In early December DSC Dredge LLC welcomed two guests from ColombiaNestor Fabio Osorio of Buceo Industrial y Dragados de Urab S.A.S and Julian Lopez Palacio of CHEC. They visited the company to inspect CHECs newly-purchased 10-inch Wolverine class dredge which will be used to clear sedimentation from dams. Read More
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30 years ago The Chinese government entered the field of international dredge contracting with their new company China Harbors Engineering Company (CHEC) which will coordinate all dredging and port works… Read More
Sand and gravel operations continue to become more automated and environmentally friendly. Because sand and gravel profitability is dependent on production it is worthwhile and even necessary for producers to… Read More
DEME Building Material Launches Gravel Hopper Dredge Victor Horta On December 15 DEME Building Materials (DBM) held a naming and launching ceremony for their new 5000 cubic meter (6540 cubic… Read More
Last summer Dutch dredging company Geluk contracted Damen Dredging Equipment to replace the hydraulic drive on its sand mining dredge Maas with an electric drive for an efficiency gain of more than 28 percent. Geluk specializes in aggregate dredging as well as construction reclamation maintenance and other dredging projects. Read More
Singapores growth is literally built on sand.For more than ten years sand has been dredged all over Asia to feed Singapores construction and reclamation boom. Building out into the sea Singapore has increased its land area an estimated 20 percent over the past five decades. The city-state uses sand both to reclaim land from the sea and for cement. Read More
International dredging-related contracts and events of recent months. Read More
Bill Hansons talk Its Not the Steel Its the Paper was more a reference to the fact that there was always more than enough equipment (steel) in the U.S. to do what was needed (despite pronouncements to the contrary) he explained. The question was how quickly the engineering permitting and contracting could be prepared. They were equally challenged but in the American tradition of teamwork and cooperation in a crisis we all excelled in our own areas of expertise he said. Read More
From the opening ceremony in the large auditorium with festive leis of orchids placed around the necks of all the dignitaries to the closing ceremony in a fully packed hall with enthusiastic participants WODCON XIX held in Beijing China from September 8 through 14 2010 was a fascinating mixture of pomp and circumstance and high-level technical expertise. Read More
On October 27 Middle East Dredging Company Q.S.C (MEDCO formerly Qatar Dredging Company) launched the cutter dredge Al Jarraf Arabic for The Dredging Vessel. MEDCO is a partnership between the Qatari company United Development Company (UDC) Qatar Holding and the Belgian DEME group. Read More