Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice

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Van Oord Paves the Way for Koper Port Growth

The Group Luka Koper, one of the fastest growing ports in the Adriatic Sea, and Dutch-based company Van Oord have completed the first phase of the Port Koper deepening project. 

 

CHEC Wins Ashdod Port Gig

China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has won the contract to build a new port in Ashdod. This new port, worth $930 million, will be built about 1km north of the current Ashdod Port, consisting of a 1,000m pier and 2,80m breakwater. 

 

SteadFast Marine Works on ‘Unique’ Project

Indonesian shipbuilder SteadFast Marine is about to finish construction of a $21.9 million worth dredging vessel, the first of its kind ever built outside Europe.

 

Court Throws Out Claims Against Rotterdam Port

The Rotterdam District Court has passed judgment in the dispute about the way in which the Port of Rotterdam Authority developed the Maasvlakte 2 project.

 

VIDEO: Singapore Needs to Go Higher and Deeper

At the Singapore Summit 2014 Dialogue, held on 20 September 2014, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke about the ways in which Singapore can continue to improve.

 

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Dredging Today Staff, September 28, 2014