Top News – March 18 to 24, 2013

Jan De Nul Group: New Projects in Asia and Australia

Several projects have been awarded to Jan De Nul Group: a reclamation project in Indonesia, a capital dredging project in Russia and an offshore project in Australia.

Spain: Minorcan Project Under Fire

Oceana has made a formal complaint to UNESCO today, against a project that aims to dump waste materials from the dredging of Maó harbour into a Biosphere Reserve off the island of Minorca.

Australia: Dredger “Rotterdam” Completes Its Work on WBDDP

The trailing suction hopper dredge Rotterdam has completed its work on the Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project (WBDDP) and is currently demobilising to leave the Gladstone harbour.

The Bahamas: Bimini Bay Dredging Underway

Bimini Bay Resort has begun dredging around the Alice Town dock and constructing a new cruise ship terminal in preparation for large vessels pulling into harbor from nearby Florida.

USA: Brigantine Beach Gets New Sand

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District pumped 667,000 cubic yards of sand onto the beach at Brigantine, NJ.

Dredging Today Staff, March 24, 2013