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The decision Monday by Outer Harbor Terminal in Oakland to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection will not deter Ports America from continuing to invest in its other container terminals on both the West and East coasts, the company said Wednesday. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
The City of Newport Beach will receive two awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ACSE) Orange County Branch at the group’s annual awards dinner on February 18. The $36 million Marina Park project was unveiled last month, offering a variety of recreational activities. “We would like to congratulate the City of Newport Beach… Read More
The Russian government is considering the privatization of seven major state-owned enterprises in a bid to plug budget gaps from plummeting oil revenue, with high-level meetings between company officials, government ministries and President Vladimir Putin himself. But of the many companies potentially up for sale, only one firm, shipping operator Sovcomflot, is a stand-out candidate… Read More
Following hard on the heels of its 2014 success on the Medmerry managed realignment project on the Sussex coast, construction consortium Team Van Oord has completed another coastal protection scheme – once again with the help of Kijlstra precast units. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
This company is a solicitation for advertising How do you know if your dredge is really automated? Through the many years of automation consulting in the dredging industry, I often hear the phrase “my dredge is automated.” When I inquire as to what they actually have, I get responses such as, we have a production… Read More
Royal IHC and German company DIHAG Holding GmbH have jointly acquired the Belgian steel and iron foundry, Allard-Europe NV. IHC and DIHAG each take an equity stake of 40% and 60% respectively. hrough this acquisition, IHC is able to realise a reliable supply chain (competitive on price, quality and delivery time) for strategically important casting… Read More
ITC Lake Erie Connector LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITC Holdings Corp., the largest independent electricity transmission company in the United States, today announced it has filed a joint permit application with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in support of the ITC Lake Erie Connector merchant transmission… Read More
Respected salvage master Captain Nick Sloane has joined Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based salvors Resolve Marine Group as the firm’s new director. Captain Sloane has more than thirty years of experience as a salvage master and project manager, with a deep portfolio of past operations around the globe, from fire and flooding response to rig operations and… Read More
Reuben Byrd, formerly chief operating officer at Grand Bahama Shipyard, has taken the position of COO at International Ship Repair and Marine Services of Tampa, Florida. Mr. Byrd brings thirty years of shipyard management experience to the firm. The yard specializes in rapid repair services to ocean-going vessels, with steel fabrication and replacement rates of… Read More
Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard (part of United Shipbuilding Corporation) today, January 29 launched the Sommers, the lead vessel of a series of three dredgers of TSHD 1000 design, being built for Rosmorport, the IAA PortNews correspondent reports from the launching ceremony. The TSHDs series is scheduled for delivery in 2016. The contract between Rosmorport and Krasnoye… Read More
On 5 December 2012, the car carrier Baltic Ace sank with more than 1,400 cars on board after a collision with a container ship near the entrance of the main shipping lane leading to Rotterdam port. Rijkswaterstaat contracted Boskalis and its partner Mammoet Salvage for the wreck removal operation.
Dmitry Khritin, Director General of MNP Group (Marine Oil & Gas Projects), tells IAA PortNews about the Group’s activities during the past year and the plans for the nearest future. – Mr. Khritin, how good was the past year for MNP Group? What re the economic results? – The past year was a hard work period…. Read More
Central Sands is using an Ellicott Swinging Ladder dredge to deliver a milestone this week in the cure for Indian River Lagoon, sucking up decades of mayonnaise-like muck from a Cocoa Beach canal. On Thursday, the Ellicott dredge began removing the built-up muck from a canal along the Banana River Lagoon. The $2 million project… Read More
Acta Marine is pleased to announce the latest addition to our fleet: Coastal Ace. This Multicat vessel strengthens our fleet and will enable us to provide better service to our clients on their shallow water projects. The Multicat vessel, purchased in Australia, is an elegant 26.48 meters long. She is equipped with two large cranes,… Read More
ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has appointed David Finch, a coastal and estuarine dynamics specialist, to extend its support to the coastal management and waterside development sectors. David has over 26 years’ experience in the construction, calibration and application of hydrodynamic, wave and sediment transport models and in the specification and supervision of oceanographic… Read More