Deltares is a partner in two of the six winning consortiums that will improve storm defences in New York. The consortiums will be responsible for the ‘New Meadowlands’ project near Little Ferry in New Jersey and ‘Living with the Bay’ in Nassau County on Long Island. New Meadowlands will create an ar
Last month, CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Co. Ltd, won the bid for the (resumed) project of freight terminal extension at Chaozhou Port, Guangdong Province, with a construction period of 600 days. Located at Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, the project includes extension of a 5,000t bulk berth an
On May 28, CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co. Ltd, won the bid for Jiangling Yuejin Integrated Terminal project in Chenyuan zone of Jingzhou Port in Hubei Province. Located in the Shashi section in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, with a construction period of 24 months, the project involves
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), a trade association representing leading port authorities throughout the Western Hemisphere, has selected 21 seaports to be recognized for exemplary communications projects and programs at its annual convention and awards luncheon this fall. Winni
The Quezon City government is set to rehabilitate three of its major waterways to lessen floods during heavy rains and to transform their surroundings into tourist attractions. Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte-Alimurung said that the three waterways which will undergo fare-lift are the San Francisco River in
A major repair project of the north jetty at Barnegat Inlet, which protects the southern tip of state-owned Island Beach State Park in Ocean County, is currently underway, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin said. Earlier this year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’
Boskalis Bags USD 95 Mln Worth of Contracts in UK and Sweden Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has acquired two contracts in the United Kingdom and Sweden. Brazil Needs Assistance for $1.5 Bln Dredging and Seaport Improvements Brazil asked for assistance from U.S. and foreign companies to
Deep Helder, a new-build Subsea Support Vessel chartered by DeepOcean, continued its trials this week from the port of Delfzijl, the Netherlands. “Deep Helder is a cost effective vessel that we plan to operate on Survey (Geophysics, Inspection & Geotechnical) , IMR and light weight Trenching, Excava
At Seawork Southampton and at Windforce Bremen the new product MIR – Motion impact recorder will be launched. Using a remote controlled truck the functionality will be presented to the professionals. Ship owners, service providers and windpark operators can benefit from the attractive conditions for
At Seawork Southampton and at Windforce Bremen the new product MIR – Motion impact recorder will be launched. Using a remote controlled truck the functionality will be presented to the professionals. Ship owners, service providers and windpark operators can benefit from the attractive conditions for
Vos Prodect Innovations will be exhibiting at the Global Offshore Wind 2014, which will be held between 11-12 June, in Glasgow. Vos Prodect will be showcasing its newest development, “Monopile Cable Entry System” for the protection of offshore wind farm inter array cables at stand 33. Over the last
The trade association representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, RenewableUK, has hailed the opening of a new marine energy test centre at the University of Edinburgh as another positive example of the progress being made by the sector. The new £9.5m FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facil
This week, Uljanik Brodogradilište (Uljanik Shipyard) in Pula, Croatia, started with the construction of Jan De Nul’s new Multi-Purpose Vessel JDN8628. The versatile vessel will operate as a trenching and offshore support vessel, a subsea rock installation vessel and a cable laying vessel. It can be
Two Pelamis P2 machines, currently deployed at the wave test site of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, have this week collectively reached a milestone 10,000 hours of grid connected operations. The machines, which are undergoing a progressive test programme at the Billia Croo wave
