Tigers Realm Coal (TIG) has completed acquisition of the Beringovsky Port and Coal Terminal located 35km to the north east of the Amaam North deposit and the proposed Project F mine. The port is presently fully operational and under the terms of the sales agreement, the port will continue to ship up
The new family of electric pumps EL 100 is bringing a great success to Dragflow, a world player in solid pumping solutions with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing heavy duty pumps and complete dredging equipment. In the last months Dragflow launched on the market a family of five pumps in
Van Oord Strengthens Its Position in UK Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has reached an agreement in principle on the acquisition of UK specialist marine civil contractor J.T. Mackley & Co Ltd. UK: Person Missing after
Italdraghe is currently working with an Italian dredging company on a beach replenishment project at the mouth of the Tagliamento River in north east Italy. All the equipment for the job, including a BDC 250 dredging head (fitted on a Fiat Kobelco excavator) and an SF BDC 150 cutter suction dredger,
When worldwide leader in integrated environmental services, EnGlobe Corp required highly sensitive photoionisation (PID) devices for the daily monitoring of potential hydrocarbon emissions during its demanding River Kishon dredging project in Israel, they chose two hand held Tiger volatile organic c
J2 Subsea, an Acteon company, is showcasing the We3D, WeSubsea’s new 3” titanium remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dredger at Subsea Asia this week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Acteon companies J2 Subsea and Seatronics are now offering WeSubsea´s full range of titanium dredgers from worldwide locations.
Yesterday, Mr Shahjahan Khan, Minister of Shipping, and H.E. Gerben de Jong, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh, officially launched the Urban Dredging Demonstration Project. The main objective of the UDDP project is to reduce the floods in Dhaka by: – demonstration of Dutch
The Dutch maritime technology company Micanti has designed a 100% environmentally friendly antifouling foil. Its working is based on small fibers, which make it very unattractive for organisms to attach to the hull of a ship. The innovative nature of this invention and the successful launch of it wi
FriGeo and two other specialists of freezing technology, National Nuclear Laboratory Limited (NNL) and Studsvik UK Limited, have signed a collaboration agreement regarding further development of the existing freezing technology. “Our aim is to bring new and innovative decommission technology to the
The new Fanbeam laser radar sensor from Renishaw’s Spatial Measurement division provides repetitive, high-accuracy dynamic positioning (DP) to offshore support vessels (OSV) and other marine structures. This next-generation system adds greater performance and stability through new control software t
The Port of Tyne has announced record cargo volumes and record turnover for the fifth successive year. In 2013, the Port saw cargo volumes increase by 25% to 8.1m tonnes, and turnover rose 16% to £73 million compared to 2012. Andrew Moffat, Port of Tyne Chief Executive Officer, said that 2013 had be
At the beginning of June, the Budgetary Committee of the German Federal Parliament allocated EUR 265 million for the widening of the Eastern section of the Kiel Canal. In April, the committee had already approved EUR 485 million for construction of a fifth lock in Brunsbüttel. To speed up the remain
Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has reached an agreement in principle on the acquisition of UK specialist marine civil contractor J.T. Mackley & Co Ltd. This acquisition will strengthen Van Oord’s leading position on th
The future of delta cities such as Jakarta, Bangkok and Tokio is threatened by sea-level rise, but even more by land subsidence of up to several metres a century. Raising dikes fails to solve the underlying problem: falling groundwater levels. The only sustainable remedy is to combine urban function
