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A ground-breaking ceremony for the new Phu Quoc International Passenger Port took place on November 20 in Duong Dong Town, Phu Quoc district, Vietnam. The Kien Giang provincial People’s Committee and Truong Son Construction Corporation of the Ministry of National Defense hosted the ceremony. The new cruise ship facility, built in Duong Dong Town – the […]
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Royal HaskoningDHV recently looked back on a very successful Dutch trade mission to Vietnam with specific focus on climate resilience and socio-economic development through improved inland waterway transport. During the mission Royal HaskoningDHV signed a multimillion-euro World Bank funded contract to make the Mekong Delta, which is home to millions of people, more resilient to […]
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Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Vessels
FSUE Rosmorport, the largest customer of dredging projects in Russia and major owner of the country’s port assets, is gearing up for the large-scale dredging projects. For example, in 2015 the projected dredged material volume (including the construction or overhaul of facilities) will reach 30.8 million cbm and 38,1 million cbm of material will be removed during […]
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Business & Finance, Project & Tenders
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Secretary Le Thanh Hai and Deputy Ambassador of Belgium in Vietnam Geert Vansintjan initiated the second phase of the Soai Rap River dredging project on Saturday, June 21, reported vietnamnews.vn. The 54 kilometer long route of the Soai Rap Waterway dredging project, […]
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An unexploded bomb thought to be left over from the American War was discovered at the bottom of Dinh Lake in Ba Dinh District’s Ngoc Ha … (vietnamnet) [mappress] Source: vietnamnet, January 5, 2012;
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South East Asia Port Expansion Summit will take place in Ho Chi Minh City, from 21-22 February, 2013. This event will be great opportunity to get the latest insight from government representatives, port authorities and the world’s leading container shipping lines, cargo owners, logistics companies, ports, terminal operators, port equipment and services suppliers…also update trends […]
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The Ho Chi Minh City is urging the state government to approve around $13.8 million needed for the maintenance dredging of the Soai Rap River. According to the municipal government, the river is important for transportation of goods in and out of the city and neighboring localities. However, the river needs to be dredged as the annual buildup of […]
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World Water Works, a hydraulic engineering conference and exhibition, will be held on 23 and 24 March 2016 at Antwerp Expo in Antwerp, Belgium. This event will cover topics from hydraulic engineering, the accessibility of ports and waterways, coastline and shoreline projects, bridge, lock and tunnel building and the design and construction of offshore seaports. The […]
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The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces will increase the combined capacity of their ports system from 15.7 million tonnes in 2010 to 28… (vietnamnews) [mappress] Source: vietnamnews, September 9, 2011
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Illegal sand dredging has caused severe erosion to the banks of Tien River, threatening the lives, farmland and houses of hundreds of … [mappress] Source: vietnamnews, July 13, 2010;
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Illegal sand dredging and storage is destroying dyke systems along the banks of the Red River in Ha Noi and a shortage of staff and facilities is… (vietnamnews) [mappress] Source: vietnamnews, December 14, 2010
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Between 11th and 12th July 2013, NAPA presented itself at ASEAN Ports & Shipping, held in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. This event, which is considered one of the most important logistics fairs in Southeast Asia, is attended by all of the region’s most significant logistics providers, hence NAPA seized this opportunity to promote […]
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Viet Nam News Provincial authorities in Mekong have taken measures to improve safety for people, crops and other properties during the 2012 flooding season, reports Viet Nam News. An Giang Province has invested VND160 billion (US$7.65 million) in dredging irrigation networks to protect over 125,000 hectares under the autumn-winter rice crop and 24,000 hectares under […]
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THAI NGUYEN — Illegal sand dredging on northern Nui Coc Lake must stop by today’s deadline or vessels and machinery would be seized and… [mappress] Source: vietnamnews, May 31, 2010;
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Construction of the Van Phong International Port in the southern central province of Khanh Hoa has been suspended for one year with no indic… (vietnamnews) [mappress] Source: vietnamnews, May 25, 2011;
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Ho Chi Minh City’s Saigon Port on March 31 welcomed the arrival of the dredger Uilenspiegel, which will help speed up the second phase of a Belgian-funded project to increase the depth of the Soai Rap River to accommodate larger ships. The ship will dredge 54 kilometres of the Soai Rap River , creating a […]
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Vast swathes of agricultural land on the banks of the Chu River in Thieu Nguyen Commune in the central province of Thanh Hoa has been… (dztimes) [mappress] Source: dztimes, April 14, 2011
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PHU YEN — Hectares of fertile agriculture land are being lost into the Phu Yen Province’s Ba River due to erosion caused by illegal dredging of sand… [mappress] Source:vietnamnews,April 16,2010;
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A Viet Nam News Agency reporter said about 50 floating dredges were hunting for the precious mineral on three rivers running through Binh Gia, Huu Lung and Loc Binh. „Local leaders were determined to put an end to this practice,“ said Nguyen Huu Chien, a representative of the provincial people’s committee. Despite efforts to control […]
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Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology
CHEC Wins Two Projects in Trinidad and Tobago On February 25, minister of trade, industry and investment of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago signed the business contract for the transshipment port and dry dock project and the Endeavour business development project in the country. VIDEO: Van Oord 2013 Highlights Van Oord, the Netherlands based […]
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Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels
The launching ceremony of the 2000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Severnaya Dvina took place at the Song Thu Corporation shipyard (part of Damen Shipyards Group) in Da Nang, Vietnam, yesterday. The vessel, built for the FSUE Rosmorport, has been named Severnaya Dvina after the river in the European part of Russia which flows into the Dvina Bay near Arkhangelsk and Severodvisk. […]
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Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology
In another landmark event, the biggest ever vessel to call at the DP World operated Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, arrived this week. The NYK owned Northern Genius, with a nominal TEU (twenty foot equivalent container unit) capacity of 4,300 and dwt of 54,000 sailed up the 54kms new […]
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Song Hong Joint Stock Corporation yesterday, March 8, began work on a VND503 billion (US$25 million) scheme to improve drainage… (vietnamnet) [mappress] Source: vietnamnet, March 9, 2011
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Experts believe that Ho Chi Minh City must make more determined and concerted efforts to synchronize projects to save its… By Dinh Ly (baomoi) [mappress] Source: baomoi, June 17, 2011
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Sand exporters have complained to the Prime Minister after falling foul of new regulation… Source: VietNamNet Bridge, November 11, 2009;
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UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education and the Asian Development Bank organize the 3rd Asia-Netherlands Water Learning Week from 16 to 20 June 2014 in Delft, the Netherlands. Participants from selected Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Vietnam) will contribute project case studies from Asia and the Netherlands and learn […]
