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Yorkshire Water is set to spend £7 million replacing the sea outfall pipe at Wheatcroft. The pipe, which has a suffered a number of fractures and leaks in recent years, discharges waste water from the washing and processing of potatoes at McCain’s factory into the sea at Cornelian Bay. Over the last few years of… Read More
Femern A/S, a subsidiary of the Danish state-owned Sund & Bælt Holding A/S, has today announced its intention to award a substantial contract related to the construction of a tunnel connecting Denmark and Germany to the Fehmarn Belt Contractors consortium including Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis). Besides Boskalis, the consortium includes Hochtief AG, Ed Züblin… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Bram Gräber (50) as group director Maritime Services for its Offshore Energy division. Mr. Gräber will be responsible for the maritime services activities including heavy marine transport and subsea services within Boskalis. Mr. Gräber has a long history within KLM Royal Dutch… Read More
Ingrid Howard, a geotechnical engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, was recognized in the National Society of Professional Engineers’ 2016 Federal Engineer of the Year Award Ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington Feb. 26. Howard was nominated for this award after she was chosen as the Middle East… Read More
3TM, a Martinican company, decided to invest in an IMS Model 7012 HP Versi-Dredge to complete his dredging contract at Grand Riviere Port. Mr. Trebeau worked closely with Washington-based maritime consultancy Underwater Professionals to prepare the site for dredging. “I conducted careful research and consulted international experts on environmental engineering to ensure that the dredge… Read More
Luxembourg-based company Jan de Nul, next May will start dredging the Maputo harbour channel to allow navigation of ships of up to 80,000 gross tons, the company managing the port said in a statement. This project, which will deepen the port channel from -11 metres currently to -14.2 metres, has an estimated cost of US$115… Read More
DEME Group’s offshore marine engineering devision GeoSea and Siemens have concluded an EPCI foundation contract for the Hohe See offshore wind farm. The new contract confirms Germany as a key market for the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group following its recent acquisition of the offshore assets and personnel from its former German partner… Read More
Port Bronka and Boskalis have signed an agreement on dredging works in 2016. The document was signed within the framework of the 3rd International Forum of Dredging Companies organized by Media-Group PortNews. Access channel of MSCC Bronka consists of two straight parts. The point of turn and conjunction is to be widened. Radius of the… Read More
DP World has signed contracts for civil construction work at its new Container Terminal 4 on a reclaimed island in Jebel Ali Port. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, DP World Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Zeyad Baker, Executive Director, Dutco Balfour Beatty LLC and Patrick McKinney, Area Manager, Middle East and Gulf, BAM International Abu… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District recently selected David Wallace as chief of its Design Branch of Engineering Division. In this position, Wallace will be responsible for supervising and managing the branch to provide engineering design activities to support the Vicksburg District’s (District) civil works program. The civil works-engineering program consists of major… Read More
Sergei Milushkin, Director General of Special Economic Zone Lotus PJSC held negotiations on cooperation with a number of companies within the framework of the 3rd International Forum of Dredging Companies organized by Media-Group PortNews and held in Moscow on February 26, 2016. SEZ Lotus PJSC says the negotiations were held with Hydromec, Royal IHC (IHC),… Read More
Belgian dredging major DEME increased its net profit by 18% to EUR199.2 million (USD218.7 million) in 2015. It is a year that it described as “particularly active”, given its work on a large number of major international projects. Turnover fell by 9.1% to EUR2.35 billion after exceptionally activity levels in 2014 but this did not… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (NASDAQ:GLDD) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The company reported ($0.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.05, AnalystRatings.NET reports. The company had revenue of $222.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $228.60 million. Shares of… Read More
Humpuss Intermoda Transportasi, a shipping services company, plans to expand to dredging this year, looking for works from government port building projects across the archipelago to compensate for a decline in the company’s commodity transport business. The company has set aside $20 million to $100 million in investment to acquire 40 new ships for dredging,… Read More
The remaining tin dredge (Tin Dredge Heritage) – the only one of its kind in the country, in Jalan Tanjung Tualang, Batu Gajah is undergoing rehabilitation work costing RM8.5 million in three phases and is expected to re-open to the public in two years. The giant mining machine known as Tanjung Tualang Dredge No 5… Read More