Asia-Pacific Dredging Summit in Singapore

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Asia-Pacific Dredging Summit will be held on the 23rd and 24th of November 2016 in Singapore.
In this conference, the dredging experts will propose some effective dredging strategies for project management and overall operation. Of course, feasible practices and techniques will be discussed to promote more efficient dredging works.
This event will solve the shortage of advanced technology of modern dredging equipment and legislative issues to meet Asia-Pacific regulatory requirements, maritime manpower demand and supply needs for dredging work.
Key topics include：
1、Establishing effective contracts to prevent potential disputes;
2、Discussing soil improvement to prevent excessive settlement of reclaimed land in dredging projects;
3、Ensuring contracts in specific operation;
4、Eliminating environmental impacts through the immobilization of contaminants in dredged soil;
5、Assessing the demand of current and future maritime manpower and dredging works;
6、Seeking for methods used in tackling harsh weather and working conditions to ensure effective dredging operations;
7、Highlighting the education of dredging engineers and operators.

Maintenance dredging of San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico

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Solicitation No.: GROUP4-10-R-J028

Work Description:
The workplace is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The main work includes as following: maintenance dredging from Anchorage Area E to a required depth of 36 feet; Army Terminal Turning Basin to a required depth of 40 feet; Army Terminal Channel to a required depth of 40 feet; Cruise Ship Basin West to a required depth of 36 feet; San Antonio Channel to a required depth of 35 feet. Incidental work includes Turbidity and Environmental Species Monitoring.

Tender Type: Presolicitation

Tender Value: between $10,000,000.00 and $15,000,000.00.

Posted Date: Jul 07, 2016

Due Date: Aug 04, 2016

Nation: USA

A $6.1 million dredging contract for GIWW

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a $6,147,750 contract to Goodloe Marine Inc., for pipeline dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), Texas, Channel to Victoria.

The main work of this contract is to remove 1.3 million cubic yards of material located along the lower and middle reached of the GIWW, Channel to Victoria. All dredged material will be placed along the channel. The purpose of dredging GIWW, Channel to Victoria is to provide an adequate depth for vessels navigating the channel. Estimated completion date will begin in July 2016 and end in December 2016.

The GIWW is an important safe harbor and essential component of the nation’s transportation network was established to provide support for commercial trade.

ASL Marine Secures $113.4 Million in New Contracts

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ASL Marine Holdings Ltd, Singapore marine services group, has been worth $ 113.4 million (S $ 156 million) contract to convert ship chartering and dredging sectors from shipbuilding, ship repair & conversion.

The contract guarantees mainly from repeat customers in the region as well as in the Middle East, USA, and Europe.

 “The customers are established players in their respective fields from marine infrastructure, dredging, land reclamation, tanker owner to state-owned entities,” the company said in its announcement.

“There are potential additional orders from certain customers upon successful delivery of current projects.”

The shipbuilding and ship repair & conversion contracts are expected to be delivered in the next 1–2 years, ship chartering contract will have a term of 2-5 years.

Panama Canal Expansion Project – May 2016 Update

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In more than one months’ time, the Inauguration Ceremony of the new the Panama Canal will mark the completion of the largest infrastructure action in the original canal building as early as 1914.

The opening ceremony of the canal expansion is scheduled for Sunday, June 26, 2016, according to the the Panama Canal Authority (ACP).

The project was originally set up to be completed by the end of 2014, but the date was postponed to 2016 due to some setbacks.

Source from: dredgingtoday.com

Cashman Nabs $3.4 Million Beals Harbor Dredging Contract

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In Beals, Beals Harbor, and Pig Island Gut Federal Navigation project maintenance dredging, Maine, by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in New England received a $3.4 million dollar contract in terms of completion.

Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Company of Quincy, Mass, has authorized to complete the project.

Dredging is planned to start on November 8, 2016, or before and it will take a few months to complete.

“Work consists of mechanically dredging approximately 100,000 cubic yards of clay, silt, and sand, with unconfined disposal at the Mark Island Disposal Site, about 5 miles away,” said Project Manager Jack Karalius, of the Corps’ New England District, Programs and Project Management Division in Concord, Mass.

“Removal of about 30 tons of heavy boulders, large debris, and derelict moorings also will be required.”

Port Beals, known as the Barneys little bay, is located on the northwest side of Beals Island along the Moosabec River, about 38 miles southwest of port Jones and southwest of Eastport. The project includes a 10-foot-deep in the port of anchorage.

The contract was awarded on April 20, 2016.