Ocean Dredging DS, a Quebec-Canada based company, has been contracted to remove deep-water sediments affecting the Haina River bed area and Haina Oriental Port. In the Dominican Republic, Ocean Dredging DSM is affiliated with E&M International Consulting in the Dominican Republic. The long-term suction dredging contract was signed with the Dominican government-owned Empresa Generadora de Electricidad Itabo.
Attending the signing were Canadian Ambassador Shauna Hemingway; Regis Batista, Canadian trade commissioner; Nathalie Samson, senior trade commissioner; Lludelis Espinal and Vinicio Mella, president and executive director for E&M; lawyer Pridah Suero for Itabo; and Steve Côté, for Ocean Dredging.
Hemingway explained her country’s interest in this operation and in the DR in general: “The Government of Canada is committed to advocating responsible business practices that promote inclusive economic benefits for both the host country and Canada. As such, it expects and encourages all Canadian companies, of any size and in all sectors, to respect all applicable laws, to meet or even exceed international standards, to operate transparently and to conduct their activities in a socially and environmentally sustainable manner”
The company reports that the maintenance work, to be carried out annually with the crews of the hopper dredger Ocean Traverse Nord, will facilitate access to the Haina Oriental Port and ensure safety of the vessels. This will help support and sustain the economic growth of the country, being the ports a key element for the international commerce, Ocean said in a press release on occasion of the signing.
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29 August 2018
