long reach excavator specialist WM Plant Hire is using its 95 ton CAT 375 for a challenging marine project on London’ s River Thames.
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NewsBeneficial re-use brings rainbow to Hayling Island
Westminster Dredging' s trailing suction hopper dredger Sospan Dau is currently back in operation at Hayling Island UK for Phase 2 of the five year beach nourishment programme.
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NewsCEDA Dredging Days finds 'tools for the future'
The CEDA Dredging Days 2009 conference and exhibition will be held alongside Europort Maritime in the Conference Centre of the Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands on 5 and 6 November. Its theme will be ‘ Dredging tools for the future’ .
