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Ellicott Dredge Enterprises announces that Fulco Vrooland has joined the company as Managing Director of their ROHR-IDRECO Dredge Systems European division. In this capacity he will be working to expand the company’s business within Europe as well as internationally. Fulco brings an impressive background in the maritime sector. He has worked as Chief Commercial Officer… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has concluded the acquisition of the dredging activities and assets of STRABAG Wasserbau GmbH. The transaction price of EUR 70 million has been financed from Boskalis‘ own cash, the company said in its press release. With the transaction Boskalis acquires the equipment, personnel and relevant contracts of STRABAG Wasserbau. The… Read More
Femern A/S, a subsidiary of the Danish state-owned Sund & Bælt Holding A/S, has announced its intention to award a substantial contract related to the construction of a tunnel connecting Denmark and Germany. The winning Fehmarn Belt Contractors consortium includes Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., Hochtief AG, Ed Züblin AG, and Van Oord. The total budget… Read More
Belgian dredging and marine construction giant Jan De Nul has landed its first ever lock construction project in the Netherlands. As part of the Sas van Vreeswijk (SPC) consortium, Jan De Nul will be involved in the construction of a third lock chamber at the Princess Beatrix Lock and widening of the Lek Canal near… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract by Samsung Heavy Industries for the transportation of the three topside modules of the riser platform and the topside of the processing platform for the Johan Sverdrup project offshore Norway. The contract carries a value of approximately USD 40 million. The modules will be transported… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $37.5 million contract to a Bay Shore bridge builder to construct dunes and jetties off the Long Beach coastline. The Army Corps selected Bay Shore-based H & L Contracting LLC for a $37,595,900 contract for the Long Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management project. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
REDmeters just released the new RM2, a non-nuclear in-line density meter that can be mounted on any dredging vessel. This is new for the dredging world, that has been struggling to justify contractual pricing with performance. As a result, contractual negotiations today, are mostly based on estimated time to complete the project, not on the… Read More
In an exclusive interview with IHS Dredging and Port Construction on the sidelines of the International Conference on Dredging (ports, harbours and inland waterways) organised by the India chapter of the Eastern Dredging Association (EADA) in the city of Ahmedabad on 11 March, Dr Ram Mohan advised, “Environment-friendly dredging is the way forward. People are… Read More
NASDAQ-listed Eagle Bulk has averted a second bankruptcy and recapitalised its balance sheet with an infusion of new money, including fresh capital from existing shareholders Oaktree Capital and Goldentree Asset Management. Eagle Bulk, which owns 44 Supramaxes, has been operating under a forbearance agreement with its ABN AMRO-led lender group since January. Upon the company’s… Read More
Dutch dredging and marine construction major Van Oord has reported excellent results for 2015, including a record revenue of €2.579 billion, an increase of 23% on the previous year, and a record profit of €169 million. The figures are attributed to the successful execution of several major projects, including construction of the Second Suez Canal,… Read More
Construction of the first Honolulu Rail Transit station officially started with a groundbreaking ceremony on February 25. Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit and contractor Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co were joined by city and state officials at West Loch station. Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co is building West Loch under a contract awarded in June 2015 that… Read More
Van Oord has acquired trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Contender’ from Dutch Abeko Marine, the company said in its press release. The vessel has a hopper capacity of 2,680 m3. This purchase allows Van Oord to strengthen its fleet in the small trailing suction hopper dredger segment. ‘Dravo S.A., our Spanish subsidiary, will deploy the vessel… Read More
The release of HYPACK® 2016. The new release of the HYPACK® 2016 software offers users cutting-edge technology that further aids them in attaining their required objectives.We are very excited about this new version! Some of the new features in HYPACK® 2016 include: High-density laser data acquisition, Multi-detect multibeam support, Multi-day acquisition and processing, Post-processed positioning… Read More
All American Marine has landed a major contract to build a 68-foot boat for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The contract is for more than $4 million to build the aluminum catamaran survey vessel with a delivery date of March 2017, said Matt Mullett, president and CEO of All American Marine. The vessel will… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announces that the Hollands Noorderkwartier district water board has awarded the contract to reinforce the Wadden Sea dike on the Dutch island of Texel to “Combinatie Tessel”, a consortium consisting of Boskalis and KWS, a VolkerWessels company. The contract carries a value of EUR 70 million, of which Boskalis’ share… Read More