Bakker Sliedrecht – specialized in the design, production, installation and maintenance of complex electrical installations – will be taking care of an electrical conversion project on board Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox Terranova. The company recently received order for the engi
The Moray Council’s new £2.4 million dredger is to be named MV Selkie. The name was chosen by members of the council’s economic development and infrastructure committee yesterday. It was selected from a shortlist drawn up from more than 300 suggestions submitted by children from coastal schools in M
The Environment Agency recently held two final public exhibitions on Shoreham Adur tidal walls scheme. The scheme that will reduce the risk of flooding to Shoreham-by-Sea and Lancing is being developed jointly by Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Adur District Council, West Sussex
Rijkswaterstaat and the OpenIJ consortium – consisting of BAM-PGGM, VolkerWessels and DIF – have reached financial close for the contract to design, construct, finance and maintain a new sea lock at IJmuiden. Construction activities will be carried out by a BAM Infra and VolkerWessels joint venture.
Van Oord and Atlas Professionals yesterday, October 15th, signed a three year frame agreement for the supply of marine and offshore personnel. 33 years ago, Atlas supplied the first candidate to Van Oord, starting the long-standing relationship between these two companies. Van Oord recently issued a
Exactly one year into the construction of the UK’s first ever offshore wind turbine manufacturing, assembly, installation and service facility, the dredging campaign which will allow deeper-drafted vessels to call at ports along the Humber Estuary has also now provided the foundations for the Siemen
The Littlehaven Promenade and Sea Wall project has been named among the nominees for this year’s UK Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award. Regarded as the pinnacle of The British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards, The Prime Minister’s Award recognize excellence in construction, design, and
National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) of Abu Dhabi, has just released a video about its involvement in the News Suez Canal project. The giant project involved the creation of a new Suez Canal parallel to the current channel of a total length of 34 kilometers, led by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA).
DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group (DeepOcean), has been awarded a contract for the provision of post-lay trenching and survey works in Australia. The company has a long track record of providing trenching services for oil and gas contractors and operators in the Asia Pacific Regio
Anthony D Bates Partnership (ADBP) announced today that the company has received dumping at sea permit for Dunmore East Harbor project. The maintenance dredging contract for the Dunmore East Harbor in South East Ireland, was awarded earlier this year to L&M Keating Ltd. L&M Keating, in association w
The Danish Ministry of Defense has just released a tender for the renovation and upgrading of the quay at the Naval Base in Frederikshavn. The project includes renovation of approximately 1,570m of wharf, the establishment of 700m of new quay, dredging, delivery and installation of sand behind the n
The Dublin Port Company is establishing a Qualification System for Civil/Marine Engineering Contractors so that tender competitions can be conducted (under a negotiated procedure) for the works projects in connection with the Alexandra Basin Redevelopment (ABR). While the system is of indefinite dur
The Environment Agency is currently working on a number of different schemes that will address the flood and coastal erosion risk in England. The main aim of these efforts is to reduce the risk to communities and protect property. The measures needed for each location are considered on a case by cas
A large-scale dredging project is currently underway at the port of Cherbourg, France. Earlier this year, the Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA) launched the works, which will be a milestone in the history of the port’s development. The project is being managed by the company SODRACO, a subsidiary of
