Clearance work is finally being carried out to a pond plagued by litter where locals feared a child could drown in the ‘quicksand-like’ mud… By Hugh Fort (getbracknell) [mappress] Source: getbracknell, November 10, 2010;
Dredging work continues on the new ferryport terminal at Old House Point, close to the ferryports of Cairnryan and Stranrear on Loch Ryan… By Jehan Ashmore (afloat) [mappress] Source: afloat, November 9, 2010;
Wärtsilä’s Sustainability Report has won first prize in the Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2010 competition in which corporations’ responsibility reporting in 2009 was assessed. The sustainability reporting competition is organised by the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, Finnish Business
The Chilean Molymet group, a multinational in the metal and steel sector, is to invest 14 million euros in its Ghent outfit Sadaci, it was… (mediargus) [mappress] Source: mediargus, November 9, 2010;
The long awaited design report for Purteen Harbour has been received from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which estimates… (advertiser) [mappress] Source: advertiser, November 5, 2010;
Since work started on the construction of Maasvlakte 2 two years ago, 170 million m3 of sand has been brought in. That is more than would be needed to fill the Rotterdam – Fyenoord soccer stadium to the brim 100 times. At the height of the ‘sand operations’, some ten trailing hopper suction dredgers
Recently Seatools of Numansdorp landed the largest order since its establishment in August 1999: Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. – the international provider of dredging services, maritime infrastructure and maritime services – commissioned the specialist submersible company to build a unique underw
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev took part in the foundation laying of the new Baku International Sea Trade Port Complex in Alat … (trend) [mappress] Source: trend, November 4, 2010;
Global marine terminal operator DP World announced the successful completion and official opening of Phase 1 of the expansion of its Spanish terminal, DP World Tarragona. Three Super Post-Panamax cranes capable of handling vessels with a nominal capacity of over 13,800 TEU (twenty foot equivalent co
Companies have still some six weeks left to express their formal interest to develop the Tank terminal Europoort West (TEW) in the port of Rotterdam. The plot of land available for the terminal, 36 hectare is the only large site with direct deep-water access, up to approximately 20 meters, still ava
OVG Projectontwikkeling and Van Oord today started building work on a new head office of around 14,000 m2 for Van Oord in Rotterdam. The office for dredger and marine contractor Van Oord is on the banks of the River Maas. This time Van Oord did not do any dredging, but rather CEO Pieter van Oord [&h
More than 130,000 tonnes of silt are to be dumped off the Cornish coast despite an ongoing review into the safety of the practice, it… (thisiscornwall) [mappress] Source: thisiscornwall, October 31, 2010;
