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J a n u a r y 2 0 1 3 | D r e d g i n g a n d P o r t C o n s t r u c t i o n
Tlie official magazine of the C e n t r a l Dredging A s s o c i a t i o n & E a s t e r n Dredging A s s o c i a t i o n
DPC is also an Associate Member of tlie Intemational A s s o c i a t i o n of Ports & Harbors
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Precision dredging - J a n De N u l ' s TSHD De Lapérouse vjorking on a new port complex in Duqm, Oman
» Regulars
4 Editor's Comment 5 Association News6 Van Oord's€150fv1 deal
7 Boslolis bids for Doclwvise
8 Hypacl<'s UAE premiere
11 Genoa takes ESPO award
11 DEIVlE's 2013 briglit start 12 Hasl<oning double deligint 13 Diary and People Spotligtit
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16 Africa & Middle East 17 Tine Americas 18 Asia & Australasia 19 Europe & Scandinavia» Cover stories
» Products
51 Products & Services 52 Port Of Call» Round table
58 Witti Dennis Wilmsmeyer21 Port maintenance and infrastructure
Our ttiemed roundup l<icl<s off witii an innovative infrastructure database and spans new
inventions, expansions and mucti more
30 From petit t o grand
Bert Visser discovers tiow the Port of Dunl<irl< in Norttiern France is being transformed ttirougti a major dredging campaign
36 Learning the ROPES
The UK P&l Club alone cites 160 personnel accidents due to mooring line failures and problems - Tony Slinn looks at a possible cure
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14 Digging the Panama Canal
Rogelio Gordon, keynote speaker at WODCON XX in June this year, gives a foretaste of 'The Art of Dredging to Connect the World'
34 S e a coasts and C E D A
Prof Michael Shilin and Maria Mamaeva report from the Tuapse coastal conference
38 More than a project, more than a port
When is a construction project something very special? When it's happening at America's Central Port, Scott Berman discovers
40 Vision gets bigger as budget gets smaller
Canada's Steveston Harbour looks for ways to cut dredging costs, Leo Quigley reports
42 Recharging the Solent
Colin Scott kicks off our coastal engineering roundup with a case study designed to protect a port and enhance the environment
46 Dredging is a life preserver for businesses
JoAnne Castagna shows how a NY&NJ CDF has kept local companies in business
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A p r i l 2 0 1 3 I D r e d g i n g a n d P o r t C o n s t r u c t i o n
Tlie official magazine of tfie Central Dredging A s s o c i a t i o n & E a s t e r n Dredging A s s o c i a t i o n
DPC is also an Associate Member of ttie Intemational Association of Ports and Harbors
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J a n De Nul's PerdoAlmres Cabralworking on ttie construction of a new shipyard in Paraguago, Brazil
» Regulars
4 Editor's Comment 5 Association News6 Southampton joins elite
7 Becoming a dredger
8 Van Cord bacl< in Dubai 10 Shipdock acquisition 11 ABB buys APS 12 ZPlVIC's first trailer 14 People Spotlight and Diary
» Port development
18 Africa & IVliddle East 19 The Americas 20 Asia & Australasia 21 Europe & Scandinavia» Products
43 Products & Services 44 Port Of Call
» Round Tabie
50 With Elizabeth Butler
» Cover stories
24 D C / D r e d g e XX launched
Lisa Maher was at IHC ivierwede's Kinderdijk yard as the second in a trio of identical S.SOOm^ trailing suction hopper dredgers for Dredging Corporation of India received a special blessing
26 Closing in for the Kill
New Yoi-k & New Jersey's 15.2m, $1.3-1.4Bn harbour deepening project is expected to wrap up in 2014 - Scott Berman reports from the Arthur Kill channel
32 Mombasa marches forward
The Kenyan port is reasserting its position as a regional hub with completion of a $82M berth and groundbreaking for a new 1.2M teu container terminal, writes Shem Oirere
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17 WODCON XX update
EADA chairman Gapt David Padman and WEDA executive director Cmdr Larry Patella reflect on the industry's hard road and how World Dredging congresses are so essential
22 How to manage uncertainty
Nicola Clay examines the impact of 31 planned
Marine Conservation Zones in UK waters
30 Fuel and emissions.
A two-part study looking at the upcoming North Sea NOx emission control area and strategies to maximise efficient sailing and dredging
36 Guarding the gateways too well?
Christina George looks at India's new security
clearance procedures for port bidders
40 LNG drives new dredging projects
Bert Visser reports from Rohde Nielsen's
Narrows Crossing liquefied natural gas project that's driven by unprecedented investments
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J u l y 2 0 1 3 I D r e d g i n g a n d P o r t C o n s t r u c t i o n
The official magazine of the C e n t r a l Dredging A s s o c i a t i o n &. E a s t e r n D r e d g i n g A s s o c i a t i o n
DPC is aiso an Associate Member of tbe Intemational Association of Potts a n d Harbors
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TSHD Volvox Terranova and CSD Athena working together at Australia's ichthys project
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4 Editor's Comment 5 Association News6 Ivlinister opens Ivl2
7 Obama's new dredger!
8 Bosl<alis guilty of bribery 9 Susanna II baptised
10 CSD orders worttT€125lVl 11 Calais on traci< for 2015
13 Diary and People Spotligtit
» Port development
14 Africa & ivliddle East15 Ttie Americas 16 Asia & Australasia 17 Europe & Scandinavia
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51 Products & Services 52 Port Of Call
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58 Wittr Ivliami's Bill Jotinson» Cover stories
18 WODA technical guidance
Presented at ttie Worid Dredging Congress in June, ttiis guidance on underwater sound is an issue ttiat needs further consideration...
30 Brand new in La Rochelle
Bert Visser is aboard Van Cord's powerful CSD Artemis for her first project - i<ept company by two more brand new vessels
40 Open for business!
China Merchant Holdings' maiden overseas greenfield port is capable of handling Triple E vessels - join Rohan Gunasekera in Sri Lanka
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26 Knee-deep in losses
Without government aid, that's the situation facng some Indian ports as they face crippling dredging costs, writes Christina George
34 Mauritius joins the space race
Port Louis is creating more land in order to expand operations, writes Stephen Spark
37 'We offer the whole package'
Lisa Maher interviews IHC Menwede's Covert
Hamers and Fer Tummers about the Chang Jiang Kou 02 - their first TSHD built by a Chinese partner yard-- and much more...
42 Halfway to doubling up
With Gladstone's Western Basin dredging and disposal project over 50% of the way to its 2014 completion, Bert Visser highlights the project's new terminal and its dredging
46 PortMiami - positioned for Panama
The Florida port kicks off IHS DPCs five-page ports & harbours maintenance and infrastructure roundup
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