Stornoway Port Authority has published two new applications to allow it to undertake dredging work and construct new deep water port and marina. Bosses have applied to ministers for marine licences under section 20 of the Marine (Scotland) Act to build the marina and undertake dredging and dredged spoil deposit for the development. It is… Read More
A $26.3-million contract to repair the Port Dalhousie Piers has been awarded to an Oakville company. The Ministry of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard announced Monday that Bronte Construction will restore the piers. It said the company is mobilizing at the site this week and will start construction in early 2019. The project… Read More
Shares of Mercator climbed 3% in intraday trade on Thursday as the company announced that it has emerged as the lowest bidder for maintenance dredging of 7mn CUM quantity for 3 years at Paradip Port. “The contract value is Rs167.61cr expected to be completed over a period of 36 months,” the company announced in a… Read More
SeaMade offshore windfarm is being developed in the Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the North Sea. The 487MW project will integrate two wind sites known as Mermaid and Seastar. It is the single largest windfarm being funded and built in Belgium. The windfarm will be owned and operated by SeaMade, which is a consortium… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) recently submitted a tender to WSA Cuxhaven for the deepening of the river Elbe. Yesterday evening, the awarding client published the commercial outcome of the tender in which Boskalis submitted the lowest price. WSA Cuxhaven will verify the commercial and technical aspects of the tender in the coming weeks and… Read More
Gerd Stensen, like Damen, is a family company. Their dredging work includes but is not limited to the extraction of coral sand for the French agricultural industry. They have previously operated a Damen Stan Tug 1, still going strong after 36 years and recently sold to a vessel operator in the Baltics. Fast delivery The… Read More
Global design firm Stantec has been awarded more than $35 million in assignments for planning and preliminary design of a multi-mission dry dock and other upgrades at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery, Maine. The projects represent tasks under Stantec’s $60 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for multi-discipline waterfront architect-engineering services for the Naval Facilities Engineering… Read More
The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority announced two tenders for dredging in the ports of the Azov Sea. Applications for participation in tenders for operational dredging in Mariupol and Berdiansk seaports are accepted until January 14, 2019. The relevant information is published in the ProZorro electronic procurement system. The Head of the USPA, Raivis Veckagans, said… Read More
On December 13th, Brazilian company WEG Electric Equipment and Dutch company Praxis Automation Technology, both leading companies within their respective fields, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the bid of Damen Shipyards Group and Saab for the construction of four corvettes for the Brazilian Navy. For the Tamandaré class corvettes bid, Praxis and… Read More
The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority announced two tenders for dredging in the ports of the Azov Sea. Applications for participation in tenders for operational dredging in Mariupol and Berdiansk seaports are accepted until January 14, 2019. The relevant information is published in the ProZorro electronic procurement system. “The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority has decided to… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi awarded two major contracts to begin work building a marine storage terminal on Harbor Island at the Wednesday, Dec. 13, port of commissioners meeting. Contracts awarded total $12 million: $5.4 million with Derrick Construction Co. Inc. of Rockport to remove three exiting docks on the island and $6.5 million with… Read More
The federal government will soon start a $18 million project to rebuild Pleasure Island’s beaches damaged by hurricanes Matthew and Florence, with Washington picking up most of the tab. According to the Army Corps of Engineers, the contract includes the periodic nourishment scheduled for Carolina Beach and Kure Beach every three years, but “is unique… Read More
The consortium of superyacht marina development and operating group Adriatic Marinas and the global ship and superyacht builder Damen, have been working with the Government of Montenegro. Since 2012 the parties have been developing plans to bring about the redevelopment of the former Bijela shipyard in Boka Bay, Montenegro. The recent completion of technical surveys… Read More
Two recently-let contracts collectively worth roughly $500,000 effectively mark the start of summer works as part of a wider $15-million, several-year upgrade of the Awanui River flood scheme. Te Hiku constituency representative Mike Finlayson says the Northland Regional Council (NRC) had formally awarded both contracts to local firm Kaitaia Contracting Limited earlier this month. (subs:… Read More
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and Royal Boskalis Westminster NV (AMS:BOKA), previously named preferred turbine and inter-array cabling suppliers for the 950-MW Moray East offshore wind project in the UK, now have firm contracts in place. MHI Vestas today said it will supply 100 pieces of its V164-9.5MW for the 950-MW Moray East offshore wind project… Read More