The Dragages Ports has invited bidders to submit their offers for the repair and maintenance works to the dredger “Daniel Laval” (104 x 22m). These works will include technical services and the replacement of: – 2 nozzles; – 1 hopper and sliding tray; – 2 crankshafts. The deadline for this tender is
PJSC Stroytransgaz has won the tender for the engineering, procurement, construction, and start-up of the Arctic terminal of the year-round oil export from the Novoportovskoe field developed by Gazprom Neft. Stroytransgaz has won as the leader of the consortium made of major companies that specializ
Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt Cuxhaven has introduced plans for the underwater clearance works at the Cuxhaven area. In preparation for the planned channel adjustments in the Lower and Outer Elbe construction site, these clearance works are required. To this end, several underwater obstacles are needed
Last month, the phase 3 of the Visakha Container Terminal (VCT) expansion project was officially inaugurated. According to the Exim India, the newly procured two post-Panamax quay cranes and the four rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGCs) were inaugurated and christened on that day (September 21). The V
Susquehanna State Park’s Lapidum Boat Launching facility will be temporarily closed on or around October 9, with a projected reopening date of December 1, 2012, in order to remove excessive sediment from the launch area caused by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. “This work is necessary in ord
Washington Department of Ecology Director Ted Sturdevant issued the following statement on a state Supreme Court ruling upholding a voter-approved funding source for environmental protection and cleanups in Washington state. Sturdevant said: “We are pleased that the Supreme Court has upheld a law th
The owners of Falls Creek Farm, a horse boarding and training facility and farm located in Sterling, Conn., have agreed to restore and create 11.3 acres of wetlands to settle claims by the United States that wetlands were illegally filled and altered during construction of a private golf course and
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up contaminated ground water at the Scientific Chemical Processing Superfund site in Carlstadt, New Jersey. Past industrial activities contaminated shallow and deep levels of the ground water with volatile organic compounds, wh
Reef Subsea announced that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, based in the North-East of England, with offices in Aberdeen, has launched a new innovative subsea Trench ROV in Newcastle upon Tyne. Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical’s new Q1000 Jet Trencher was unveiled yesterday in fro
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract in the amount of $2,351,700 to Manson Construction Co. for maintenance dredging of the Corpus Christi and Houston/Galveston entrance channels. The contractor will perform the work with the trailing suction hopper dredge “Baypor
The United Kingdom will soon be home to a very special Italian-built dredger designed by a British dredger operator specialising in marina dredging. The vessel, to be constructed by Italy’s leading dredger manufacturer, Italdraghe SpA (San Giovanni, Italy) and designed by Goodchild Marine Services L
Sierra Rutile Limited has announced the results of its feasibility study into a new large dredge. Highlights: 1. Exceptional feasibility study economics: – US$472 million project pre-tax NPV110; – US$301 million project post-tax NPV10; – 68% pre-tax IRR2, 59% post-tax IRR; and – 12-month project pay
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced Jonathan Berger, Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the Deutsche Bank 20th Annual Leveraged Finance Conference in Scottsdale, AZ on Thursday, October 11, 2012. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 10:05 a.m. (M.S.T.)/1:05 p.m. (E.D.T).
Executives from APM Terminals Callao and the Minister of Transport and Communications of Peru, Mr. Carlos Paredes were on hand to start the demolition of Patio Guadalupe – an old, abandoned train station to pave the way for a port modernization project vital to Peru’s economic growth. In the words o
