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Posted: over 14 years ago

Major dredging about to begin in Morro Bay’s (USA, CA) harbor channel

600,000 cubic meters of sand and silt will be moved over the next few months to ensure the harbor st...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Posted: over 14 years ago

Australia, Gold Coast: Kirra wave study to roll by end of year

THE State Government yesterday announced a study will be under way by the end of the year to find a ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Posted: over 14 years ago

Mekong ‘key’ to Japanese plan, Tokyo pledges $5.5bn for regional projects

TOKYO: Japan yesterday pledged $5.5 billion in aid over three years for Southeast Asia’s five Mekong...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Posted: over 14 years ago

Nigeria banks on River Niger to boost commerce, navigation

LOKOJA, Nigeria — After decades of delay and wrangling by resisting riverine communities, Nigeria ha...

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The Philippines signs MoU for new seaport

Filipino Senator Edgardo Angara, the Aurora Special Economic Zone (ASENA) and Rizhao Development hav...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Posted: over 14 years ago

Saudi Kingdom gears up to receive Al-Sakab, biggest dredger of its kind

Mighty boost to Saudi construction capability… Source: Arab News, November 8, 2009; ...

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  • Business & Finance
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Posted: over 14 years ago

India: Mercator Lines plans to add six dredgers to its portfolio

Mercator Lines has acquired four dredgers and plans to add six more to its portfolio… Source: ...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 14 years ago
Posted: over 14 years ago

Malaysian heritage tin dredge in danger of sinking

The country’s only surviving tin dredge in Tanjung Tualang, about 60km from here, is in danger of si...

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  • Vessels
Posted: over 14 years ago
Posted: over 14 years ago

USA: $ 41.95 Million Federal Contract Awarded to Weeks Marine

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 — Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, La., won a $41,947,500 federal contract fro...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 14 years ago
Posted: over 14 years ago

Seacontractors (NL) introduces ‘Speed & Stability’, a new type of multicat

Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Seacontractors presented ‘Speed & Stablity’, a new type of multicat&...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 14 years ago
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Nakheel (UAE) offer casts doubt on Palm Jebel Ali project

Nakheel has offered investors in the stalled Palm Jebel Ali development alternative homes on other p...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 14 years ago
Posted: over 14 years ago

Nexans supplies Belgium subsea cable worth € 39 million to van Oord

Nexans has won a contract worth approximately €39m (£35m) to supply the subsea power-export cables f...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 14 years ago
Posted: over 14 years ago

$ 10 million Shore Protection Project in Florida (USA) awarded to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., was awarded on Nov. 3, 2009, a $10,478,880 firm-fixed-price contr...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 14 years ago
Posted: over 14 years ago

UK: Tyne dredger guide captain ‘ over limit’ – court

A SEA captain was today accused of being drunk as he guided a massive dredger up the Tyne ahead of w...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: over 14 years ago
Posted: over 14 years ago

Caddell Dry Dock (USA) gets $3.9M in funding to dispose of dredged materials

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Empire State Development Corporation and the Port Authority of New Y...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 14 years ago
Posted: over 14 years ago

UAE: DP World postpones Jebel Ali’s 3rd Terminal expansion project

DP world has decided to postpone implementation of a 3rd terminal in Jebel Ali till 2013… Sour...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 14 years ago
Posted: over 14 years ago

Nigerian Government will build six ports in N’Delta

SIX additional ports are to be built by the Federal Government along the lower River Niger in the Ni...

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  • Project & Tenders
Posted: over 14 years ago
Posted: over 14 years ago

Vietnam: Major upgrade to ease HCMC-Mekong Delta traffic flow

The government has agreed to grant more than VND4 trillion (US$224 million) from the state budget fo...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Posted: over 14 years ago

Bangladesh request for Indian assistance on dredging of the country’s rivers

Containerised traffic between Kolkata port and Bangladesh soon… Source: The Hindu Business Lin...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Posted: over 14 years ago

Indian govt tightens norms for new ports, harbours

In a bid to prevent further erosion along India’s coastline due to uncontrolled development, the gov...

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Posted: over 14 years ago

USA: Orion Marine Group, Inc. Reports Record Backlog

Orion Marine reported that the backlog of work under contract as of September 30, 2009 was a record ...

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  • Business & Finance
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Posted: over 14 years ago

Update: Crew escape burning dredger

The crew of the 100-metre-long dredger Antigoon escaped unhurt when the vessel caught fire on its wa...

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  • Vessels
Posted: over 14 years ago
Posted: over 14 years ago

Mombasa (Kenya) port’s capacity to rise with a deeper channel

Petroleum Institute of East Africa (PIEA) said the government’s Sh16 billion Mombasa port expansion ...

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  • Project & Tenders
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Posted: over 14 years ago

Atlantic Rising: rebuilding beaches in Gambia

In Gambia’s coastal towns one of the country’s chief assets – pristine beaches ...

Posted: over 14 years ago
Posted: over 14 years ago

Mexican President Urges Boskalis, Damen Shipyards and Van Oord among others , to Exploit Competitive Advantages

Mexican President Felipe Calderón and HRH Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands met this afternoon with M...

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  • Business & Finance
Posted: over 14 years ago