Dredging
Delaware River (USA): Dredging battle pits jobs vs. river
Nearly 28 years after Congress authorized the Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the Delaware River’s main shipping channel, the only thing about the project that has deepened is the controversy… Read More: Delaware Online
Dabhol LNG terminal (India) commissioning waits for completion of dredging works
New Delhi: The government on Thursday said the 5 million tonnes (mt) per year liquefied natural gas terminal at Dabhol has achieved mechanical completion and is likely to be commissioned in the fourth quarter… Source: DNA, November 27, 2009;
Reps probe River Niger dredging scam
The House of Representatives Committee on Marine Transport has begun a probe into the alleged installation of substandard navigational aids at the River Niger by one of the leading contractors handling its dredging… Source: NEXT, November 27, 2009
Dubai: Belgian dredge contractors have tens of millions on open invoices
The two Belgian dredge contractors which built the Palm Islands and other prestigious projects have still tens of millions of euros to invoices outstanding with Dubai World and its ailing subsidiaries in the project. It’s are DEME and Jan De Nul Dredging… Source: De Morgen, November 27, 2009;
Ocean City, USA: Cost to replace sand lost during Ida: about $10M
Three-day tropical storm wipes out approximately 600,000 cubic yards… Source: Ocean City Today, november 27, 2009;
India: DCI completes dredging at Mormugao port, contracts for 2010 and 2011 already signed
The quantity dredged is about 4 million cubic metres and the contract value is about Rs.29.7 crores… Source: The Hindu, November 28, 2009
Corals relocated to clear path for dredging Saudi pipeline trench
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s Environmental Protection Department (EPD) and the Offshore Projects Division of the Saudi Aramco’s Northern Area Projects Department (OPD/NAPD) have sponsored a coral relocation project in the Arabian Gulf… Source: Offshore, November 25, 2009;
Maldives: 34.5 million euro loan taken for harbor development, Boskalis already contracted
The government of Maldives has obtained a loan of 34.5 million Euro from a Dutch bank to develop harbors in three islands… Source: Miadhu News, November 26, 2009
Dredging companies invited to prepare bids for Bahraini island deal
Global Real Estate Development Company (Gredco), a Bahraini developer, has invited companies to bid in early December for major dredging works… Source: MEED, November 26, 2009/GREDCO
New focus on dredgers, offshore support and passenger vessels to boost Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard income
The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) rules are being implemented and single hulled tankers have been phased out. This would result in a large fleet of vessels going out of service by the year 2010-12… Source: Daily News, November 27, 2009;
Van Oord (NL) not hit by Dubai World
ROTTERDAM – Bert Groothuizen, spokesman of Dredging company Van Oord said Thursday that they are not affected by the financial turmoil around Dubai World, the state owned project developer… Source: De Financiele Telegraaf, November 26, 2009
Boskalis (NL): not affected by problems in Dubai
AMSTERDAM – Royal Boskalis Westminster nv is not active in Dubai and is therefore not affected by the current financial problems in the country, said a spokesman from the dredging contractor Thursday… Source: Financieel Dagblad, November 26, 2009
Manara (Bahrain) awards $26m deal for Nurana waterfront scheme to Great Lakes Dredge & dock
According to MEED (Middle East Business Intelligence) Bahrain’s local real estate developer Manara Developments has awarded US-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company an estimated BD10m ($26m) contract… Source: MEED, November 24, 2009 / Gulf Daily News, June 29, 2oo9
Penang Port, Malaysia in need for dredging
The investment of more than RM1.1 billion to upgrade Penang Port will come to naught if the port’s north channel is not deepened, said Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB) managing director Datuk Ahmad ibni Hajar… Source: The Edge Malaysia, November 25, 2009;