IHC Merwede is delighted to announce that it has strengthened its position in the market for deep sea dredging and mining with the strategic… [mappress] Source: IHC, May 5, 2010
DHV and South-Korean company K-water sign MOU at Dutch Trade Mission.In the presence of Dutch Prime Minister Mr. Balkenende, DHV consulting engineers and Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) signed a Memorandum Of Understanding for the Gyeong-in Ara Waterway. The Gyeong-in Ara Waterway is 18
Norwegian industrial group Scana Industrier ASA said that it, via its subsidiary Scana Volda AS, has won two orders worth some NOK30m within the marine segment. The first delivery, which will take place in 2010, consists of four reduction gears for two oil recovery vessels, to be built at Guangzhou
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a LoI (Letter of Intent) to install rock on the 1,220-kilometer “Nord Stream” gas pipelines running through the Baltic Sea, connecting Russia to Northern Germany. The contract value will amount to approximately € 100 million, with the share of Boskali
A FORMER Royal Temple Yacht Club commodore and round-the-world sailor has been forced to berth his new boat at Dover because of silt problems in Ramsgate harbour. As revealed in the Isle of Thanet Gazette last week, the Race of the Classics has been asked to avoid Ramsgate this year because of dredg
The construction of Maasvlakte 2, the land reclamation project in the North Sea that will enlarge the port of Rotterdam with 2,000 ha, is proceeding well. Two weeks ago, construction consortium PUMA shifted the largest amount of sand ever in one week in a land reclamation project. Eleven Boskalis… [
The council is to invest £3 million this year in dredging Scalloway Harbour, it was agreed at a meeting of the harbour board today. The work will create a channel 8.5 metres deep by 100 metres wide, and straighten the approaches into the harbour. The harbour board had originally… [mappress] Source:s
For (future) decision makers and their advisors in governments, port and harbour authorities, offshore companies and other organisations that have to execute dredging projects, the International Association of Dredging Companies, in co-operation with UNESCO – IHE, organises… [mappress] Source:IADC,A
ST. PETERSBURG — The Baltic Sea port of Ust Luga expects to more than double exports this year on its way to becoming a major trade route for refined oil products, coal, grains and even cars, the port’s director said. Coal miner Kuzbassrazrezugol will expand its terminal at Ust Luga… [mappress] Sour
THE new Mersey Ports dredger Shoalway will be named at Liverpool Cruise Terminal on Friday. Shoalway will be sponsored by Patricia Hodgson, wife of Peel Ports Mersey managing director Gary Hodgson, at midday. The 90m long suction dredger is owned by Westminster Dredging Co and replaces bucket dredge
A contract for post-lay rock placement for the Nord Stream Project has been awarded to the Dutch joint venture Boskalis-Tideway Offshore. The value of the contract is about 100 million euros. This work is scheduled to start in 2011 and will be completed in 2012… [mappress] Source:oilandgaseurasia,Ap
Ensco plc announced today that a subsidiary of the Company has sold ENSCO 57, a F&G L-780 MOD II-C design jackup drilling rig built in the early 1980s. The sale price was approximately $47 million. As of 31 March 2010, the net book value for ENSCO 57 was approximately $30 million. The rig will be [&
Today marks the closing date for receipt of tenders for the design and building contract for a new harbour development in Doolin… [mappress] Source:clareherald,April 25,2010;
WORK should begin in June on two new deep-water berths at Montrose Port, after the project received over £8million in funding on Friday. On a visit to Montrose Harbour, transport infrastructure and climate change minister Stewart Stevenson announced a £3.2million… [mappress] Source:montrosereview,Ap
