Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice

July 12, 2015

With the recent arrival of Royal Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger “Oranje” at the site, a total of 242.1 million cubic meters of sand has been dredged from the New Suez Canal so far.

Rohde Nielsen Nabs Tauranga Contract

Rohde Nielsen, a Danish dredging company, has won the Port of Tauranga dredging contract.

GLDD Secures Shell Island Gig

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has won a $76 million deal for the Shell Island West Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Restoration Project from the State of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA).

DONG and AMEP Pen MoU

DONG Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which could see a new major operational hub for DONG Energy at the Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) for the construction and installation of offshore wind farms.

Ellicott Celebrates 130 Years of Business

The employees of Ellicott Dredges LLC in Baltimore, Maryland had two big reasons for celebration this week.