The government of Maldives has obtained a loan of 34.5 million Euro from a Dutch bank to develop harbors in three islands… Source: Miadhu News, November 26, 2009
ROTTERDAM – Bert Groothuizen, spokesman of Dredging company Van Oord said Thursday that they are not affected by the financial turmoil around Dubai World, the state owned project developer… Source: De Financiele Telegraaf, November 26, 2009
AMSTERDAM – Royal Boskalis Westminster nv is not active in Dubai and is therefore not affected by the current financial problems in the country, said a spokesman from the dredging contractor Thursday… Source: Financieel Dagblad, November 26, 2009
Work on the deepening of Liepaja Port has begun, LETA was informed by the Liepaja Special Economic Zone’s public relations specialist Liga Ratniece-Kadege. The work is being carried out by Belgian company Dredging International N.V… Source: Baltic Zone, November 25, 2009;
Shipbuilder IHC Merwede BV closes in mid March 2010 the slope of the former Merwede Shipyard in Rivierdijk Hardinxveld-Giessendam indefinitely… Source: Het Kompas, November 24, 2009
Following a hostile takeover, Smit’s salvage business will remain in the group for three years. But what then?… Source: Fairplay, November 19, 2009
A joint venture of VolkerStevin Marine and Westminster Dredging has been named as preferred contractor for the design and construction of the Siadar Wave Energy Project on the Isle of Lewis… Source: Construction News, November 20, 2009;
Europe’s largest energy project, Nord Stream, this month received vital approvals from Sweden and Finland when they gave their OKs for the twin underwater pipelines to pass through their exclusive economic zones in the Baltic Sea… Source: ENR, November 18, 2009;
RESON has been awarded a contract by the South African-based Marine GeoSolutions to upgrade their SeaBat 8101 to the new and more advanced SeaBat 7101 multibeam sonar system… Source: Oil Online, November 13, 2009
Thanks to an almost full fleet utilization in the third quarter, DEME (AvH 50%) has realized a turnover and operational cash flow in line with the expectations… Source: Ackermans & van Haaren;
Who wants to know how a peasant is laughing with pain in the teeth, was yesterday afternoon at Hotel Okura Amsterdam to come. As Smit International and Boskalis announced a Rotterdam (!) Port merger. CEO Ben Vree, Smit presented his best to the photographers… Source: NRC, November 13, 2009
A GREAT swathe of sand off the coast of Gower could be left untouched following a major rethink by a dredging company… Source: This is South Wales, November 6, 2009;
Bangalore: A Chinese shipbuilder has taken Dredging Corp. of India Ltd (DCI) and the shipping ministry by surprise by offering to build two dredgers at half the price quoted by a Dutch firm… Source: Livemint, November 9, 2009;
At Europort 2009, HollandMT and FKAB proudly announce their newly developed range of backhoe pontoon dredgers, named the Dredge-X range. The name has been derived from eXcellent eXcavator dredging. At Europort 2009, HollandMT and FKAB proudly announce their newly developed range of backhoe pontoon d
