Dylan Davis navigation program manager Corps South Atlantic Division addressed the impacts and response from Hurricane Matthew. Back to back meetings of the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Eastern Chapter and… Read More
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In November 2016 Uruguay’s Port Administration Authority ANP signed a deal with Royal IHC (IHC) to build a US$61 million trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD). The vessel will add to… Read More
In November 2016 the Colombian Army along with the country’s Navy and the Jungle Brigade destroyed five dredges that were illegally used to extract mineral resources from the Caquetá River… Read More
Colombian river management authority Cormagdalena said maintenance dredging was successfully completed at kilometer 11 of the access channels of Colombia’s Port of Barranquilla in early December 2016. Jan De Nul’s… Read More
In December 2016 the City Council of Santiago de Guayaquil Ecuador’s most populous city signed an agreement with the coun-try’s Ministry of Transports and Public Works (MTOP) to dredge the… Read More
Dredging at Chilean Calle Calle Cau Cau and Cruces Rivers is reaching its final phase as the project reaches an 85 percent completion rate according to local media. Built in… Read More
Dredging at Brazil’s Madeira River located between the states of Amazonas and Rondônia should resume this year EBC Brazil’s government news agency said. The JEED-EPC consortium a partnership involving JEED… Read More
Early in November 2016 Brazil’s Port of Pecém in the state of Ceará received a number of technicians from the country’s National Institute of Waterways Research (INPH) and the nation’s… Read More
In November 2016 the access channel of Colombia’s Port of Barranquilla reached 10 meters (about 33 feet) raising once again concerns about its navigability. According to local media a sediment… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) won a EUR 120 million ($124.8 million US) dredging contract to expand Brazil’s Porto do Açú transshipment terminal in the city of São João da Barra… Read More
