Drummore Harbour Trust Ltd has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Kirkmaiden area development project. This contract will include construction of a training wall/groin adjacent to Drummore Harbour, located at the southern end of the Rhins of Galloway, Kirkmaiden, Scotland. During the pro
A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) was signed between the Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and Antwerp Port Authority in the presence of HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium and representatives of the federal and regional governments. The MoC, signed by Antwerp Port Authority chairman Marc Va
The Van Oord-GMB joint venture has been awarded a contract by the Hollandse Delta Water Board to reinforce the dikes on Dordrecht Island. The total contract value amounts to more than EUR 21 million. The work will commence in mid-2014 and will continue until the end of 2016. This joint venture will
Water managers can now make a more accurate assessment of whether they are complying with the standard for heavy metals in surface water with the new computer model developed by Deltares: PNEC.pro. This model takes the local water chemistry into account, making it possible to calculate local standar
The dredging equipment will soon return to Fleet Pond to begin the next phase of the ongoing Restoration Project. This phase is funded by the Environment Agency’s ‘Water Framework Directive’ and Natural England’s ‘Conservation & Enhancement Scheme’. This season’s main dredging work will take place i
The Union Minister of Shipping Shri G.K. Vasan has said that the Indian government is making continuous efforts to attract investments in the ports sector for the augmentation of Indian tonnage. He was speaking at a meeting with a high level Belgian delegation in Mumbai yesterday. Over 300 member de
The high level of activity at Lerwick Harbour has been enabled by the port’s latest deep-water quay being brought into use immediately on completion this week as part of an ongoing expansion of facilities. The 100-metre Berth 7 at Greenhead Base provides an extension to a new 100-metre-plus quay add
Private equity firm NPM Capital is taking a majority interest in Dieseko Group BV, manufacturer of hydraulic vibratory foundation equipment. These machines and power packs are supplied for rental and sales to foundation companies across the globe. Not only on land and on the water but also in the of
VULKAN Couplings’ focus at the product and service presentation at MARINTEC 2013 in Shanghai will be on specially integrated drive solutions for suction dredgers and offshore ships. The couplings manufacturer, which has its head office in Herne, Germany, has been supplying drive components for many
CEDA rang the changes with its Forum this year, which took place at Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 7 November 2013. Following WODCON XX held between 3 and 7 June 2013 in Brussels, Belgium, and including some 100 technical presentations CEDA saw its presence at Europort 2013 as the pe
Nordecon AS completed the construction of the visitors’ port in Kärdla a month before the agreed deadline. The total cost of the construction of Hiiumaa’s largest marina amounted to about 4.2 million euros exclusive of VAT. The contracting entity was Kärdla Port Foundation. About 3.2 million euros o
A&P Tees have proven once again that the importance of Health and Safety is at the forefront of all projects. Cemex Marine have visited the yard with the Sand Harrier, Sand Fulmer, Sand Heron and Sand Falcon covering 40,000 man hours of work. This has all been carried out INCIDENT FREE. Workscope on
