Van Oord’s newest addition to its fleet, the self-propelled cutter suction dredger Artemis, will be moored in Rotterdam until 14 April 2013. Business relations and employees will have the opportunity to visit Artemis before it departs for western France for its first assignment. Pursuant to a contra
Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux has invited contractors to submit their offers for the dredging work at the new inlet on the Gironde Coast, west of GPMB. The project includes dredging of approximately 6.6 million m3 of sand from the Matelier South Beach. The details of the project are: dredging that
Thyborøn Havn has announced a plan for the Thyborøn Outer Harbour dredging project. This program includes routine dredging in the Thyborøn comprehensive basin in the Outer Harbour and Industry Fishing Harbour at Svanholmkaj by Limfjodskaj as well as in the South Harbour. Under this plan, approximate
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has introduced a plan for the harbour improvement works at the North Harbour, Cape Clear Island. The proposed works comprise of the demolition of the Bull’s Nose (structure which has fallen into disrepair and it’s replacement with a new reinforced concr
In Belgium, the works on the NORTHWIND offshore wind farm have started while those from C-POWER’S third phase are continuing. The DEME Group is utilizing various specialized companies from the Group to this end: TIDEWAY Offshore Solutions BV as concerns erosion protection works and cable-laying acti
Anadyr Branch of FSUE Rosmorport has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Beringovsky Port dredging program. This contract includes the elaboration of design and estimate documentation for the repair and dredging works at Beringovsky Port, reports portnews.ru. Initial price of this develop
The first MarinaMaster 8000 has arrived by lorry at Fambridge Marina in Essex to carry out dredging trials for owners Yacht Havens Ltd. She is the first of a new design of specialist dredger designed by Alan Goodchild and built in Italy by Italdraghe SpA with supervision from Goodchild Marine. She i
After the completion of the sea trials, the Spanish shipyard Construcciones Navales de Norte in Sestao has delivered the Fall Pipe & Mining Vessel “Joseph Plateau” to Jan de Nul. This 191,5 m long vessel will be used for precise rock dumping to a depth of 2,000 m. The system for the unfolding of the
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas S.A. (SAAM) for a joint harbour towage operation within the American Continent. The partnership would involve two joint ventures and is between SM
This video shows how the sand is being piped onto the beach at Colwyn Bay from the suction dredger Barent Zannen, which is moored off shore. The heavy plant machines on shore are creating a new beach, and by the end of April it should be as high as the sea wall. This project is […]
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has acquired a contract from Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Cuxhaven to maintain part of the shipping fairway of the River Elbe in Germany spanning a distance of 110 kilometers. The contract was awarded for a period of three years and has a value of approximat
The extraordinary shareholders’ meeting of Ackermans & van Haaren NV has on 25 November 2011 renewed the powers delegated to the board of directors to redeem shares for a period of 5 years. In the framework of these powers, the company has in the period from 2 until 5 April 2013 redeemed a total of
Yacht Havens’ Managing Director, Dylan Kalis, has introduced the latest self-propelled cutter suction dredger MarinaMaster 8000. What was behind the commissioning of the MarinaMaster 8000? “We couldn’t identify a suitable dredger in the market. The requirements of our west coast Neyland marina are q
Leading subsea equipment solutions specialist, Ashtead Technology, is to launch the subsea market’s smallest electric dredge pump this week at the Ocean Business 2013 exhibition in Southampton, UK. The pump will be available to rent exclusively from Ashtead Technology through an agreement with the m
