After already delivering 490 meters last year, BESIX teams in Portonave have just delivered another 250 meters of new quay wall in Navegantes, Brazil. This milestone supports the port’s expansion, helps prepare it for future growth, and strengthens its role as a key gateway for Brazil’s container tr
Jan De Nul’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Tristão da Cunha kicked off the dredging operations at Georgia’s Anaklia Deep Sea Port Project last week. Another Jan De Nul’s giant TSHD Al-Idrisi will arrive in the area by the end of August. Operating together, the two vessels will perform the d
Dravo S.A. is currently carrying out the maintenance dredging works at the Port of Lisbon, an essential operation to ensure the port’s navigability and operational efficiency. For this project, their crews are working together through a collaboration with Van Oord:
Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) will invest $821 million in Te Awaparahi Bay Expansion and Resilience Project. LPC chair Barry Bragg announced the investment plan today, saying that it marks a significant step for the port, Christchurch and the economy. “We’ve spent the last decade rebuilding and stren
DP World said that they have reached a significant milestone in its US$800 million investment program to transform the Port of Tartous, completing the delivery of three Mobile Harbor Cranes (MHCs) that will strengthen Syria’s trade infrastructure and support the country’s economic recovery. The thre
Port of Tauranga Limited received conditional approval of its fast-track application for the Stella Passage development today. The fast-track expert panel issued a draft decision proposing to grant all approvals sought by Port of Tauranga, subject to conditions. Port of Tauranga has two days to comm
Georgia’s Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Tamar Ioseliani, met with Tim Devolder, Director of the Georgia branch of Jan De Nul, earlier this week. The parties discussed the ongoing construction works of the Anaklia Deep Sea Port. The meeting was held on site at the Anaklia po
Te Rūnaka o Ōtākou has gifted the name, Kapuka, to the new $36 million trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) owned by Napier Port and Port Otago and due to arrive in New Zealand in December. The name Kapuka means “to scoop out with both hands together”. According to Napier Port, the sheer scale of
Rohde Nielsen has completed capital dredging works at the Port of Aalborg, Denmark, supporting the construction of the new Quay 8017 and the continued development of the port’s infrastructure. During the project, approximately 160,000 m³ of soft seabed material was excavated to achieve the required
Marinex Construction from Charleston, South Carolina, has won a firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging contract in in Savannah, Georgia. According to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the project also includes related construction services, involving furnishing personnel, transport
Joanne Thompson, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, has announced the launch of Phase 2 of a major reconstruction project at Red Head Harbor in Prince Edward Island (PEI). This phase will see the complete reconstruction of the western wharf, improving safety, reliability and climate resilience for harv
Royal Van der Leun has been awarded the electrical engineering scope for a new Easydredge® 2700XL trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), currently under construction by Royal IHC for a dredging project in West Africa. “With the contract now signed, our engineering team is getting straight to work a
The Webuild Group strengthens its presence in Liguria with an €803 million contract awarded by Autostrade per l’Italia for the construction of the central section of the Genoa Undersea Road Tunnel. The project will be executed by Webuild (90 percent) and its subsidiary SELI Overseas (10 percent). Ac
