Highlights of the Week

Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 24-30, 2016).

PHOTO: Wasa Expands Its Dredging Fleet

Wasa Dredging, a Finnish marine offshore and inland water construction company, has just released a photo of its new 140 ton multi-purpose land machine based on a EX1200 Excavator from Hitachi.

Damen CSD450 Working on Joure Project

The Dutch contractor Van der Lee is currently working on the motorway fly-over project near Joure, in the north of the Netherlands, using Damen’s cutter suction dredger 450.

Witteveen+Bos Completes Feasibility Study for Barranquilla New Port

The study Witteveen+Bos recently conducted for Royal Port S.A. in order to ascertain the feasibility of a new port on the mouth of the Magdalena River near Barranquilla, Colombia, shows that the port is technically and nautically feasible.

CCCC Dredging Wins Davao Land Reclamation Contract

CCCC Dredging, one of the world’s largest players in the dredging industry, has won a contract to build four artificial islands totaling 208 hectares of reclaimed land in the Davao area, the Philippines.

GLDD Completes First Phase of John Redmond Reservoir Dredging

The Kansas Water Office (KWO) announced yesterday that the first phase of dredging at John Redmond Reservoir is complete.