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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.

Port of Manfredonia signs infrastructure development contract

Manfredonia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 31, 2023 – On 21 December 21, 2023, an agreement was signed between Sogesid SpA, represented by the CEO Eng....

Dredging work has started in the port of Trapani

Trapani, Italy (Ports Europe) December 14, 2023 – Dredging work has started in the port of Trapani to improve safety conditions during access and mooring...

Shrinking Caspian Sea forces Kazakhstan to dredge its ports

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 13, 2023 – Faced with a shrinking Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan’s port of Kuryk starts urgent dredging works. They...

Russia’s Volga-Caspian Canal dredged to 4.5 m depth, but…

Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) December 8, 2023 – After heavy dredging, involving 17 dredgers and a fleet of 40 support vessels, the draft on the...

Van Oord joint venture awarded dredging project at Port of Burgas

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

Fincosit awarded Port of Taranto dredging contract

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) 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...

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 Livorno plans dredging works

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) July 27, 2023 – The Port Authority of Livorno will soon start the process which will remove 195,000 m³ of material from a...

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

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

Kiyv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) 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...

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