Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a project for the design, the construction and the installation of 16 concrete foundations for an offshore wind farm in the Swedish part of the Baltic Sea, by order of E.ON (Sweden). Jan De Nul Group already started the design of the foundations of the 3MW wind turb
Ukraine plans to create on the basis of the port of Yuzhny the most deep-water port on the Black Sea. The Ministry of Infrastructure has endorsed Yuzhny deep-water harbor project including the deepening of channels and port waters to 21 m. “Our objective is to shift from offshore transshipments of g
Port Atlantique de La Rochelle has announced tender for quay reconstruction works at La Rochelle port. The project includes demolition of existing structure and reconstruction of a wharf to a length of 76m, with the excavation of the pier head and building works on the west Modéré Lombard quay. Proj
Morlaix Communauté has announced tender for the dredging project at the Port of Morlaix. This project includes the dredging works at the Port of Morlaix, with the transportation and dumping of recovered sediments into a designated stockpile dumping area. Tender details: Open procedure. Project perio
Naas Town Council Engineering has invited tenders for Naas Town middle and lower lakes sediment removal works . This works include removal of sediment from Naas Town middle and lower lakes, with disposal of recovered materials to designated licensed facility. Tender details: Open procedure. Requests
PD Ports has recently made two new appointments to help drive business growth. Rob Brewster has been appointed as Development Director Logistics and Andrew Lowdon has joined the Company as Commercial Analyst. These new roles are designed to further emphasise PD Ports’ growth strategy and to continuo
The volume of cargo handled by Port Vysotsky LLC in January-November rose by 38 percent over the same period of 2010, to 2,938,000 tons. In November 2011, Port Vysotsky handled 228,825 tons of export thermal coal. Port Vysotsky LLC operating the coal terminal specializes in handling the commodity ex
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has completed the previously announced acquisition of MNO Vervat. MNO Vervat holds a leading position in the Dutch civil infrastructure market. Established in 1917, this family-owned business is specialized in road construction, concrete and other civil construction w
State-owned China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co (Cosco) plans to heavily invest in US, German and Indian port facilities, in a bid to increase… (portnews) [mappress] Source: portnews, December 15, 2011;
The Port of Rouen unveiled plans to dredge the Seine River shipping channel over the next four years to allow the inland port to accommodate bigger vessels. Francois Henriot, a port spokesman said that regional authorities approved the dredging plan after negotiations which started in 2007. The firs
North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Economy Minister Harry K. Voigtsberger intends to press the federal German government to take cross-border infrastructure projects into account in implementing the national port concept. The minister made this clear during a parliamentary evening on the theme Transport a
IHC Merwede has announced that it has recently secured orders for advanced vessels and equipment in its core markets of dredging and offshore to the value of €200million. The latest agreements confirmed by IHC Merwede include: a new pipelaying vessel for Subsea 7; an engineering and components packa
The Competition Authority of Sweden has approved APM Terminals’ filing for the Skandia Container Terminal in Gothenburg, Sweden. On 11 October 2011, The Port of Gothenburg and APM Terminals signed the concession agreement to manage Sweden’s largest container terminal – the Skandia Container Terminal
Associated British Ports (ABP) and Siemens plc announce that they are submitting applications to Hull City Council for the development of the proposed Green Port Hull facility. Joint applications are being made for the demolition of existing buildings at Alexandra Dock and the development of a facto
