On May 18-21, 2010 Mr Yevgeny Primakov, the president of the Russia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, visited Latvia. On May 19 he visited the Port of Riga and held a meeting with the CEO of the Freeport of Riga Mr. Leonids Loginovs and other representatives of the Freeport of Riga Authority. Duri
Next week will see a major milestone reached by IHC Engineering Business (EB), when their largest project to date, a 2,000t capacity J-Lay… [mappress] Source: bymnews, May 26, 2010;
Once again, the fleet of Acta Marine has been expanded with a new multicat of the type Eurocarrier 2209. The newly built vessel, named “Coastal Fighter”, was handed over to Acta Marine. After the naming ceremony, the Coastal Fighter immediately set course to the Dutch Province of Zeeland for her fir
Ther Hague, 21 May 2010 — the Governor of the Iraqi province of Basra, Dr. Shiltagh, with a group of Iraqi authorities and businessmen from his province, welcomed a group of Dutch companies and entrepreneurs at the Iraqi Embassy in The Hague. Governor Shiltagh is a great advocate of Dutch expertise,
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a contract for the construction of a new LNG (liquefied natural gas) port at Swinoujscie… [mappress] Source: Boskalis, May 21, 2010
The construction of Maasvlakte 2 is proceeding well. This month, the 120 millionth m3 of sand was sprayed on. [mappress] Source: 3plnews, May 21, 2010;
IHC Parts & Services, part of IHC Merwede, and Wärtsilä Netherlands (WNL) have teamed up to provide life-cycle support for ships with Bolnes and Smit Bolnes engines. The companies will combine their industry knowledge, expertise and strength to maintain these dredging and other vessels worldwide in
Stefan Aarninkhof (Royal Boskalis Westminster) and his colleagues at EcosShape | Building with Nature, Jan van Dalfsen and Jan Mulder (both Deltares) and Daan Rijks (DHV Consultants, now Royal Boskalis Westminster) won the Award for their paper entitled “Sustainable Development of Nourished Shorelin
Leading manufacturer of sonar seabed survey equipment, GeoAcoustics Ltd, recently released the GeoSwath Plus Compact for wide swath bathymetry. This new shallow water multibeam and side scan system is based on the most successful phase measuring bathymetric sonar in the market, the Geoswath Plus. Ge
Controlled dredging is to take place on the Norfolk Broads to keep open a navigation and restore a “lost” island. [mappress] Source: news, May 19, 2010;
BELGIAN dredging giant Jan de Nul has taken on 350 Croatian workers after failing to find qualified staff on the European Union market. [mappress] Source: lloydslist, May 19, 2010;
A guide to cost standards for dredging equipment 2009 gives the replacement value for ex-works, yard or importer and exclusive of VAT, in… [mappress] Source: IADC, May 18, 2010
FLOOD defence bosses have refloated the idea of Hayling getting a breakwater which will not only protect the Island’s south eastern shore… [mappress] Source: haylingtoday, May 18, 2010;
This is for the first time that CEDA issues a formal Annual Report. It is the intention of the CEDA Board to issue such a report regularly in the future to inform members, partners and stakeholders about CEDA’s work and achievements. “2009 was an exceptionally busy year for us. I trust you will agre
