General Electric Co. issued a report on the environmental dredging project the Company is conducting on the Upper Hudson River in New York State. The Company said its completion of the project — expected in 2016 — will fully resolve its remedial liabilities. Any liability for natural resource damage
New Port of Melbourne CEO Announced (Australia) The Victorian Coalition Government has announced that Nick Easy has been appointed as CEO of the Port of Melbourne Corporation, Minister for Ports David Hodgett announced. AvH Acquires Full Control Over DEME (Belgium) On December 24, 2013, Ackermans
Sunergy Inc. has announced that its management has returned from West Africa completing arrangements to commence dredging operations in Liberia and Sierra Leone under the supervision of Dredgemaster David Price. Mr. Price remains in Sierra Leone and is engaged in moving two dredges into operations l
Triggered by a desire to introduce innovative solutions aimed at facilitating work and anticipating potential dangers to the environment, General Electric (GE), an American multinational conglomerate corporation, is working on implementing the known technology and knowledge in segments never conside
The Point Judith Harbor east jetty in Narragansett, Rhode Island, will be repaired under the terms of a $627,000.00 contract issued recently by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Work will be accomplished by Atlantic Support Installations, Inc., of Hopedale, Mass. Construction i
The Deputies Sergey Grinevetsky and Yuriy Kruk developed a bill that proposes creation of a special (free) economic zones in Odessa and Reni (Odessa region). Amendments to the Law “On special (free) economic zone «Porto-Franko» on the territory of Odessa Commercial Sea Port” and “On special economic
Diamond Communications, a subsidiary of mining services company Ausdrill, will invest in Trident Subsea Cable, Australian fibre cable provider. Apart from an undisclosed investment amount, which is said to be used as working capital to accelerate a new submarine cable network in Western Australia, D
General Manager of Dredge Yard, Basel Yousef, recently presented his perspective on dredging market and what has led to a growing demand of dredge equipment in the Middle East. He believes that as a dredging equipment supplier, Dredge Yard has been quick to capitalize on the growing demand in the Mi
The Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has announced a plan for the Great Kills Harbor dredging project. The proposed maintenance dredging work is expected to involve the removal of approximately 252,000 cubic yards of sand from the mentioned area, and to create a depth of 10 feet below Mea
The Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at the University of Washington has deployed Seaglider technology on various missions and it proved to be a very efficient device for places where people don’t want to go due to extremely harsh weather conditions, distances or other obstacles. APL-UW Principal Oc
Through history, the human race has managed to gather an in-depth knowledge of the ways of the world, however two thirds of our planet remain a mystery, namely the world beneath the sea surface. A myriad of opportunities and potential lie underneath the water for scientific explorations, accessing n
HYPACK Inc. announced that registration is open for the HYPACK 2014 User Training Event. This is the 21st event of its kind that brings together knowledgeable HYPACK employees with their users in the field. This training event will be held January 13th-16th, 2014, at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview
V. Alexander International Logistics GmbH, member of the Cargo Equipment Experts CEE network in Germany, carried out the ship’s-charter, loading, survey and sea-transport of two overseas-cable-reels from Hartlepool/U.K. to Abu Dhabi. The successfully moved heavy cable reels weigh each 350 tons with
Today, on December 24, 2013, Ackermans & van Haaren NV (AvH) proceeded with the closing of the transaction announced and described in the press release issued jointly by AvH and VINCI S.A. (Vinci) on September 19, 2013. The conditions precedent to this transaction (including obtaining merger clearan
