Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 38
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Van Oord Deepens Entry Channel in South Korea
Van Oord in the Netherlands has been awarded contracts for the deepening of the entry channel to the Pusan New Port and for the delivery of sand for a nearby land reclamation project.
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Chichester Harbour Authority's Green Dredging Scheme
Chichester Harbour Conservancy , the statutory harbour authority for Chichester Harbour UK, has in association with the marinas in the harbour initiated a trial into the beneficial disposal of dredged sediments.
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News'Oranje' Ready for Boom
Oranje , the second of two new 16,000m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredgers for Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster , was launched recently at the Merwede Shipyard at Hardinxveld-Giessendam in the Netherlands. The sister ship Prins der Nederlanden was launched in August 2003.
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NewsDutch Expertise Goes East
Damen Dredging Equipment (formerly De Groot Nijkerk ) has delivered a knock-down package for a Type CZ600 monohull cutter suction dredger to Middle East dredging and reclamation contractor Gulf Cobla LLC . The Khaleej Bay was designed in close cooperation with the owners, who also supervised the building at the ...
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NewsDredging Armour Does Dubai
Leicester UK based welding and metal fabrication specialists AceArc have developed heavy duty armour which is protecting cutter suction dredgers engaged in creating the world''s largest two man made islands off the coast of Dubai. The Ace700/700S saltwater wearplate manufactured by AceArc isbeing used by the company''s Dutch partner Breeman ...
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New Rock Dumping Record Established by Van Oord
A new rock dumping record has been established by Van Oord ''s flexible fallpipe vessel Tertnes, the vessel having completed the protection of a cable crossing in water depths of 887m.
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DEC to Clean up Swedish Lakes
DEME Environmental Contractors (DEC) and Dredging International (DI) have received a contract for the design and execution of an important remediation project at two lakes near the city of Hultsfred in Sweden.
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NewsPilot Dredging Project Underway
A pilot project that the British Marine Federation (BMF) and other marine organisations involved in it hope will enable them to streamline the consents process for much need dredging in marinas, harbours and waterways in the UK has got underway.
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NewsCEDA 'Dredging With Nature' at WODCON XVII
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has published a listing of accepted papers to be presented at WODCON ZVII , the 17th World Dredging Congress , which will be held from 27 September to 1 October 2004 in conjunction with the SMM 2004 International Trade Fair inHamburg. CEDA hosts the triennial ...
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NewsChina Is IHC's Valentine
Dutch dredger builder IHC Holland has extended its successful relationship with Chinese clients into a third century with the launch of Wan Qing Sha , a 10,028m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger for the China Harbour Engineering Company ''s Guangzhou Dredging Company . The Valentine''s Day naming ceremony at IHC''s ...
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NewsKDamen's Biggest Dredger
The hull of the dredger Scelveringhe , the largest vessel ever ordered from the Dutch Shipyard KDamen BV , arrived at Hardinxveld-Giessendam late last month under tow from the Danish tug Eurosund .
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NewsCoast Erosion and Dredging Link?
An MP in Norfolk in the UK is calling on the Government to take a ''fresh look'' at the impact North Sea dredging is having on coastal erosion.
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Llangollen Canal Dredging Reaches Crucial Phase
British Waterways has entered an important phase in dredging 28km of the Llangollen Canal between Hurleston and Whixall in the UK, in order to complete its £ 1m maintenance programme by this spring.
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NewsEastern Channel Key to UK Aggregates Industry
Marine aggregates producers in the UK should learn early next year whether new licences for the extraction of aggregates in the Eastern Channel have been approved, allowing them to make plans for the future, including the acquisition of new vessels.
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News'Pallieter' No Palliative for van der Giessen
The last dredger to be built at IHC''s now doomed van der Giessen-de Noord shipyard was launched last month in Rotterdam. The 5,400m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger Pallieter was built for the Belgian contractor Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering NV (DEME).
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De Groot Delivers Complete Dredging Equipment Package
De Groot Nijkerk Dredging equipment and Damen Shipyards have sold a North African customer a complete dredging package which includes a type CZ550 cutter suction dredger, a booster station, a floating pipeline and a Damen Multicat. The second complete package sold to the same customer, it will be used for ...
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NewsIHC Systems Forsees Slowdown of Newbuild Boom
The Netherlands dredging electronics specialists IHCSystems BV have reported a slowdown of the extended boom years during which it has supplied equipment for an unprecedented wave of newbuilding trailing suction hopper dredgers, jumbo trailers, and cutter suction dredgers.
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NewsRowing Course Challenge for Dredging Contractor
The specialist UK dredging and earthworks contractor Land and Water Services Ltd isundertaking the highly complex construction of an Olympic standard 2.2 km long rowing course at Caversham in Berkshire. To undertake the project, Land and Water areusing combinations of floating and land based plant and is employing the very ...
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NewsRepeat African Order for De Groot Nijkerk
The Netherlands'' De Groot Nijkerk has received a repeat order from an African client for a dismountable cutter suction dredger specially designed to tackle annual siltation problems in inland waterways. These are in fact irrigation channels which silt up during the rainy season, threatening vitally important crops of sugar cane, ...
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NewsMore Izar Sestao Newbuild for Jan de Nul
Spain''s Izar Sestao Shipyard launched the second of twin 11,300m 3trailing suction hopper dredgers last month for Belgian dredging giant Jande Nul . The launch ceremony for the Francis Beaufort wasfollowed by a naming ceremony for the Filippo Brunelleschi , which was launched two months earlier.
