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NG+BJ+US
Nigeria, Benin & USA
Archive · 11 projects
Lagos–Calabar Coastal Road: Borrow Pit to Road Fill01 · Field Operation
Lagos–Calabar Coastal Road, Nigeria · 2025 to 2026

Lagos–Calabar Coastal Road: Borrow Pit to Road Fill

One year on, over 350,000 cubics produced: an 18 inch 1270 Ellicott Dredges pumping sand from our own borrow pit toward the 1.9 km target, feeding the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Road.

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Total Restoration of a Capsized Ellicott 67002 · Field Operation
Rivers State, Nigeria · December 2025

Total Restoration of a Capsized Ellicott 670

A 14 inch Ellicott 670HP dredge capsized and tumbled over, then returned to full service: complete structural, mechanical and systems restoration from capsize to afloat and operational.

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Okrika Proposed Link Bridge: Reclamation, Week Two03 · Field Operation
Okrika, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria · June 2022

Okrika Proposed Link Bridge: Reclamation, Week Two

Week two of the reclamation for the proposed Okrika Link Bridge in Port Harcourt: sand pumped through the pipeline and spread by excavator to build the fill across the site, overseen by Martins Otuya.

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Four Ellicott Dredges Assembled in 45 Days04 · Field Operation
Nigeria · April 2019

Four Ellicott Dredges Assembled in 45 Days

In April 2019, DEW Engineering Works and IDSS successfully put four Ellicott dredges together in the space of 45 days, led by Sunday Azubuike Otuya and Martins Otuya, with thanks to the staff of J+G for their support.

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Fully Assembling a 1270 Ellicott Dredge at Port Harcourt05 · Field Operation
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria · October 2018

Fully Assembling a 1270 Ellicott Dredge at Port Harcourt

In October 2018, DEW Engineering Works and IDSS fully assembled a 1270 Ellicott dredge at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, led by Sunday Azubuike Otuya and Martins Otuya. The project was completed without accidents and delivered as project number 35.

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Assembling and Installing a 20-Inch Ellicott Dredge in Lagos06 · Field Operation
Lagos, Nigeria · August 2015

Assembling and Installing a 20-Inch Ellicott Dredge in Lagos

In August 2015, DEW Engineering Works and IDSS assembled and installed a 20-inch Ellicott dredge in Lagos, led by Sunday Azubuike Otuya and Martins Otuya. The job drew on the team's dredge assembly skills, from fitting the hull and machinery together through to bringing the plant into service. The dredge is now available for lease.

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Golf Estate Dredge Mobilisation & Operations07 · Field Operation
Golf Estate, Peter Odili Road, Port Harcourt · 9 August 2011

Golf Estate Dredge Mobilisation & Operations

Heavy lift mobilisation by road: dredge hull sections and a full cutter ladder on lowbeds, then a fully crewed dredge and pipeline operation on the water.

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Cotonou Conveyor & Stacker Assembly08 · Field Operation
Cotonou, Benin Republic · 23 March 2011

Cotonou Conveyor & Stacker Assembly

Conveyor and stacker under assembly at Cotonou on 23 March 2011: McCloskey screening plant sections positioned and fitted, crew on the decks and lines, loaders and excavators in support.

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Hosting the Ellicott Technicians09 · Partnership
Nigeria · 30 December 2009

Hosting the Ellicott Technicians

Our founders, Sunday Azubuike Otuya and Bishop Priscilla Otuya, hosting and receiving Mark Heimberger and his colleague at their home in Nigeria on 30 December 2009, during a visit by Ellicott technicians from Baltimore, USA. Peter Eberle, then Managing Director of Ellicott, was on the ground with the visiting team.

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FW Ellicott 670 Spud Hydraulics10 · Field Operation
Abalama River, Abalama, Rivers State · 2009

FW Ellicott 670 Spud Hydraulics

Spud hydraulic system works aboard the FW Ellicott 670 dredge on the Abalama River at Abalama, Rivers State: spares landed on the bank, technician into the hydraulics on deck.

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Naval Dockyard Dredge Assembly11 · Field Operation
Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos · March to June 2008

Naval Dockyard Dredge Assembly

Assembling a cutter suction dredge inside the Naval Dockyard at Victoria Island: hull sections landed at the quay, winches and ladder fitted under the supervision of Martins Otuya, vessel afloat by June 2008.

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