Dredging and Land Reclamation Archives

January 16, 2020

Damen, Gentium to help Bangladesh develop indigenous shipbuilding industry

Written by Baird Maritime on January 16, 2020. Posted in Anchor Handling, Crew Transfer, Dredging and Land Reclamation, Ferries, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Maritime Infrastructure Development, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Offshore Construction, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Ro-Pax World, Ships (Naval), Trawling World.

Dutch firms Damen Shipyards Group and Gentium Solutions have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Industry of Bangladesh with the goal of ..

January 10, 2020

Mississippi River maintenance dredging completed in USACE Memphis District

Written by Baird Maritime on January 10, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Dredging and Land Reclamation.

Inland Dredging of Alabama has completed maintenance dredging of the stretch of the Mississippi River that passes through the Memphis District of the US Army Corps of ..

January 7, 2020

USACE starts dredging inner channels of Norfolk Harbor, Virginia

Written by Baird Maritime on January 7, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Dredging and Land Reclamation.

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Cottrell Contracting have begun dredging the Norfolk Harbor inner channel and channel to Newport News in the US State of ..

January 14, 2020

Jianglong begins sea trials of new support vessel for Poly Changda Engineering

Written by Baird Maritime on January 14, 2020. Posted in Dredging and Land Reclamation, Maritime Infrastructure Development.

Jianglong Shipbuilding has begun conducting sea trials of a new transportation support vessel for local construction company Poly Changda Engineering. The 30- by ..

January 9, 2020

Great Lakes Dredge and Dock awarded projects totalling US$83 million

Written by Baird Maritime on January 9, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Dredging and Land Reclamation.

Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation (GLDD) has been awarded five separate major dredging contracts covering capital dredging, maintenance dredging, coastal protection ..

January 7, 2020

Four killed, three abducted after pirates attack dredger in Gulf of Guinea

Written by Baird Maritime on January 7, 2020. Posted in Dredging and Land Reclamation, Piracy.

A pirate attack on a Nigerian-flagged dredger earlier this month has left four people dead, maritime security consultancy company Dryad Global has confirmed. Ambika, a ..

January 13, 2020

Nigerian Navy rescues three dredger crewmen abducted by pirates

Written by Baird Maritime on January 13, 2020. Posted in Dredging and Land Reclamation, Piracy, Ships (Naval).

Elements of the Nigerian Navy have successfully rescued three crewmembers of a dredger who had been abducted by pirates earlier this month during a violent raid that left ..

January 9, 2020

Bed levelling operations to commence in Port of Geelong

Written by Baird Maritime on January 9, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Marine Projects, Dredging and Land Reclamation.

The Victorian Regional Channels Authority (VRCA) began conducting bed-levelling operations in selected areas of the channels, berths, and approaches of the Port of ..

January 7, 2020

USACE Marine Design Center managing procurement of dredger for Azerbaijan

Written by Baird Maritime on January 7, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Dredging and Land Reclamation.

The US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Marine Design Center (MDC) is managing the procurement of a cutter suction dredger for the nation of Azerbaijan as part of a ..