Van Oord has ordered a new cutter suction dredger and a crew vessel from Damen Shipyards Group in the Netherlands. The dredger, named Ural River, is a customized Damen CSD 650 with additional safety and environmental features according to specific Van Oord requirements. In April 2015, the vessel wil
CFE, an industrial Belgian Group active in four different segments: Dredging and Offshore Solutions, Contracting, Real Estate Development and PPP-Concessions, announced last Friday the appointment of the second managing director. The Board of Directors of CFE, in agreement with Renaud Bentégeat, has
APM Terminals has placed an order for 16 new advanced Rubber-Tire Gantry cranes (RTGs) as part of an ongoing program of upgrading and expanding container handling capabilities and capacities throughout the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network. Twelve of the high-performance RTGs are scheduled for d
ECTMarine, an engineering and project management company specialized in the dredging vessels design and construction, has presented the ‘2015 Core dredge line’. This design provides high operational performance in terms of dredging depth, pumping distance and overall production, for limited required
HR Wallingford is supporting the Natural Environment Research Council’s (NERC) new strategic innovation initiative to help protect some of Britain’s most important national infrastructure from environmental hazards. The five-year, £5m Environmental Risks to Infrastructure Innovation Programme (ERIIP
Royal Boskalis Westminster has received an honorable prize at the Dutch IR Awards 2015. Martijn Schuttevaer, Director Investor Relations at Boskalis has been chosen as best IR professional within the AEX-Index. Martijn also won this prize in 2013. The Dutch IR Awards is an annual event organized by
With Central Government funding (via the Environment Agency) of up to £100,000 in place, East Devon District Council has begun coastal defense beach recycling work at Sidmouth’s main beach. As scheduled, work on East Devon District Council’s six-week beach recycling project started on Monday, 5 Janu
People in Cardigan are invited to attend a drop in session to discuss issues around flooding in the town. It comes as Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is assessing the potential for a new flood scheme to protect the 113 properties at risk of tidal flooding. At the event, staff from NRW will be keen to
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), a leading global services provider operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors, has increased its holding in Fugro N.V. to 20.01%. Boskalis has stressed that this is not a step towards making an offer. Boskalis views Fu
Van Oord Orders Two Dredgers Van Oord has ordered two trailing suction hopper dredgers with a hopper volume of approximately 17,000 m3. Photo Update: Dredging at New Suez Canal Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish said recently that the digging rate was beyond expectations due […
Although best-known as a dredger manufacturer, Italdraghe SpA, also has considerable experience in designing and building weed harvesters. In fact, one of the vessels currently under construction in its shipyard near Italy’s Adriatic Sea, is a purpose-designed harvester for the Kenyan Government. Th
Two more vessels have been sold to a long term Nigerian customer. A tug, type STU2208, and a cutter suction dredger, type CSD500, have arrived at their up-river operating point. The Nigerian customer has well chosen the vessels names : “PASAM” for the tug meaning “Daddy Sam”, and “DASERAH” for the C
International Maritime Contractor Wasa Dredging Ltd. has completed the blasting and dredging of Uusikaupunki access channel and Yara Port. Uusikaupunki is situated in the southwestern part of Finland. The channel was dredged mainly to -14,5 m and most of the Wasa Dredging equipment park was used dur
The Hitachi ZH210LC-5 hybrid excavator has been named the best construction machine at the Potencia Awards in Madrid in the category ‘earthmoving with crawler excavators’. The judges of the award included managers from rental companies (Alco Grupo) and related associations (SEOPAN, ASEMAQ, ANAPAT),
