Chelsea Technologies Group is participating in The UK Integrated Marine Observing Network (UK-IMON) workshop hosted by PML on 27-28 November 2012. The aim of the UK-IMON initiative is to ensure that a national marine observatory is in place to improve the evidence base for future assessments of envi
Dockwise Ltd. confirms it has received an unsolicited intended offer from Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. for the acquisition of all outstanding shares of Dockwise at an offer price of EUR 17.20 per share cum dividend. The intended offer by Boskalis is subject to certain specified and unspecified co
For the third time in a row Jan de Nul Dredging chooses No Limit Ships Shipyards. After first having bought two survey vessels, they now opted for a No Limit 1640 Crewtender with thirteen passenger seats. For the next five years the vessel is expected to be deployed for various projects in European
The Delft Software Days got underway on Monday 19 November. This event, held at Deltares, offers twelve days of presentations, workshops and courses on software packages in the areas of water, soils/subsurface and infrastructure. Software users and modellers from all over the world – more than 30 co
Aktsiaselts Saarte Liinidthe has invited bidders to submit their offers for the reconstruction of the Sviby Port Vormsi, the Western Region area. These works include: – Berth No. 1, bank ramp reconstruction; – Reconstruction of the embankment; – Dockside area with the expansion of the bank; – Sea pr
HafenCity Hamburg GmbH has invited bidders to submit their offers for the harbour expansion works. This program includes: – Works to increase the ground area of the planned project in the eastern harbour city roads; – (7 subprojects, total approximately 95,000 m²) with measures for site clearing, de
Conwy County Borough Council has invited Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified companies for the following activities: – Obtaining approximately 300,000 tonnes of sea dredged sand (nom. d50 = 0.2-0.4mm) from existing offshore licensed dredging areas, transporting it to the site by sea and
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Limited has announced details about the River Mersey approach channel dredging contract. The project will include deepening, and if required, widening of the River Mersey existing approach channel to the Port of Liverpool between the bar at the outer end of the c
MMT has recently completed a survey tour on the east coast of Sweden. The tour included a hydrographic survey in the harbour of Oskarshamn nuclear power plant and adjacent entrance channel. This was followed by a geophysical survey in Oxelösund harbour which is currently under extensive development.
The Central Finance and Contracting Agency has introduced plans for the port of Osijek development program. This project aims to modernise and increase the capacity of the port of Osijek situated on the right bank of the river Drava tributary of the river Danube, the pan-European corridor No VII. Th
To make Maasvlakte 2 accessible to shipping, the PUMA contracting consortium (Boskalis and Van Oord) has started excavation of the temporary dam between the Yangtzehaven and the Maasvlakte 2 ports. The contractor will leverage the water’s force for the very last part. This coming weekend the dam bet
The construction of Maasvlakte 2 is still on schedule and the first phase is close to completion. After the ‘back door’ was closed on 11 July 2012, contractor PUMA (Boskalis and Van Oord) will open the ‘front door’ next weekend. That is when the Yangtzehaven cut-through will start. The temporary inl
