Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announces that it has signed a Letter of Intent for the acquisition of MNO Vervat. Boskalis intends to acquire MNO Vervat’s activities and expects to sign the final agreement within the next few months. MNO Vervat holds a leading position in the Dutch civil
A Businessman claims that Pwllheli Marina is a potential deathtrap and is an embarrassing eyesore for tourists. By Gareth W. Williams (caernarfonherald) [mappress] Source: caernarfonherald, June 9, 2011
Protests last night grew against £500m plans to expand the Port of Liverpool onto Seaforth Nature Reserve. By John Siddle (icseftonandwestlancs) [mappress] Source: icseftonandwestlancs, June 9, 2011
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today celebrates 40 years of world leading research at its Hydrodynamic Research Centre in Kristinehamn, Sweden. The Rolls-Royce Hydrodynamic Research Centre (HRC) is one of the world’s leading marine research facilities, specialising in the development
SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems, has successfully integrated SeeTrack CoPilot to an SMD Fall-Pipe ROV, providing international dredging company Jan De Nul Group unsurpassed control and performance for sub-sea rock installation. Having expressed t
The Broads Authority has been awarded around £800,000 from the European Regional Development Fund to develop innovative dredging solutions for the management of the waterways. The project, which is called PRISMA (Promoting Integrated Sediment Management) involves working with Dutch, Belgian and Fren
A £130,000 study has shown that dredging a major East Riding land drain helps – but does not “significantly” reduce – flooding. (yorkshirepost) [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost, June 8, 2011;
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announces that 64.31 percent of the shareholders have elected a stock dividend distributed in the form of ordinary shares. As a result, 2,497,479 new ordinary shares will be issued today. The admission of these shares to trading on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam i
The Netherlands based Doedijns Group, announces the opening of its new premises in Dubai, United Arab Emirates to strengthen its presence in the region. This full service Doedijns facility is located in the ‘Jebel Ali Free zone’ district and will be led by Mr. Rakesh Surti, appointed as Managing Dir
Peel Ports was today due to launch a public consultation about its potentially controversial £500m plans to expand its River Mersey… By Bill Gleeson (liverpoolecho) [mappress] Source: liverpoolecho, June 7, 2011
IHC Merwede has increased its underwriting capacity by more than 50 per cent to €1.5billion. Of this amount, €900 million is committed. The financial agreement has been forged between IHC Merwede and an international banking consortium made up of five banks, with the aim of facilitating internationa
Marine and inland water-based infrastructure is a prerequisite for the sustainable development of economic bene ts and public welfare. Dredging works are needed to realise and maintain such infrastructure. It is widely recognised that such projects create an impact on the environment and in recent y
