Dredging
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Starting from scratch
One of the biggest projects Louis Berger is currently involved in is a greenfield port development in Nigeria. 11 Apr 2012 - Port Strategy
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New problems or old?
Greenfield or brownfield, port construction projects can unearth a range of environmental challenges. Felicity Landon reports 10 Apr 2012 - Port Strategy
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Hand it over, says Jaxport
Ports in the US are pressing Congress to hand over a bigger portion of the money collected through the Harbour Maintenance Tax, to enable them to maintain infrastructure and facilities. 16 Dec 2011 - Port Strategy
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Under pressure
Environmental regulations and increasing costs continue to pose challenges to maintenance dredging programmes. Felicity Landon reports 15 Dec 2011 - Port Strategy
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Playing in the mud
Answers aren’t always obvious. Take the Port of Emden, in Germany which was probably the first big study on what is called ‘fluid mud’. 12 Jan 2011 - Port Strategy
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Nature's way
Stevie Knights looks at the latest innovations to keep channels and berths clear 10 Jan 2011 - Port Strategy
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From riches to rags
Lean times lie ahead for companies on the hunt for maintenance dredging work, with the real effect of the economic downturn not hitting their balance sheets until next year and beyond. 18 Dec 2009 - Port Strategy
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The Great dredging dilemma
America's Great Lakes understand the true pain of neglected maintenance dredging, as Stuart Pearcey finds out 17 Dec 2009 - Port Strategy
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Doing it for themselves
The Port of Dover has had its own dredger for some time. Nigel Stokes, assistant harbour master, explains that the David Church, which carries out both suction and grab dredging, is in use hoovering up the silt that gets deposited in the harbour all year round, non-stop. 09 Jan 2009 - Port Strategy
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Chasing rainbows
Maintaining channels and berth depths has become an operational migraine as dredgers flock to more lucrative reclamation projects instead, as Stevie Knight discovers
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Wary of wildlife
With most ports close to environmentally-sensitive and protected areas, failing to comply with the Habitats Directive can lead to serious delays to dredging projects and a significant increase in costs. Partik Wheater investigates 23 Jan 2008 - Port Strategy
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Dredging flexibility earmarked for the emerald isle
A new concept dredger that combines a multi-purpose excavator arm with inert pumping capabilities has been earmarked for dredging operations at Fenit harbour, Co Kerry, Ireland.
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The reclaim game
The rationale for capital and maintenance dredging is one thing but land reclamation is driven by an entirely separate set of criteria. Many ports still have little idea of the economics involved and so don't even consider reclamation.
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What's happening where
The major European contractors Royal Boskalis Westminster, Van Oord, Jan de Nul and DEME, are estimated to share 60% of the global dredging market whilst contractors based in Asia and the US, namely Penta Ocean, Hyundai, Samsung and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, together with various regional and local players, occupy the balance. The following summarises some recently reported projects. 01 Dec 2005 - Port Strategy
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Politics never far away
As container ships get bigger, as LNG projects proliferate, as ports compete for traffic, inevitably the call to deepen approach channels, harbours and berths grows louder. And in some cases, so do the howls of protest. Nick Elliott reports. 01 Dec 2005 - Port Strategy
