With an audience of more than 200 people gathered at Norfolk International Terminals yesterday, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger inaugurated The Port of Virginia’s newest asset: the deepest harbor and shipping channel anywhere on the US East Coast. Though the $450 million effort to deepen the ch
Benefiting from the current good weather conditions, offshore works on the Princess Elisabeth Island are steadily progressing – the 17th caisson has been installed in the North Sea. “Each caisson installed brings us closer to completing this pioneering artificial energy island, located 45 km off the
The Swedish Maritime Administration and the Port of Luleå have awarded the Malmporten Project dredging contract. Malmporten Dredging Contractors has been selected as the contractor in the joint procurement process for the dredging works. The award means that Sweden’s largest dredging project is expe
Near Ghent, Jan De Nul is renovating a drinking water reservoir with a capacity of 6.4 billion liters. The company is carrying out this project on behalf of De Watergroep, together with its partners Aertssen Group, DEME Group and Boskalis. After 50 years, the reservoir needed a thorough renovation.
One of the biggest dredging projects of the current century, the New Suez Canal was, according to experts, a titanic effort in operations, planning and production to complete within the one year deadline. Opened in 1869 after 10 years of construction, the Suez Canal was one of the greatest maritime
Step by step, the new Europa Terminal at the PSA Belgium and Port of Antwerp-Bruges yard is taking shape, Boskalis Nederland said. The first five quay cranes have now been delivered and set up on the finished part of the quay. Also, the final concrete work is at cruising speed and the foundation wor
The Santos Port Authority (APS) has signed a BRL 617.9 million ($122.3 million) contract with Jan de Nul do Brasil (part of the Jan De Nul Group) to deepen the navigation channel at the Port of Santos from 15 to 16 meters. The five-year dredging program, which also includes two years of maintenance
The Misurata Free Zone (MFZ) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Port of Antwerp-Bruges yesterday, strengthening cooperation on port development and logistics. The signing ceremony was attended by H.E. François Dumont, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Libya, alongside a delega
Renewable Energy Authority of Libya (REAoL) held a meeting with a delegation from China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) earlier this week, discussing opportunities for cooperation and investment in the renewable energy sector and infrastructure in Libya. During the meeting, CHEC’s representati
The Port of Barcelona has presented its Fifth Strategic Plan for 2026–2030, describing it as the largest investment cycle in its history. The document is structured into an action plan with 120 initiatives grouped into 25 environmental, social and economic objectives. According to their latest annou
Eiffage, through its subsidiary Eiffage Génie Civil Marine, has been awarded, in consortium with Jan de Nul, the design-build contract for the Port of Callao Muelle Norte expansion in Peru. The contract is worth more than EUR 100 million. The contract awarded by APM Terminals Callao (jointly owned b
Belfast Harbor Marina has reopened after a refurbishment that has created new berths for yachts and recreational vessels. The project to expand the marina, which is located between Titanic Belfast and the SSE Arena, has extended the total length of its pontoons from 775 meters to over 807 meters, in
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) handed over the completed reclaimed areas of Berths B7 and B8 to PSA Corporation earlier this month – the very first land handover of Tuas Port Phase 2. With Singapore Land Authority’s (SLA) land alienation approval granted to PSA, MPA said that the
Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR), the deep‑sea exploratory subsidiary of DEME, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Deep Ocean Resources Development Co., Ltd. (DORD) of Japan to conduct a joint demonstration test aimed at the potential co-development of polymetallic nodule resources
