The Supervisory Board of Van Oord has, in consultation with the Executive Board, decided to increase the Executive Board with one member. The Works Council has already advised positively regarding this appointment. As a result Mr. P.W. (Paul) Verheul MSc. will start with Van Oord as from 1st Septemb
The new Marine Facade passenger terminal on Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg is up and running. Russia has opened a new European portal with the completion of this new passenger terminal for cruise ships and ferries. Van Oord performed all the dredging work for the access canal and harbour basin
The Ukrainian port of Yuzhny is implementing the dredging project, the state-owned stevedore company said. (portnews) [mappress] Source: portnews, June 27, 2011
Dockwise Ltd. announces 11 awards totaling USD 42 million, all for execution in Q2 and Q3 2011. The USD 42 million comprises contracts for transportation of dredging equipment to Spain and Uruguay, a Power Barge and jack-up barges to the Dominican Republic and Egypt, jack-up rigs to Gabon, Mexico an
On 7th March 2011, specialist marine and civils contractor Land and Water Services Ltd (LAWS) mobilised a bespoke dredging team to Premier’s Falmouth Marina in Cornwall to undertake a particularly awkward improvement project that involved the installation of tubular mooring piles, new pontoons and t
Croatia’s waterway management plans, being enforced as the country closes in on European Union membership, could destroy Europe’s largest… (terradaily) [mappress] Source: terradaily, June 24, 2011
Rosmorport has developed a project for reconstruction of federal assets based at the port of Vyborg, the head of Rosmorport’s regional… (portnews) [mappress] Source: portnews, June 24, 2011
The container ships arriving in the port of Antwerp continue to score a series of “firsts.” On the evening of 22 June the Maersk Enfield called in Antwerp on its maiden voyage. With a capacity of 13,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) this is the first time that the Danish company, Maersk Line, h
Last week, first deep sea quay wall section, of 250 meters, at Maasvlakte 2 has been dredged free from sand. In the beginning of may, contractor PUMA started to dredge the first basin of the new port area. The first section of 500 meters will be delivered to the port of Rotterdam Authority in Octobe
Work continues at pace for one Carrick community as residents bring their harbour up to scratch. (carricktoday) [mappress] Source: carricktoday, June 22, 2011
Norske Shell AS is extending its use of AGR’s deep-water excavation technology and expertise on the Ormen Lange field. Originally, a £9m (NOK84m) deal announced in February between the Aberdeen-based Excavation & Trenching arm of AGR Drilling Services and Norske Shell was to last until June 2, 2011.
The world’s largest dredging vessels will visit the territorial waters of Russia, the Ministry of Transport of Russia said. (portnews) [mappress] Source: portnews, June 21, 2011
Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered 4 cutter suction dredgers to the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources. The Ministry, who already had several Damen dredgers in their fleet, will use the dredgers for maintenance dredging on the rivers and throughout the central plains. The 4 cutter suction dredger
OSD-IMT, the UK arm of Offshore Ship Designers, has been chosen by Samsung and Boskalis-SMIT Engineering to develop the basic design, detailed design and production drawings for a 99 m cable laying vessel. Neil Patterson, managing director of OSD-IMT, says, “This project illustrates perfectly the st
