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Port expansion LNG terminal, Cuyutlán

for dredging an access channel and turning basin at the Cuyutlán liquefied natural gas import terminal on the west coast of Mexico. Scope of work... to two existing bridges it was required that the dredging equipment was mobilized to Cuyutlan on top of pontoons so it could be offloaded onto the shore and  transported over land for several hundreds of meters and launched into the lagoon before the dredging operations could commence. This port

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Port access channel dredging, Walvis Bay

Port access channel dredging, Walvis Bay The port of Walvis Bay is a naturally sheltered deepwater harbor on the west coast of Africa. The port... for the dredging works was awarded to Boskalis International in mid-2010. The works included capital dredging in the entrance channel, allowing larger vessels.... A total of 1.8 million m3 of material was dredged during the four-month execution period. All the dredging works were executed with a Trailing Suction

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Development gas export pipeline, Ichthys

from the Ichthys field in the Browse Basin 880 kilometers to Darwin onshore. The pipeline will run through the Darwin harbor, requiring dredging... reinstatement and rehabilitation Pre-lay dredging The pre-lay dredging works consisted of the following activities: Shore crossing and near-shore dredging... was responsible for all survey and positioning services required for the onshore and offshore scope of work, including pre and post dredging surveys, shore

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Port development, Pipavav

Marine Singapore, a subsidiary of Boskalis International B.V., won the contract for the dredging and reclamation works for Phase 2. In the beginning... is a sheltered port, the working season for dredging and reclamation activities is limited to the period October - May. During the monsoon season, numerous gails, heavy rain periods, strong currents and occasional swell hamper the process of dredging. Demobilisation by towing can be particularly

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Cutter suction dredgers

equipped with a rotating cutter head. These powerful cutter suction dredgers are used in dredging rock, clay, silt and sand. Boskalis deploys cutter suction dredgers in the construction and maintenance of ports, land reclamation and coastal defenses, and riverbank protection, and in dredging trenches for pipelines. A cutter suction dredger is positioned on spuds and anchor winches to ensure the vessel is firmly anchored during dredging. The cutter

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Container vessel runs into trailing suction hopper dredger W.D. Fairway

at around 2.00 PM local time a container vessel ran into its trailer suction hopper dredger W.D. Fairway during dredging operations in Tianjin, China... known and are being investigated. Royal Boskalis Westminster nv is an international group with a leading position in the world market for dredging.... The company holds important home market positions in and outside of Europe and targets all market segments in the dredging industry. It also has

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