His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has made a historic visit to DP World London Gateway during a momentous week for the new port, following the official announcement that the new deep sea container terminal will open in the fourth quarter of 2013. The Duke was welcomed by Sir John
Germany’s chief naval base during two world wars will be transformed into its only deepwater port as part of a 950 million-euro … By Niklas Magnusson (businessweek) [mappress] Source: businessweek, October 13, 2011;
APM Terminals’ Global Port, Terminal and Inland Services Network observed its 5th annual Global Safety Day on October 12th with the participation of 24,000 employees at the company’s facilities around the world. Each facility will organize their safety day activities around local challenges, concern
Rosmorport’s Azov-Black Sea basin branch has released a Request for Proposals for dredging contract at the port of Novorossiysk, Rosmorport… (portnews) [mappress] Source: portnews, October 12, 2011;
Future development of Dunbar Harbour has set sail with a £248,000 loan from East Lothian Council. The cash aid has been given to the local… (eastlothiannews) [mappress] Source: eastlothiannews, October 12, 2011;
BEML Limited, the premier Public Sector Company under the Ministry of Defence, engaged in the manufacture and supply of equipment to Core Sectors of economy viz., Mining and Construction, Rail & Metro, Defence & Aerospace, Trading and e-Engineering has forayed into Dredging business. To exploit the
The Offshore Energy exhibition, an event focused on global oil & gas exploration and production market opened today in Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands. The event boasts over 300 high-profile exhibitors from UK, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia etc., and over 5000 visitors ar
Executives from the Port of Gothenburg and APM Terminals were on hand today for the concession signing ceremony for Sweden’s Skandia Container Terminal. The decision reflects the port’s review of APM Terminals’ bid submitted on 7 September 2011 to manage the port for the next 25 years. APM Terminals
Rosmorport is set to complete the deepening of the North approach channel by October 30, the federal enterprise said… (portnews) [mappress] Source: portnews, October 10, 2011;
The first few metres of railway track were laid this summer on Maasvlakte 2. This track is needed to connect the future rail track on the outer contour with the track on the current Maasvlakte. The railway work is being done by BAVO Spoor, subsidiary of BAVO MV2, the subcontractor of PUMA (building
Throughput of the port of Ust-Luga in January-September 2011 jumped by 87.6 percent year-over-year, to 15,740,000 tons, JSC Ust-Luga said… (portnews) [mappress] Source: portnews, October 7, 2011;
A team of archaeological specialists is carrying out investigations in the Yangtzehaven. They hope to find traces of human habitation there from 12,000 years ago. The current Yangtzehaven will become the entrance for shipping to Maasvlakte 2. At the end of 2012, the Yangtzehaven will therefore be du
Fährhafen Sassnitz GmbH has announced tender for the expansion works on the Port of Sassnitz in Berths 3 and 4 under the first construction phase of the South port extension area. As part of the plan, the existing sheet piling boxes are provided with a concrete beam, the basin area filled with more
Port autonome de Paris has announced tender for dredging work in the district of Port of Paris (Region Ile-de-France). Work Includes: Dredging work with elimination of non-hazardous inert sediments; Dredging unpolluted (inert) and polluted (non inert) materials; Riprap dredging and specialist works;
