http://www.sandandgravel.com/ A publication for the worldwide dredging industry published by Clarkons since 1999 en Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:47:05 +0200 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:46:05 +0200 FoxwellD@aol.com (DNO) http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15602 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15602 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:47:06 +0200 On 24 January 2012 Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards delivered three CSD 500 cutter suction dredgers to the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) in Azerbaijan. After delivery, President Ilham Aliyev and Minister of Emergency Situations http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15601 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15601 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:44:03 +0200 Al.com reports that Signal International has won a US$15.9 million contract to repair a US Army Corps of Engineers hopper dredge. The work will be done at the company's repair yard on the west bank of the Mobile River, it said, start http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15600 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15600 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:42:11 +0200 The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA) recently renewed their strategic alliance with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU, which is renewable for five years, was first signed i http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15599 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15599 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:40:15 +0200 Applanix Corporation has announced the release of firmware update Version 6.24 for POS MVTM V5, the company's georeferencing and motion compensation system for hydrographic surveying. Customers under a valid product warranty agreemen http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15598 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15598 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:38:58 +0200 Cranemaster in Norway says a custom-built SWL 100T 1,000mm stroke Cranemaster unit has been delivered to Dredging International – Medco BV. The unit will be used to increase the lifting capacity of a TEREX crane on the Satah Al Razboot Pr http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15597 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15597 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:19:09 +0200 Dredger builder Idreco has moved to a new facility in Heerenberg in The Netherlands. The location is close to the German border. "We now can deliver faster to Germany and the location is easier for oversized transports to reach us," said the co http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15596 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15596 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:17:14 +0200 Associated Press reports that a measure suspending the authority of South Carolina's environmental agency to make dredging decisions for the Savannah River received another unanimous vote in the Senate on Wednesday, putting it a step away from the gove http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15595 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15595 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:13:41 +0200 MCJ Ref No: 810/E/40 Tender Ref No: 18778-2012 Project Stage: Contract Award Area: Le Havre, France Promoter: Grand port maritime du Havre, terre-plein de la Barre, BP 1413, M. le représentant légal de l’établissement pu http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15594 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15594 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:19:07 +0200 MCJ Ref No: 810/E/26 Tender Ref No: 24035-2012 Project Stage: Tenders Invited Area: Montpellier, France Value: 200,000,000 EUR Promoter: Conseil régional Languedoc-Roussillon, 201 avenue de la Pompignane, 34064 M http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15593 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15593 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:16:02 +0200 MCJ Ref No: 810/E/23 Tender Ref No: 20685-2012 Project Stage: Tenders Invited Area: Cannes, France Value: 4,347,826 EUR Project Period: 48 months from date of contract award Promoter: Ville de Cannes, pla http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15592 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15592 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:10:41 +0200 MCJ Ref No: 810/E/02 Tender Ref No: 17621-2012 Project Stage: Pre-Qualification Procedure Area: Belfast, UK Project Period: Starting 18.3.2012 / Completion 31.5.2012 Promoter: Belfast Harbour Commissioners (“BHC” http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15591 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15591 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:19:47 +0200 A new charity to look after England and Wales’ network of 200-year old canals and rivers will be given over £1 billion of Government help to give it the best possible start, Environment Minister Richard Benyon, has announced. The funding for th http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15590 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15590 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:14:43 +0200 At the end of 2011, IDRECO in The Netherlands delivered another dreder to MSB-MNO-Vervat, part of Spaansen en de Beijer group. The dredger, Waalsprong, will operate on the Lentse Plassen project close to Nijmegen, T http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15589 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15589 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:13:25 +0200 Conwy and Deganwy Marinas have jointly purchased a £600,000 dredger. According to Motor Boats Monthly, the dredger Little Orme was built in the Netherlands and purchased by Crown Estate - owned Quay Marinas, the operators of Conwy and Deganwy http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15588 http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=15588 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:06:40 +0200 The Maritime Executive reports that Belgian Company Jan De Nul has chosen Ibercisa to supply deck machinery for the new side stone dumping and fallpipe vessel Willen de Vlamingh. Machinery supplied includes a winch which