Ocean Scientific International Ltd. (OSIL) supplied eight buoy platforms to Jan de Nul Group platforms for environmental monitoring on dredging and renewables projects. The 1.2-meter (3.9-foot) buoy incorporates a variety… Read More
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In December Royal IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdik The Netherlands held a launch ceremony for DEME’s 3500 cubic meter (4578 cubic yards) LNG-powered trailing suction hopper dredge Minerva. The official name… Read More
Poplar Expansion Sand Stockpile 2016 Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project Poplar Island Talbot County Maryland. To Norfolk Dredging Company for $7088500 on July 6 2016 by the Baltimore Engineer… Read More
U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and U.S. Representative Bill Shuster (R-PA) chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee… Read More
Knudsen Systems Inc. (KSI) announced new delivery orders under its multi-year contract with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Keyport for supply of 320N COTS fathometers and peripheral equipment. Deliverables include 12 320N systems 12 sonar simula-tors and… Read More
Porto Central and Van Oord signed a contract in October to develop and build the Por-to Central in the city of Presidente Kennedy in the southern region of the Espírito… Read More
In September Brazil’s minister of transports aviation and ports Maurício Quintella announced that the country will invest BRL 100 million ($30.7 million USD) to dredge then reform the port of… Read More
Dutch dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster unveiled a sculpture in the Punta Pacifica island it helped build in Panama City from 2011 to 2013. Called Ocean Reef I the 13.75-meter… Read More
On September 20 an international forum aimed at debating the expansion of the Port of Santos discussed among other topics the challenges and the opportunities the dredging activity offers for… Read More
Officials from Colombian port of Barranquilla asked the country’s transport ministry to conduct research on deepening the port’s access canal to 15 meters (about 49.2 feet) Caracol Radio said. René… Read More
