IHC Merwede has been awarded a contract to deliver the environmentally friendly deep-water dredger, IHC Beaver® 4040, for Zhejiang Dredging (China). This innovative cutter suction dredger will be optimised to work on lake and reservoir dredging projects – and is unique in its class. Boundary breaking equipment The Beaver® 4040 is the first cutter suction [...]
December 12, 2011 |
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An agreement that will ensure £800,000 of European funding to assist in finding advanced ways to dredge the Broads was signed at the conference held in Rotterdam. A project known as PRISMA (Promoting Integrated Sediment Management) was introduced by the representatives from the Broads Authority and their joined partners from the Netherlands and Belgium. The [...]
December 9, 2011 |
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Low profile marine engineering specialist Benalec Holdings has raised eyebrows with its foray into land reclamation works at the southern … (tankstoragemag) Source: tankstoragemag, December 9, 2011;
December 9, 2011 |
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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of commercial and industrial demolition services, today announced eight new contract awards totaling approximately $180 million. The awards include a coastal restoration project in Louisiana, port deepening work in New York’s Ambrose channel and six [...]
October 3, 2011 |
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Van Oord, the renowned, globally operating dredging, marine and offshore contractor from the Netherlands has engaged the Sietas shipyard in Hamburg for the final fitting-out and commissioning of its new flexible fallpipe vessel, “Stornes”. This special offshore vessel was transferred to the port of Hamburg from the Chinese Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd.. She [...]
August 12, 2011 |
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Van Oord Australia Pty Ltd and Dredging International (Australia) Pty Ltd, member of the DEME Group, have been awarded a third contract for the Western Basin Main Works Dredging at the Port of Gladstone. This third contract signed with the Gladstone Ports Corporation on 15th July 2011 represents a value of AUD 120 million (EUR [...]
August 10, 2011 |
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Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder and a leading construction equipment manufacturer, signed an MOU to build a construction equipment factory in Brazil with the state of Rio de Janeiro and the municipal city of Itatiaia on July 26. Under the MOU, Hyundai Heavy will make an investment of USD 150 million for the [...]
August 8, 2011 |
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Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has won a contract for the construction of a new port terminal TX2 at Superporto do Açu. The Açu Superport industrial complex in the north of Rio de Janeiro state is the largest port-industry enterprise in Latin America and is expected to become one of the largest port complexes in [...]
August 1, 2011 |
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Aktsiaselts Saarte Liinid opened tendering process for dredging of the Kihnu Port. Port is based in Kuressaare, Estonia. Tender is invited in open procedure. Wokr consists of dredging of the Kihnu Port entrance channel to a depth of -4.5m and reconstruction of the quayside at berth No. 2. Replacement of quayside fenders and re-paving works. [...]
July 17, 2011 |
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract July 8 to Manson Construction Company in the amount of $7,988,500… (dvidshub) Source: dvidshub, July 15, 2011;
July 15, 2011 |
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