A number of Danish ports will be granted investment funds as part of the Danish national traffic package – the selected ports will share DKK… (hellenicshippingnews) [mappress] Source: hellenicshippingnews, December 2, 2010;
Swathe Services sales division is delighted to announce our first UK sale of the SONIC 2024 wideband high resolution shallow water multibeam echosounder. Within a matter of days of announcing the inclusion of the SONIC2024 in our rental pool of survey equipment we immediately supplied two systems fo
The contractor is currently working on the deepsea quay wall of the container terminal for Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) over a length of 1 km. The construction process has taken the form of a ‘train’: at the front of the ‘train’, builders start by digging a slot, while at the other end, the bollard
Grontmij has won a contract with the Port of Hanstholm, Denmark, for a major expansion of the port. The Port of Hanstholm wishes to expand… (hydro-international) [mappress] Source: hydro-international, December 1, 2010;
On 17 November, HRM Queen Beatrix paid a working visit to Maasvlakte 2. The Queen allowed experts to tell her about the economic recovery of the port and the construction of the new land reclamation. The working visit started with an interview with Hans Smits, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority
Protect the newly sprayed-on land against the winter storms. That’s the Blockbuster. After the stormy season, the enormous crane will continue blocks in the new Maasvlakte sea defence. To protect the land from the sea, Maasvlakte 2 will have a hard seawall that stretches over a length of 3.5 km alon
The contract consists of the delivery, installation and commissioning of the electrical packages for two identical Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (TSHD), which are being built by IHC Merwede for the Indian dredging company DCI. This major order represents an important milestone for Alewijnse Marin
Duisport (Duisburger Hafen AG) and HOCHTIEF Concessions AG, a subsidiary of the international construction services specialist HOCHTIEF, have founded a joint venture to develop ports and port terminals together worldwide. The focus of the new company will be managing, operating and marketing ports a
The SURF (subsea umbilical riser and flowline) installation market is expanding and pushing into ever-deeper waters. At the same time IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB) has seen a dramatic expansion of its range of pipe and cable lay systems, with a number of large scale projects delivered, or ongoin
After 14 years, the infrastructural works on the Kluizendock in the Ghent harbour are finally completed. The Kluizen dock, which is the … (mediargus) [mappress] Source: mediargus, November 29, 2010;
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has published a new online leaflet “Floods, dredging and river changes” to help inform people about the regulatory issues that affect dredging works on river beds. River bed dredging and removal of river gravels has been an important issue for land m
C-Power is pleased to announce that it has closed the financing of the second and third phases of the offshore wind farm on the Thornton Bank (located about 30 km in the North Sea off the Belgian coast). A group of 7 commercial lenders: KBC, Rabobank, Société Générale, KfW Ipex-Bank, Commerzbank, De
