Sif Holding (Sif) and Royal IHC (IHC) have finalized the acquisition of “KCI the engineers” (KCI) by Sif. Works Councils have advised positively on the acquisition and trade unions have been informed. Financial details will not be disclosed. KCI employs approx. 65 people who realized profitable sale
Straatman BV – specialized in fabrication of hydraulic presses, heavy winches and custom build projects for dredging industry – has received another order from a returning customer. “The biggest compliment you can get is a returning customer. Last year we supplied two pinch ball joints to Weeks Mari
Boskalis Westminster Ltd. is about to kick off a Surveying and Maintenance Dredging project in the Portsmouth Harbour. According to the Queen’s Harbour Master Portsmouth, the surveying and maintenance dredging of the Portsmouth Harbour and its approach channels will be conducted from 22 to 30 March
C-Job Naval Architects is launching an in-house developed trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) series – aimed to filling the gap between standard designs and fully tailored vessels. The TSHD Fleet features maintenance, multifunctional, and capital dredgers each with varying hopper capacity. Each
Nicola Offshore GmbH, a new company specializing in services for the marine survey campaigns and on-demand missions in and around Europe, started operations from its HQ in Hamburg today. Working from an agile logistics and technology platform, Nicola Offshore was established to service the more comp
Van Oord – a global marine contractor that focuses on dredging, land infrastructure in the Netherlands, offshore wind and oil & gas industtries – is taking a next step in the energy transition of its fleet. An advanced combustion conditioning system with hydrogen and methanol will be installed on su
A body was found yesterday afternoon in the Boco River in Vagos, Aveiro district in Portugal, during a dredging project. An alert was issued at about 2 pm, after the body was discovered on the bank of the Boco River, said the Capitania do Porto de Aveiro in their official statement. An official from
A long stretch of beach, an airport and a flourishing port – the city of Ostend has it all. Jan De Nul and Soetaert have expanded the access channel and strengthened the slopes. Now the port can develop into a hub for vessels of up to 200 meters. In this very interesting video, Project Manager, [&he
Up to 20 ports and harbors that have lost income from landing fees due to the disruption caused by Brexit have received a share of a £1.8 million fund, the Scottish Government informs. The funding will provide necessary investment at ports and harbors for safety improvements and repair works. The su
The construction of Primorsky UPK (Primorsk Universal Loading Complex) project, a deep-water hi-tech port, will include dredging works in the amount of 12.5 million cubic meters, said Andrey Sizov, General Director of Primorsky UPK at the 4th International Congress “Hydraulic Engineering Structures
After dredging operations, a lot of sand and silt is lost from the Rhine-Meuse estuary into the sea or into depots. In order to retain the dredged sand and silt in the natural system of the Rhine-Meuse estuary for as long as possible, a number of major players in this field have got together in [&he
Rohde Nielsen A/S has just released this beautiful photo of an ongoing maintenance dredging project in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Since 2014, Rohde Nielsen A/S has performed several maintenance dredging campaigns in the port, winning three consecutive contracts in a row. Recently, the company was aw
