Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (September 12-18, 2016). Van Oord Working on One of the Largest Reclamation Projects in Taiwan Van Oord is currently working on the construction of Kaohsiung Intercontinental Container Center Phase II in Taiwan.
The number of ‘active’ shipyards globally has more than halved since the start of 2009, falling to around 400 shipyards at the start of September 2016, with rapid growth in the total followed by steep decline all within the last decade, according to Clarkson Research. Global contracting surged by 78
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has received a contract extension for a semi-sub rig. However, the rig’s dayrate has been more than halved. According to the driller’s latest fleet status report on Thursday, the 1981-built semi-submersible rig Noble Paul Romano has received a one-well
US-based Excelerate Energy’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Explorer conducted the first commercial gas-up operation at Dubai Supply Authority’s (DUSUP) Jebel Ali LNG Import Terminal on August 31. The FSRU gassed-up all five tanks of a 173,000 m3 LNG Carrier, in a 17-hour period. Th
Not enough companies in the shipping industry are following joined-up risk management procedures, according to international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens. The second annual Moore Stephens Shipping Risk Survey revealed a fall in the overall level of satisfaction on the part of respo
Despite many adversities for the maritime sector over the last year, seaborne perishable reefer trade increased in 2015 and is forecast to grow further still in 2016. By 2020, seaborne reefer cargo will reach 120 million tonnes, increasing by an average of 2.5% per annum, according to global shippin
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just published the latest issue of Terra et Aqua, their official quarterly publication. The magazine is supported solely by the IADC as a service to the world-wide dredging community and represents IADC’s commitment to the highest standa
BP Exploration (Delta) Limited, UK has ordered approximately 100 km of static umbilicals and associated accessories from Nexans for the next stage of the West Nile Delta project in Egypt. Nexans said on Tuesday that this contract will help BP, and partner DEA (Deutsche Erdoel AG), develop the Giza,
Container throughput at the Omani Port of Salalah, part of the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network, reached 1.584 million TEU in the first half of 2016, representing a 29% increase over volume handled during the same period a year earlier. The surge was mainly attributed to an increase in capacity
A Central Dredging Association’s (CEDA) Dredging Technology Webinar, under the name ‘The working principle of the Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge’, is scheduled for 14 September, 2016, from 14:00-15:00 hrs (CEST). This webinar is the 2nd in the CEDA Series of Webinars on Dredging Technology. The pres
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (September 5-11 2016). Boskalis-Middle East Wins NPP Dredging Deal Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd and Boskalis-Middle East recently won a multi-million dredging contract for the New Port Project (NPP)
Seatools, a subsea technology company that provides solutions for a wide range of subsea challenges, has just published paper on grab-based deep-sea mining. In the field of deep-sea mining, the currently dominant school of thought focuses on the large-scale underwater processing of subsea rocks, the
As the International Maritime Organization’s Ballast Water Management Convention is set to enter into force in September 2017, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has urged IMO Member States to finalize the revision of the G8 Type Approval Guidelines for treatment systems. “We must ensure th
With Finland’s accession of the International Ballast Water Management Convention, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) said that the remaining condition for entry into force has been met and therefore the BWM Convention is scheduled to enter into force on September 8, 2017. IMO has approve
