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Dina Barge

> On 12 August 2008 SMIT Salvage was contracted on a basis Lloyds Open Form to refloat the grounded barge.Two tugs - 'Matsas Star' (120 ton bollard pull... from Rotterdam, Singapore and Cape Town the 'Dina Barge' was successfully refloated during the high tide on 31 August 2008. For SMIT Salvage a unique

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Port development, Lerwick

Port development, Lerwick The Port of Lerwick is situated on the east coast of the Shetland Islands, and is operated by Lerwick Port Authority. The 2008 dredging and reclamation works were one of the largest marine projects to be carried out in Scotland in recent years and constituted the largest single investment in the port to date. The works were executed by Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd., they designed, procured and project managed

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Port development, Pipavav

hazardous. This situation called for a tight time frame. After the contract was signed in October 2008, mobilization activities started in November / December 2008. Consequently, the actual dredging work commenced in early January 2009, when the Cutter Suction Dredger Cyrus II was employed

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Dredging and construction, Pluto LNG project

. Work took place from late November 2007 through early May 2008 with the removal of 2,100,000 m3. In the second phase, from 1 September, 2009 through

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Refloating, Zhen Hua 10

Refloating, Zhen Hua 10 In the night of Friday to Saturday 2 February 2008, due to heavy wind, heavy cargo vessel Zhen Hua 10, carrying five gantry cranes, grounded alongside the beach, just outside Rotterdam on the Maasvlakte. Saturday early in the morning SMIT Salvage was awarded a LOF contract to refloat the unfortunate vessel. Immediately a Salvage Master was brought on board by helicopter to assist the captain. A salvage crew from

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Coastal protection, Delfland coast

Coastal protection, Delfland coast In August 2008 Van Oord and Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. have been awarded a contract by the Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management to reinforce a weak link in the Delflandse coast . The contract is worth EUR 120 million of which Van Oord and Boskalis have an equal share. The project entails the engineering and construction of extra dunes and the widening of the beach from

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