Reference is made to the press release of 20 March 2013, whereby it was announced that Boskalis Holding B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., had initiated a compulsory acquisition of shares under Section 103 of the Bermuda Companies Act to acquire all remaining shares
The new rubber-tyred gantry crane (RTG) for the intermodal terminal at the Ostuferhafen has arrived in Kiel. Where the rail/ship handling was done by Reach Stackers, the gantry crane will take over and load the rail wagons in future. The crane manufactured in Poland arrived in Kiel with the heavy du
Dredge Yard has delivered dredge ball joints to Saudi Arabia. The ball joints delivered to S.A. are designed and manufactured by Dredge Yard. The ball joints are capable of achieving working pressure of 20 bar and discharge pipe diameter of 650mm. Wear resistant liner is assembled so as to increase
Gulf Cobla, a Dubai-based dredging company, has won a project worth $11.7 million to reconstruct and develop certain areas of the Gan International Airport, reports sun.mv. The agreement, signed between State Trading Organization Plc. (STO) and Gulf Cobla, includes the lengthening of the Gan Interna
On Monday, 22 April, a delegation from Brunei visited Deltares to make closer acquaintance with Deltares and to explore possible ways of working together. The delegation was led by Dato Paduka Hj Ali Apong, the Chairman of the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) and Deputy Minister of the Prime
The order was announced in the EU Official Journal for a feasibility study on extending the deep-water container terminal in Wilhelmshaven (JWP II). The study will review the technical and economic feasibility of a second container terminal in a northern extension of the existing JadeWeserPort. The
Boaters on a Northamptonshire river will benefit when several thousand tonnes of silt are removed by the Environment Agency to maintain the navigation channel. Between 6,000 and 7,000 tonnes of silt will be removed from a 4km stretch of the River Nene upstream of White Mills Lock. A shoal – or large
North West Branch of FSUE Rosmorport has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Big Port St. Petersburg dredging project. This development program includes implementation of repair and dredging works within the water area of Oil Harbour basin of Big Port St. Petersburg, according to portnews
The first MarinaMaster 8000 has been named ‘Tullulah Bella’ and has undergone successful trials at Fambridge Marina in Essex for her new owners Yacht Havens Ltd. She was unloaded from the lorry after an uneventful journey from Italy and assembled in icy weather before being launched into the marina.
In March 2013, Konecranes delivered its first busbar-powered, fully-electric RTG to Turkey. The customer is EVYAP Port in Istanbul. This RTG is part of an order, received last year from EVYAP Port, for eight fully-electric Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes. EVYAP Port is a forward-thinking port opera
The chairman and chief executive of the Somerset Consortium of Drainage Boards described a meeting with two Defra ministers on the Somerset Levels to discuss flooding as ‘encouraging’. Peter Maltby, Chairman, and Nick Stevens, Chief Executive, pressed the case for Government to help fund flood allev
World Dredging Congresses (June 3-7, 2013, Square Meeting Centre, Brussels, Belgium) are organised once every three years by WODA, the World Organisation of Dredging Associations. WODCONs, the only worldwide events dedicated exclusively to dredging and maritime construction, provide a unique platfor
