Van Oord has placed a new order with Demcon unmanned systems for an unmanned autonomous survey vessel suitable for challenging offshore conditions. The DUS V5750 model, set to be delivered in one year, can be used in support of dredging operations, installing offshore wind farms, and constructing ma
The Curaçao-based international holding company, HAL Holding, has announced an intended all-cash voluntary public offer of €32.50 per ordinary share for all issued ordinary shares in the capital of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. HAL has been a shareholder of Boskalis since 1989 and currently holds
At Maasvlakte 2, 55ha of land is being reclaimed from the sea for companies that make renewable fuels and chemical products. Marine engineering company Van Oord recently started with the project, during which the contractor will deliver a total of 5 million m3 of dredged sand onto the southern part
Neptune Marine has won a contract for the delivery of a spreader pontoon for Femern Link Contractors (FLC). The vessel will be used for construction of the tunnel between Denmark and Germany, said Neptune. The main function will be back fulling of the tunnel elements with sand. Besides that, the ves
In recent years we have seen a number of companies active in the offshore energy sector pledging to reach the net-zero emissions status by a certain point in the future. This week we reported on the first time an offshore company had pledged to go ‘beyond net-zero’. The international oil and gas exp
Boskalis completed the second phase of the Busaiteen project in Bahrain recently. The work involved the construction of a large sand causeway for a five-kilometer-long, six-lane motorway. In the first phase (2018 and 2019), the Papendrecht based giant had already constructed a three-kilometer-long e
Femern A/S has announced that their contractors are making great progress on the construction of the Femern tunnel on the German side by Puttgarden. The tunnel portal, where the traffic will be driven in and out of the tunnel, is clearly seen in the water. Contrary to the Danish portal, the tunnel r
Finnish shipbuilder Työvene and Maritime office of Gdynia has signed a contract worth €20 million for the construction and delivery of a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). According to shipbuilder, the order is a result of a tender where the design developed by Työvene and Dutch partners C-Job
Among numerous energy transition initiatives, the ones that stood out the most this week were enacted by governments which truly do have the power to bring about the long-overdue upgrade to our energy landscape.
Kooiman Marine crews have been busy lately working on the extension of the trailing suction hopper dredger Swalinge. According to Kooiman, the work on the Swalinge is in full swing at the company’s Hoebee Shipyard in Dordrecht. “This is how it will be extended. In the meantime, we’re a few weeks ahe
Annual maintenance dredging of the Port Solent Approaches will commence next week on March 1, 2022, according to the Premier Marinas Ltd. This routine dredging of the lock entrance and approach channel of Port Solent Marina will be conducted by ML (UK) Dredging Ltd. “External contractors, ML Dredgin
FSUE Hydrographic Company is looking into investing about RUB 20 billion ($264 million) in construction of its own dredging fleet. This information was revealed yesterday Aleksandr Bengert, General Director of Hydrographic Company, at the 5th International Congress “Hydraulic Engineering Structures
Despite a very tight schedule and the extremely remote location, a customised Damen cutter suction dredger 450 has been delivered to the Russian Arctic region on time. The contract for the CSD450, named Zephir, was signed in December 2020. According to Damen, the standard stock dredger had to be ada
Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD) Vox Amalia is currently busy working on northern Europe’s largest infrastructure project – the Fehmarnbelt tunnel. When completed, the project will remove a bottleneck, reduce travel time and strengthen links between Scandinavia and Central Europe.
