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, Ackermans & van Haaren has concluded a liquidity contract with Kepler Cheuvr
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has acquired a contract from Associated British Ports for the capital dredging of the approach channel to the port of Southampton in the United Kingdom. The contract has a value of approximately EUR 35 million and the activities are due to commence shortly. The dredgi
The fifth season of PCB cleanup from the Fox River comes to an end. This work included dredging in a number of areas between the De Pere dam and the project’s processing facility in Green Bay. Progress for the week ending November 9: – Estimated volume of sediment dredged – 12,744 cubic yards; – Est
Michael V. Harding, CPESC, CESSWI, a senior consultant for Geosyntec based in California, is an invited speaker at two upcoming workshops to be held in New England this month on the topic of erosion and sediment control. In the first, Mr. Harding will conduct a Nov. 19 workshop, “Guide on How to Con
On October 17, the signing ceremony of general contract for investment and construction of BT Project of New Bohe Port District Breakwater Project in Maoming Port was held in Maoming, Guangdong. President Mo Wenhe of CHEC, on behalf of the Company, and Maoming Coast Development and Construction Co.,
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) has announced a tender for the development of a Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan (CRSMP) for the Santa Cruz Littoral cell, from Moss Landing northwards to the Santa Cruz-San Mateo County line. This CRSMP will be developed in order to restore an
Vietnam: Flemish Minister Hilde Crevits Visits Soai Rap Site In the context of Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Hilde Crevits’ port trade mission, a visit has today been made to the crucial Soai Rap project and DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Uilenspiegel’ that has been engage
OGN Group, the North East-England offshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) specialist, has secured a multi-million pound contract with independent UK oil and gas development and production company EnQuest, which will lead to the creation of 600 new project jobs at its Tyneside facili
CARIS, a leader in the development of marine GIS software, has announced the acceptance of abstracts for CARIS 2014, the 15th International User Group Conference, which will be held June 2-5, 2014 in Brest, France. Under the conference theme, Developing the Blue Economy, CARIS 2014 will celebrate th
Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. an integrated marine services company in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter and nine-months ended September 30, 2013. As previously announced in July 2013, the company received an offer from the chairma
Congressman Tom Reed announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide over $3 million in federal funds to update flood warning systems and prepare for flooding in communities in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes region. “The federal government has a responsibility to protect pu
Ackermans & van Haaren today announced its interim statement on 2013 third quarter results. The activities of DEME (AvH 50%) developed in line with expectations during 3Q13 due to the high activity level and good fleet occupancy. At the end of September 2013, the order book was worth 2,615 million e
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) rang the changes with its Forum this year, which took place at Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 7 November 2013. Following WODCON XX held between 3 and 7 June 2013 in Brussels, Belgium, and including some 100 technical presentations CEDA saw its
iPs has announced that in addition to iPS’s Dutch entities, now also their overseas entities are certified with regard to the Maritime Labor Convention 2006 (MLC:2006). The respective certificate was handed over by Bureau Veritas. Regulation 1.4 of MLC mandates that each member that operates a publi
