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  • New Young Port Talent

    28 October 2020

    The Jong Haventalent (Young Port Talent) is the flagship person for the port and city of Rotterdam. A new person is selected every year to serve as an ambassador of the port sector, who then meets, and connects with other young professionals from the port industry sharing passion and inspiration. The selected flagship person also […]

  • Italdraghe: New Dredger Arrives in Ethiopia

    6 December 2013

    Italdraghe has just shipped a new cutter suction dredger to the Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Energy. Based initially at Bahir Dar, this World Bank funded dredger will be used primarily to dredge the seven industrial ports situated around the edge of the lake, which is up to 14 metres deep in places. The SGT […]

  • Australia: QGC Awards AUD 279 Million Worth Contracts

    14 December 2012

    QGC, operator of the Queensland Curtis LNG Project, has awarded earthmoving contracts totalling more than A$279 million to five Surat Basin businesses, creating up to 200 new jobs. The successful contractors include Bruhl Roadworks and Earthmoving of Tara, Mike Jones Earthmoving of Wandoan, Ostwald Bros of Dalby, Jeff Reid Earthmoving of Emerald, and Clein Excavations […]

  • N.C. Ports Board Gets New Chairman

    12 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Governor Pat McCrory has named Tom Adams of Brunswick County the next chairman of the North Carolina State Ports Authority Board of Directors. “We look forward to Tom Adams’ leadership as he takes on this new role within the Board, and we trust in his ability to advance the goals of the North Carolina State […]

  • UC San Diego Study on Beach Replenishment

    30 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    UC San Diego biologists who examined the biological impact of replenishing eroded beaches with offshore sand found that such beach replenishment efforts could have long-term negative impacts on coastal ecosystems. The scientists, who studied the effects of beach replenishment efforts on the abundance of intertidal invertebrates at eight different beaches in San Diego County, discovered […]

  • Estonian port making room for offshore wind

    21 June 2022
    Automation, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders

    Port of Tallinn (Tallinna Sadam) has decided to invest up to €53 million to build a new 310-metre quay with a 10-hectare area beyond the quay in Paldiski South Harbour, Estonia, to support the construction and maintenance of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea region.

  • BV grants type approval for Damen’s digital platform

    8 March 2023
    Certification & Classification, Technology

    French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has granted a type approval certification for cyber ersilience of Damen’s Triton IoT platform.

  • GTT posts nine-month revenue jump

    30 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    French liquefied natural gas containment system specialist, GTT, reported a 53.1 per cent jump in its nine-month revenue.

  • FORCE welcomes multi-sensor platform for in-stream tidal energy monitoring

    5 August 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    A multi-sensor platform developed by DP Energy to track environmental effects of in-stream tidal turbines has been deployed in the Minas Passage in Canada’s Bay of Fundy.

  • Adaptive Planning for River Deltas Calls for Flexible Strategies

    11 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    The development of urbanizing river delta areas calls for an adaptive planning, based on flexible strategies that include the use of nature as an infrastructure. This was a key message at the meeting ‘Adaptive planning and development for urbanizing deltas’ where international knowledge organisations told about their activities to develop more knowledge on the challenges […]

  • Jawaharlal Nehru Port Dredging Plans on the Table

    23 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Press Information Bureau (PIB) of Government of India has just announced that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved fresh estimates for deepening and widening of the Mumbai harbor channel and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port channel – Phase II. The PIB’s release said that the entire project, worth Rs. 2,029 crore (around $309 […]

  • Busy and Successful 2014 for Italdraghe

    2 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Italdraghe, Italy’s leading dredging equipment builder, has had an extremely busy year. During 2014 it has seen increased sales of its popular range of  BD dredging heads for excavators which have been put to use not only in river, lake and coastal projects but in mining applications, particularly in South America. In early spring, Italdraghe […]

  • Union Grove Lake Improvement Project Moves to Planning Stage (USA)

    18 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Union Grove Lake restoration will shift in to high gear when the Iowa Department of Natural Resources adds the 105-acre lake to its lake improvement planning in 2014. Union Grove Lake has long been on the radar for a lake improvement project. In April 2008, the DNR used EPA section 319 funding to hire a […]

  • UK: Teesport Expands Container Terminal

    22 February 2011

      In Teesport, on the North East coast of England, they have started work on doubling the container capacity. This will ultimately be almost 450,000 TEU. During the first phase, the site will be increased by 5 hectares and new container cranes will be brought in. Later expansions depend on how the market develops. Owner […]

  • In focus: More green hydrogen projects gaining ground

    17 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Green hydrogen, often seen as a critical enabler of the global transition to sustainable energy and net zero emissions economies, continues to be a major subject of interest for the industry players worldwide. The recent surge in activity in the market is opening the door for new developments with one of them being the project […]

  • Lhyfe, Capital Energy eye green hydrogen opportunities offshore Iberian Peninsula

    12 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Lhyfe and Capital Energy have signed a collaboration agreement for the joint development of offshore renewable hydrogen projects in Spain and Portugal. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together to create hydrogen production sites at some of the offshore wind farm sites currently being developed by Capital Energy. The Spanish energy company already […]

  • Readers’ Choice: Top News of 2014

    1 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Official Start of the New Suez Canal Project Head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish and United Arab Emirates Minister of State Sultan Ahmed al-Gaber earlier this week gave the green light for the start of dredging works on the new Suez Canal project.   Southampton Port Ready for Giants Associated British Ports’ […]

  • Marine Renewables Canada appoints three new board directors

    19 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy

    Canada’s national association for offshore renewable energies Marine Renewables Canada has welcomed three new members with marine renewable energy backgrounds to its board of directors.

  • Bahrain: TSM Converts Bulk Carrier into Sand Dredger

    9 August 2013

    Bahrain-based Two Seas Marine Services (TSM) has indigenously converted a bulk carrier into a sand dredger, which offers a faster, easier and cost-effective alternative to getting dredgers from Europe and elsewhere, said its managing director. “This is a first for the region and opens the doors of a multi-million dollar market for us,” Captain David […]

  • Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit taking remaining Tyra jackets to recycling yard – gallery

    14 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Heavy lifting, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Allseas is in the process of completing its scope of work in the Tyra redevelopment project by delivering two jackets to a recycling yard.

  • Lhyfe acquires 49% stake in Finnish Flexens

    21 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy

    French hydrogen producer Lhyfe has acquired a 49% stake in the Finnish company Flexens, a developer of renewable and green hydrogen and Power-to-X projects. Lhyfe said the move will accelerate the commercial deployment and Finland-based projects of both entities. According to Lhyfe, the companies first started working together on joint projects in 2020, and now […]

  • USA: Caterpillar Introduces First Hybrid Excavator

    17 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    In its continued commitment to introduce products that bring the most value to customers, Caterpillar Inc. yesterday unveiled the first model in its new line of hybrid excavators. The Cat 336E H is the company’s first machine to use a novel hydraulic hybrid technology developed internally by Caterpillar. Field tests have demonstrated this machine will […]

  • India: Mercator Lines Reports Higher Income and Profit in All Fields but Dredging

    2 August 2010

    Mr. V.S. Manf, Chief Financial Officer, of Mercator Lines Limited said, “We are happy to announce a good set of Q1 FY 2011 results with increase in revenues and profits. Our business model is now well rounded and diversified and that our strategy of sustainable and scalable business model has borne the fruit.” Mumbai, July […]

  • India launches EIA tender for 20 MW offshore wind demo, seeks floating LiDARs for three sites

    29 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), part of India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has launched tenders for the supply and installation of floating LiDARs at three offshore sites, and for environmental impact assessment studies at a site proposed to house a 20 MW offshore wind demonstration project.

  • Canada’s gov’t urged to reject Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project

    14 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy

    A group of twelve prominent scientists has urged Canada’s Minister of Environment to reject the proposed shipping expansion in the Fraser River Estuary, citing threats to the ecosystem.