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Royal Boskalis Westminster, which has expanded rapidly into the offshore market during the boom in the offshore oil and gas industry when the oil price was high, says it expects the low oil price to continue to have a damping effect on opportunities in the industry for some time, but will continue to promote integrated… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday that it has awarded a $3.7 million contract to dredge Cleveland Harbor and the six-mile Cuyahoga River shipping channel. The dredging work is expected to begin by Nov. 1, and be completed by Dec. 15. Under terms of the agreement, Ryba Marine Construction of Cheboygan, Mich., will… Read More
Ellicott® Dredges, LLC announced that it has received three significant contracts for custom-designed dredges. In the first instance a major international chemical company selected Ellicott to build a custom electric bucketwheel dredge to mine salt in a very hard digging application. The new dredge, which will increase the mine’s output per operating hour and reduce… Read More
Bina Puri Holdings Bhd and China’s CCCC Dredging (Group) Co Ltd will form a consortium to build the Kuantan Waterfront Resort City with a gross development value (GDV) of RM15 billion over the next 10 years. Bina Puri Holdings Bhd chairman Tan Sri Wong Foon Meng said the consortium would see both companies holding a… Read More
Kirby Inland Marine L.P. has agreed to pay $4.9 million in Clean Water Act civil penalties and to implement fleet-wide operational improvements to settle claims stemming from a 4,000-barrel (168,000-gallon) oil spill in the Houston Ship Channel in March 2014, the Department of Justice and the Coast Guard announced. In its complaint, filed in the… Read More
ABS, a leading provider of classification and technical services to the global marine and offshore industries, has been awarded a research contract by the Maritime Security Center (MSC) – a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center of Excellence, led by Stevens Institute of Technology – for a two-year research program focused on defining the… Read More
Encorp Bhd is selling 2.33ha of freehold land in Bandar Batu Ferringi, Penang to Crescent Consortium Sdn Bhd for RM25 million, Bernama reported yesterday. In a filing to Bursa Malaysia yesterday, the company said the disposal will enable Encorp to unlock its capital from being tied up as long-term assets, Bernama reported. The disposal consideration… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has awarded a $5.9 million contract to RTS Shearing, LLC, of Jamestown, North Dakota, to complete Phase 1 of the Marsh Lake Ecosystem Restoration Project. Marsh Lake is on the Minnesota River between Swift and Lac qui Parle counties near Ortonville. The project involves restoring the… Read More
AECOM will oversee construction of the project for Meridian Port Services (MPS), operator of the container terminal at Tema Port AECOM will provide design and procurement management services prior to the award of construction contracts. Afterwards, it will supervise the construction of all of the port expansion facilities. The project commenced at the beginning of… Read More
The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has finally awarded the capital dredging contract to a foreign company for the approach channel of Pakistan Deep Water Container Terminal (PDWCT) at a cost of Rs2.985 billion last Friday, official sources disclosed on Thursday. After receiving four tender bids, KPT in December 2015 opened technical part of the bids… Read More
Georgetown County Council approved a contract with Waterfront Property Services of Clearwater, Florida, for the parsonage and main creeks portion of the Murrells Inlet dredging project. The project will run concurrent with the larger dredging project being conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers. The county will pay Waterfront $3.8 million. Council also approved paying… Read More
The Government of Georgia signed an agreement today that grants the Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) the exclusive right to construct, develop and operate the $2.5 billion Anaklia Deep Sea Port, which will help establish a new maritime corridor from China to Europe. As part of the agreement, the Government will invest $100 million in the… Read More
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hunter Marine has agreed to sell its Hunter Sand & Gravel and Hunter Marine Terminal divisions to Pine Bluff Materials Co. LLC. The company will retain its Hunter Marine Transport business unit. Hunter Sand & Gravel produces aggregate used by the construction industry for concrete, asphalt and masonry projects in the mid‐South. The… Read More
Steen S. Karstensen, coming from a position as Chief Procurement Officer, has been appointed CEO of Maersk Supply Service with effect from 24 October. He takes over from Jørn Madsen, who was recently appointed CEO of Maersk Drilling. Steen S. Karstensen joined the Group in 1986 and has had an impressive 30-year-career with the company… Read More
The attack on a UAE civilian ship by Houthi militias has been described as a “terrorist act” by Yemeni authorities. The Yemeni government denounced the attack on the Swift, which was taking injured civilians from Yemen for medical treatment elsewhere, calling it “a terrorist attack that violates international laws” and a threat to international security…. Read More