Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT), a part of NCC group, handled the first CMA CGM call. Containership CHRISTOPHER with the capacity of 1440 TEU came to Ust-Luga port from Hamburg and then proceeded to St Petersburg. Within the first call to the terminal, CHRISTOPHER delivered 75 TEU. The new schedu
Today Van Oord’s first shallow water pipe lay vessel Stingray was named at the COSCO shipyard in Nantong, China. The naming ceremony was performed by Mrs A. Athmer-Albersen, wife of Managing Director Offshore, Mr J.B.E.M. Athmer. Stingray is designed in accordance with the highest quality and safety
Government Marine Board recommends to approve the project of the Sea Port Infrastructure of Russia Development Strategy till 2030, developed by the FSUE “Rosmorport”, and to ratify it in accordance with established procedure. This decission was taken at the Government Marine Board meeting headed by
Damen Shipyards Group will be supplying Acta Marine with four Shoalbuster anchor handling tugs. Three of the anchor handling tugs will be supplied from Damen Marine Services’ charter fleet, while Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld will be supplying the fourth, a new Shoalbuster, in March 2013. “Shoalbuster
Each year the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) singles out a specific project or programme amongst its member companies as an example of excellence in safety. This year the IADC Board is happy to announce that the 2012 Safety Award has been presented to DEME nv for the implemen
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has announced the appointment of Mr. Peter de Ridder as the new President of the Board. The IADC is the global umbrella organisation for contractors in the private dredging industry, dedicated to promoting the skills, integrity and reliabili
When the first paving slab is lifted into place, the £150m construction of a new berth at Southampton’s container terminal will commence. This capital development project will allow ultra-large container carriers to dock in the city. According to BBC News, the quay will be 500m (1640ft) long with fi
IHS, the leading source of information and analytics, announced that Belgian dredging and hydraulic engineering group DEME N.V. has chosen the IHS Operational Risk Solution to improve the company’s incident management and action-tracking processes. “Safety is a key priority for all of our projects,”
The major dredging work along the River Hull would only have a limited impact on flood risk issues in the city, a new report says. According to thisishullandeastriding.co.uk, some city councillors believe the river requires more regular dredging. But the report due to be discussed by environment scr
The construction started this week on a new building for Cargotec Netherlands at Pier 4, Port of Rotterdam. The business is currently still located on the Maashaven. The new office building will house around 150 workers and has a surface area of 3,500 square metres. It is due to be completed by the
CEDA Belgian Section will host the thirty-fourth Annual General Meeting of the Central Dredging Association. This meeting will be held at 19:30 hrs on Tuesday, 16 October 2012 at the Van der Valk Hotel Beveren, in Beveren-Waas, Belgium. The AGM will be followed by the regular fall meeting of the Bel
The construction of a new terminal with a capacity of 80,000 TEU on the Wilhelminakanaal in Tilburg has started. The new terminal of the Versteijnen Groep will be in the business park Vossenberg West II, which can grow to a good 100 hectares and is intended mainly for logistics businesses. The termi
