China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has won another contract in Sri Lanka, this time for the construction of Colombo Port East Container Terminal. According to CHEC, this is next large hydraulic wharf project won by CHEC in Sri Lanka after Hambantota Port, Colombo South Port, and JCT Wharf amon
Faisal Naseem, the Vice President of the Republic of Maldives, attended the signing ceremony of the Fuvahmulah City’s Coastal Protection Project, held at Hafiz Ahmed School last week. Shedding light on the Fuvahmulah work, the Vice President said that they are “realising a long-awaited dream of its
Land reclamation works for the Everton’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock are coming along nicely and on track to be completed early next year. Boskalis hopper dredger Shoalway kicked off the infill process last month, during which around 500,000 cubic metres of dredged sand will be placed into the
Jan De Nul’s largest cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck has completed its first mission in Mauritania with success. In the port of the capital Nouakchott, the vessel was working for developer ARISE Mauritania, on the deepening of the access channel, the port basin and the new berth alongside
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has reached another significant milestone in the development of the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project. After more than a year of additional technical work, consultation with 46 Indigenous groups, and engagement with federal agencies, the company has submitt
Royal IHC today officially handed over the first Easydredge trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) to SEMAR (Secretaria de Marina) at the Port of Veracruz in Mexico. The BAHIA SAN CARLOS of Easydredge 2700 series was built from stock at the Krimpen aan de IJssel and Kinderdijk shipyards in the Nethe
Construction works are underway on the first stage of a planned $20 million upgrade of recreational boating facilities at Onslow. The Onslow Community Boating Precinct (CBP) will provide a new boat ramp and central holding jetty with suitable space for the development of a small marina that may cont
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company continues work on the Adh. Hangnaameedhoo Harbor project with overall progress of more than 50% percent, informs MTCC. The company added that they have commenced installation of precast concrete blocks required for the construction of quay wall on 11th Dec
Herbosch-Kiere NV, through its British subsidiary Herbosch-Kiere Ltd, recently won a contract for the renewal of Thunderer Jetty which is situated on the Thames in Dagenham (near London). The jetty, originally built in the early 1900s, is owned by the international organisation Stolthaven Terminals,
Van Oord announced today that Dubai Harbour has welcomed its first cruise liner, a major milestone for the Dubai Harbour Masterplan. The company was the main contractor for the complex Dubai Harbour Masterplan project and laid the foundations for this new exclusive waterfront. Just a stone’s throw f
The European Investment Bank (EIB) continues to promote climate action by providing €300 million to finance Port of Genoa expansion. This is the first EIB operation in Italy for a project co-financed by the government with resources from the Recovery and Resilience Facility Complementary Fund, the b
Construction works on the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden are now fully complete, according to the Dutch water agency Rijkswaterstaat. The new sea lock – being 70 metres wide, 500m long and 18m deep – will greatly improve the accessibility of the Port of Amsterdam and stimulate the region’s eco
Earlier this week, Thecla Bodewes Shipyards held a launching ceremony for newbuild Dredger BN348, the sister vessel of trailing suction hopper dredger Anchorage. TSHD Anchorage was successfully delivered to her owners De Hoop Terneuzen in 2020 while the handover of the newbuild BN348 is scheduled fo
The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) Singapore recently announced successful completion of land reclamation works for Phase 1 of the Tuas Port Project. This marks a major milestone for MPA in developing Singapore’s next-generation port. The multi-billion-dollar Phase 1, which began in 2015, was com
