RWE orders jack-up crane vessels based on Wartsila-IMS design »
Wärtsilä, in consortium with IMS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, has been engaged by RWE Innogy, the renewable energy arm of the German utility company RWE, as its designer to provide the basic design and consultancy services for...
March 9 2010 / Read More »
USA: GE proposed halting further dredging of Hudson River »
General Electric Co. on Monday proposed a halting further dredging of the Hudson River if PCBs churned up by the work spread too much pollution downriver during the second phase of an ongoing cleanup. GE made...
March 9 2010 / Read More »
Environment: “hot” topic for the dredging industry »
Environment has always been a “hot” topic for the dredging industry, but when the debate around climate change started to heat up several years ago, the dredging industry was in the forefront and ready to...
March 8 2010 / Read More »
USA: PLum Island Beach Re-nourishment Project Gets Attention From Contractors »
PLUM ISLAND — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will open bids Monday on a long-awaited project of beach re-nourishment at Plum Island and Salisbury. Contractors’ interest in bidding for the project is difficult to gauge...
March 8 2010 / Read More »
USA: Environmental roadblock for dredges at Florida beaches »
A tiny marine bristle worm has stopped dredges from pumping sand along Satellite Beach and Indian Harbour Beach for the past decade, while officials spent almost $68 million bulking up the oceanfront to the north...
March 7 2010 / Read More »
USA: Port of Wilmington looks for big upgrades to benefit from dredging »
The folks at Dole are looking forward to the day when a deeper shipping channel on the Delaware River might allow them to bring in their fruit in bigger ships. But first, they want their equipment...
March 7 2010 / Read More »$2.42 billion Yangtze River Delta Dredging project almost completed this month »
China’s costliest water transport project, a shipping channel dredging program to boost trade in the Yangtze River Delta area, is due to be completed...
Mar 9 2010 / Read More »UK: Hopper Dredger Alexander von Humboldt will backfill new Tyne Tunnel »
Work to backfill the new Tyne Tunnel, which was submerged in the river last month, is due to get under way. Four concrete tubes have...
Mar 9 2010 / Read More »Ministry of Ports and Shipping will hire dredging firm to deepen and widen Port Qasim navigation channel (Pakistan) »
The Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday (today) with Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Syed...
Mar 9 2010 / Read More »Brazil: $35.5m dredging tender lauched for Fortaleza port »
Brazil’s special ports department (SEP) has launched a 63.5mn-real (US$35.5mn) tender for dredging at Ceará state’s Fortaleza port. Interested parties have until March 26 to...
Mar 8 2010 / Read More »CJS securities rates Orion Marine Group (USA) as market outperformer »
According to CJS, Orion Marine Group (NYSE: ORN) reported Q4’09 EPS of $0.15, in-line with their recently reduced estimate of $0.14 and consensus. Sales...
Mar 8 2010 / Read More »UK: Listed TSHD Heron escorted to safety by lifeboat »
A 65-metre Dutch dredger, which was taking in water off the South Pembrokeshire coast, was escorted to safety on Friday night (5 March) by...
Mar 8 2010 / Read More »USA: Dredging Supply Company Offers Lease Package For Dredges »
Dredging Supply Co. Inc. (DSCI) will be offering a special lease agreement option for its equipment to Philippine mining companies, especially small-scale operators, giving...
Mar 8 2010 / Read More »Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger „Brisbane“ ready for refit »
Tenders are called for an out-of-water refit of Port of Brisbane’s Trailer Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) Brisbane The works include sandblasting and painting to hull and...
Mar 7 2010 / Read More »
