Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. realized a good result in the first half of 2011, with net profit coming in at € 114.1 million on revenue of € 1,250 million (first half of 2010: € 123.9 million and € 1,135 million respectively). Compared to the end of 2010 there was a decline in the order book [&hel
During today’s Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, Mr. J.M. Hessels was appointed to the Supervisory Board of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. for a four year term. He will also chair the Supervisory Board. Mr. Hessels (68) fulfills the function of chairman of the Board of NYSE Euronext, I
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday visited the opening ceremony of a dam complex to protect St. Petersburg from floods. (rian) [mappress] Source: rian, August 15, 2011
Van Oord, the renowned, globally operating dredging, marine and offshore contractor from the Netherlands has engaged the Sietas shipyard in Hamburg for the final fitting-out and commissioning of its new flexible fallpipe vessel, “Stornes”. This special offshore vessel was transferred to the port of
BAM Nuttall has won contract for Pier construction work at Dover Port. Extension of pier A, Eastern Docks, Installation of fendered monopile and piled deck extension to existing pier to accomodate vessels of greater length. Contract was awarded on 28th July, 2011 in Restricted Tendering Procedure. V
Board founded for the management of new seaport in Baku, Azerbaijan. Transport Ministry’s Baku International Sea Trade Port currently under construction… (porttechnology) [mappress] Source: porttechnology, August 12, 2011
Campaigners are calling for urgent efforts to restore a west Cornwall beach. (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, August 11, 2011
ULSTEIN has established a new company, Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions. This company will take over the activities of former IDEA Heavy Equipment b.v, a Dutch company that ULSTEIN has cooperated with in recent years. Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions will be engaged in the development and manufactur
Van Oord Australia Pty Ltd and Dredging International (Australia) Pty Ltd have been awarded a third contract for the Western Basin Main Works Dredging at the Port of Gladstone. This third contract signed with the Gladstone Ports Corporation on 15 July 2011 represents a value of EUR 90 million (AUD 1
Van Oord Australia Pty Ltd and Dredging International (Australia) Pty Ltd, member of the DEME Group, have been awarded a third contract for the Western Basin Main Works Dredging at the Port of Gladstone. This third contract signed with the Gladstone Ports Corporation on 15th July 2011 represents a v
Development works at the Larnaca port and marina will begin next year, with the project set to “fully rejuvenate the area” at a cost… (famagusta) [mappress] Source: famagusta, August 9, 2011
Dredging work will continue this week on a heavily silted up outfall into the Humber to cut the risk of flooding in West Hull and to protect… [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost, August 9, 2011
An eventual conversion of Muscat’s Port Sultan Qaboos into a tourism and maritime heritage port will boost Sohar Port’s container … (zawya) [mappress] Source: zawya, August 9, 2011;
The dredging of Douglas inner harbour has been put back until the winter after contractors were pulled from the job. Dredging removes build-up of silt washed into the harbour from the rivers during bad weather, but the job is now on (manxradio) [mappress] Source: manxradio, August 8, 2011
