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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
Recently the Kansas Water Office was recognized by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers for their continued partnership and contribution to the USACE mission during the approval process of the John Redmond Reservoir Dredging Initiative. This project is the first and largest inland Section 408 request—permission for the alteration of a USACE civil works… Read More
To further strengthen its position in the offshore renewable power generation & transportation market, DEME has started the construction of the multipurpose vessel ‘Living Stone’. The vessel is being built by the Spanish shipyard LaNaval near Bilbao where recently the keel laying ceremony took place. The ‘Living Stone’ will be delivered in 2017 making it… Read More
Selangor Dredging Bhd ( Valuation: 3.00, Fundamental: 1.30) is buying two parcels of agriculture land in Ulu Klang for RM67.5 million cash. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, Selangor Dredging said its wholly owned unit SDB Properties Sdn Bhd had entered into an agreement with Alam Palma Development Sdn Bhd to acquire the two… Read More
Don Boihem has been re-elected as chairman of the South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission. The commission is the administrative authority for Port Manchac. Boihem will be serving his second consecutive term. Other officers for 2016 are Daryl Ferrara, vice chairman; Ernest Drake III, secretary; and Lucas Watkins, treasurer. Other members are James W. Daniels II,… Read More
Van Oord has ordered a new cutter suction dredger from Royal IHC. The vessel, a modular IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP built at the yard in Sliedrecht, will be delivered on 1 April 2016. – See more at: http://www.vanoord.com/news/2016-van-oord-strengthens-fleet-new-cutter-suction-dredger#sthash.wdve1axg.y8E2zej4.dpuf Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 22 January 2016 – Van Oord has ordered a new cutter suction dredger from… Read More
Liberia President Ellen Sirleaf has reaffirmed government’s commitment to doing business with Belgian firms in a bid to revitalize the bilateral relationship between both countries, especially in the areas of trade and commerce.In remarks when she met with a joint Belgium-Luxembourg Preparatory Trade and Investment delegation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia Friday,… Read More
Global e-commerce platform INTTRA is the world’s largest electronic marketplace for carriers, freight forwarders and shippers. Members of INTTRA’s network of 220,000 freight forwarders and shippers make booking requests withover 50 major carriers and non-vessel operating common carriers via the firm’s service, where they can also view ocean schedules, data analytics and tracking information, get… Read More
Van Oord is about to undertake maintenance dredging of parts of Salcombe estuary, UK following a competitive tendering process. The dredging campaign starts as soon as its newest dredging vessel Borr completes its current tasking. The start of the campaign was announced by Slacombe Harbour authorities on 12 January. Lifting the sediment with waterVan Oord’s… Read More
The Labor Party failed to disclose a $30,000 corporate donation to its 2013 federal election campaign … The Weekend Australian has confirmed that neither the ALP nor the donor, marine contractor Van Oord Australia, disclosed the payment in election returns to the Australian Electoral Commission, meaning both face potential penalties under the act. READ FULL… Read More
Recently, the Seaport District garnered lots of attention following General Electric’s (GE) announcement to move its headquarters to Massachusetts. Over the years, the transformation of this area led to a revitalization of the harbor and the city. After the Omnibus Agreement became a law last month, there are more improvements ahead for the Port of… Read More
While lacking an easement agreement with the city, a Warrenville-based oil company has applied for the necessary state permits to construct a nearly 2-mile oil transport pipeline beneath the I&M Canal in Lockport for a new barge facility. Ducere LLC has submitted project plans for approval to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, according to… Read More