This month, Maritime Craft Services (MCS) took delivery of a new Damen Shoalbuster 2609. Damen has delivered numerous Crew Transfer Vessels, Multicats, and Shoalbusters to MCS – the two companies have a long-standing relationship. What is notable, however, about this latest delivery is the incredibl
Autorità Portuale di Livorno will soon award the Port of Livorno dredging contract. This development program will involve dredging at the north side of the pier in the Port. The main goal of this deepening project is to achieve a depth of -13m in the mentioned area. The material dredged during this
The Environment Agency has completed most of the repairs to flood defences in Boston after they were damaged by December’s tidal surge. More than £1-million has been spent restoring defences in the town to bring them back up to the standard they were before the flooding. The Environment Agency did i
Ministry of Infrastructure Maksym Burbak offers potential investors to involve in the development of projects of Ukrainian seaports more actively. This was started by the Minister during a meeting with investors of large seaports of Odesa. “I once again confirm the necessity of implementation of sea
Cornwall Council has announced a tender for the Penzance Harbour dredging project. Under this plan, the contractor will undertake a pre-dredge and post-dredge bathymetric survey of the dredged areas, and remove about 40,000m³ of material from the seabed adjacent to Lighthouse Pier and Albert Pier. T
The European Commission has concluded that funding for an investment project in the amount of €71.1 million from the European Regional Development Fund to the Port of Salerno in Italy (Campania Region) is in line with EU state aid rules. The project will further EU transport objectives, such as pres
Waterway restoration will be at the top of the agenda during a special workshop taking place in May aimed at starting to overcome some of the big challenges facing restoration groups across the country. The workshop, being hosted by the Canal and River Trust and The Inland Waterways Association, is
Fylde Council will introduce major plans to secure sea defences and future management of the coastline at a one-day public exhibition to be held at the Town Hall between 8.30am and 9pm on Wednesday 2 April. Work, estimated to cost £17m, on improved sea defences at Fairhaven Lake and Church Scar may,
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine allocated €4,688,000 for the Dunmore East Harbour dredging project. The build-up of silt meant that larger vessels were finding it difficult to get into the harbour, so this work will resolve that. The dredging of the harbour has been an issue that
Van Oord, the Netherlands based contractor for dredging and offshore projects, had a better business result in 2013 than in 2012. The year closed with an almost equal turnover of EUR 1,641 million (2012: EUR 1,676 million). At EUR 130 million, the net profit was considerably higher than in 2012 (EUR
Dredging is on target to start at the end of this month as long as water levels continue to drop and the banks and adjacent land are dry enough, announced Somerset County Council. It will commence near Moorland House Farm and machines are due to start arriving at the site soon. The temporary ramps h
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) again expanded its position in a difficult market environment in the 2013 financial year. “We saw considerable increases in throughput and transportation in 2013. Our market share gains underline that we were well prepared for the challenges of a difficult mark
A brochure describing 35 innovative water managements projects that put the Netherlands on the map as a global player in innovative water management is being published to mark World Water Day. The brochure entitled Waterinnovaties in Nederland (Water Innovations in the Netherlands) is a joint effort
By Rosmorrechflot regulation, dated 27. February 2014, No. AD-99-r, information on Ust-Luga Seaport in the Register of Seaports of the Russian Federation was amended. The amendments precise the technical characteristics of Ust-Luga Seaport and include information on the new marine terminal for trans
