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Dredging

A port’s activities related to the deepening of the seabed in its waterways and basins. Includes the waters in port entrances and docks, to deepen the draft for handling ever-larger ships.

Van Oord joint venture awarded dredging project at Port of Burgas

Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) December 5, 2023 – Cosmos Van Oord has been awarded a dredging project at Port of Burgas on the Black Sea. Cosmos Van Oord...

Fincosit awarded Port of Taranto dredging contract

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 22, 2023 – The Fincosit company has been awarded a contract to dredge 2.3 million m³ of material from the...

Dredging of Port of Viana do Castelo begins

Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – The dredging of Port of Viana do Castelo has started in the navigation channel. The port...

Izmail and Reni ports will be dredged to 7.2 meters

Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 1, 2023 – The Ukrainian Danube River ports of Izmail and Reni will have their depth increased to 7.2 meters by the...

Port of Burgas to renovate its communist era Ro-Ro berth

Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 16, 2023 – BGN 6.4 million (3.27 million euro) will be invested by Bulgaria’s state-owned Port Infrastructure for...

Northern Sardinian ports to receive €20 mln port in investment

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – The ports of Olbia, Golfo Aranci, Santa Teresa and Porto Torres, in Northern Sardinia, are set...

Assoporti approves new dredging rules

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) September 27, 2023 – Assoporti is satisfied with the start of the simplification of the procedures initiated by the Ministry of...

Port of Taranto starts dredging, Yilport container terminal

Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – The Port of Taranto has started dredging the seabed in front of the Yilport container terminal to -16.5...

Dredging begins in Port of Civitavecchia

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – Dredging begins in Port of Civitavecchia Dock 25 will be dredged to -15 metres. Approximately 170,000...

Russia begs Iran for Volga River dredging help

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Sanctions-hit Russia, unable to complete the critically important dredging of the Volga-Caspian Sea...

Malta Freeport to start dredging bay in Birżebbuġa

Valletta, Malta (PortSEurope) June 14, 2023 – Malta Freeport Terminals Ltd has submitted a proposal to dredge the bay in order to improve vessel...

EU funding for Alexandropoulis port

Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) May 17, 2023 – The European Commission (EC) will provide Greece with €24 million for the development of the north...

EBRD to help develop Ukraine’s Danube ports of Izmail, Reni and Ust-Dunaysk

Kiyv, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 24, 2023 – The development of Ukraine’s Danube Port Cluster – Izmail, Reni and Ust-Dunaysk – with...

Port Authority of Seville issues dredging tender

Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) March 29, 2023 – The Port Authority of Seville (APS) has issued a tender for over €3.6 million euros (VAT included) for...

Sanctions force the largest ever dredging of Volga-Caspian Sea Canal

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Russia’s state agency RosMorPort will start on April 1 an unprecedented, massive dredging of the...

Russia issues tender for dredging of Volga-Caspian Shipping Canal

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 10, 2023 – Russia’s state agency Rosmorport has issued a tender for maintenance dredging on...

Russia forced to rely on China and Iran to deepen Volga Canal

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – Russia was forced to beg China and Iran to send dredging equipment to realise another of Russian...

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