Dredging
Maynard Announces Imminent Funding for Mystic River Dredging (USA)
State Senator Andrew Maynard (D-Stonington) joined State Representative Diana Urban (D-North Stonington) and State Representative Elissa Wright (D-Groton) in praising the State Bond Commission’s expected approval today of funds to finance dredging of shoal areas of the Mystic River in Stonington and
Research and Markets: Ports in India 2013
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Ports in India 2013” report to their offering. The “Ports in India 2013” report will provide the very latest information on the sector and most recent status of key programmes and projects. The report will have four distinct sections: Section I
USA: Officials OK Emergency Dredging Legislation
Legislation to provide funding for emergency dredging projects in Michigan waterways was approved yesterday by the House Appropriations Committee, announced committee Chair Joe Haveman. Senate Bill 233 provides $21 million for public harbor dredging at 49 locations statewide. The funding was added t
USA: Smith Testifies Before Subcommittee on Corps’ Projects for NJ Beaches
Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), who represents areas of Ocean and Monmouth counties hard-hit by Superstorm Sandy, yesterday testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee Energy and Water Development on the impact of Superstorm Sandy disaster relief legislation. The hearing was held by New
Senator Vitter: 2013 WRDA Memo (USA)
To help better inform citizens on what the 2013 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) will include, Sen. Vitter’s Press Office compiled several background summaries of provisions of this legislation. This particular background summary is on the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund language that will likel
Offer Outcome: 99 Pct of Dockwise Shares Committed to Boskalis (The Netherlands)
Reference is made to the press release of 8 February 2013, in which Boskalis Holding B.V. (the Offeror), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boskalis, launched a mandatory cash offer for all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Dockwise (the Shares) at an offer price of EUR 18.50/ NOK 137.65 per Share
Van Oord’s Results Remain on Good Level (The Netherlands)
Van Oord’s turnover for 2012 amounted to EUR 1.676 million (2011: EUR 1,715 million), and net profits for 2012 were EUR 98 million (2011: EUR 118 million). Its order portfolio is well filled, rising to EUR 1.9 billion at the end of 2012. ‘Our net results are in line with our expectations’, says CEO
The Netherlands: Boskalis Posts Record Revenue for 2012
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) achieved a record revenue of EUR 3.1 billion in 2012 (2011: EUR 2.8 billion). Net profit amounted to EUR 250 million, thus remaining virtually stable compared to 2011 (EUR 254 million). Despite the slight decline in net profit and a substantial increase in
UK: Local Government Minister Visits London Gateway
The Department for Communities and Local Government Minister, Brandon Lewis MP, visited London Gateway this week to see how building work is progressing at the super-port. During his visit, Mr Lewis was able to see for himself the scale of the UK’s new container port and logistics park and watch the
Belgium: Septentrio Achieves Another Milestone
Septentrio announced yesterday that they have obtained, based on live ICD compliant Galileo messages from the four Galileo IOV satellites, a first autonomous real-time Galileo PVT calculation. The standalone position was calculated from in-orbit navigation messages using a standard PolaRx4 GNSS rece
USA: “State of Florida Ports” Introduced
The Florida Ports Council has announced a new publication the State of Florida Ports, a resource of detailed information on each Florida seaport. The report provides an updated port profile for each of Florida’s seaports, including economic impact information and status updates for their major proje
UK: ESS to Deploy SCAR Plough System on Baltic 2
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded its largest boulder clearing and multi-pass trenching contract to date by Siem Offshore Contractors. ESS will deploy its SCAR plough system for clearing and pre-lay trenching operations on a 90km route on the EnBW owned Baltic 2 offshore wind farm project
VIDEO: Dredger “Goetz” Keeps Mississippi River Open (USA)
The dredge fleet operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul District performed channel maintenance on the Mississippi River at the St. Paul Barge Terminal, May 20-29. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. The fleet consists of the
Canal & River Trust: Greener Dredging on Weaver River (UK)
The Canal & River Trust has managed to avoid the costly removal of over 1,000 tons of sand generated by the recent dredging work on the River Weaver. The sand will now be used as construction material for a nearby waterfront development. “We started dredging the River Weaver in May to maintain its d