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As announced in mid-October Hollands Noorderkwartier (Northern Quarter) District Water Control Board awarded the reinforcement of the Prins Hendrik dike on the Dutch island of Texel to the Jan De… Read More

In December the Comision Administradora del Rio de la Plata (CARP) awarded Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) a 5-year contract for the capital and maintenance dredging of… Read More

This past August Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd. received an order for the Port Works of Package 1.2 of Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal-Fired Power Project in Bangladesh from Sumitomo Corporation. Read More

In mid-October the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) held a ceremony for the launch of the construction of the AmadorCruise Port which will be a completely new cruise terminal. The project… Read More

Cormagdalena Colombia’s river management authority has requested the country’s finance ministry as well as the nation’s planning department DNP to make agile the process of closing a new contract… Read More

The Ecuadorian Ministry of Public Works (MTOP) said in late November it has set a commission to evaluate the concession contract of Turkish port operator Yillport which… Read More

Jochen Rohr CEO of Aggregate Dredge Solutions has formed a new company called JR Bagger & Technik GmbH in Speyer Germany. This venture creates an all-new operation in Germany to… Read More

Damen Shipyards Group has opened Damen’s China Support Company in Shanghai to support commercial involvement and development in the region. John Zhou is managing director of the new company and… Read More

Devon Carlock vice president of Safety & Government Relations at Cottrell Contracting Corporation of Chesapeake Virginia reports that Cottrell finished 2017 with no loss time due to illness or injury. Read More

Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Group Ocean of Canada for the delivery of two Modular Multi Cats 1205 that will be used as dredging support vessels on… Read More