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Dong Energy of Denmark has handed Van Oord a contract to transport and install all 87 foundations at the Walney Extension offshore wind farm off the Cumbrian coast. The wind farm will consist of 40 Vestas and 47 Siemens wind turbines with a total capacity of 660 MW. Van Oord will transport the foundations, monopiles… Read More
HOUSTON, Nov. 05, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) (the “Company”), a leading construction company, today reported net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2015, of $7.4 million ($0.27 diluted loss per share). These results compare to net income of $3.0 million ($0.11 diluted earnings per share) for the same… Read More
A team of Dutch water specialists from companies including Royal HaskoningDHV and Van Oord is to assist the Philippines with a plan to safeguard the coast around Tacloban from typhoons. In 2013, the country was hit severely by the destructive typhoon Haiyan, resulting in thousands of casualties and vast material damage. Foreign trade and development… Read More
Wim Biesemans joins the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME. Biesemans will join DEME’s management team as CEO of DEME Concessions. He will oversee all concession activities related to infrastructure, renewable energy (offshore wind and wave and tidal energy) and marine resources. Wim Biesemans is certainly no stranger to the renewable energy sector…. Read More
A Covington company will begin work this month to restore 8.1 miles of the Pensacola Beach shoreline, according to the Pensacola News Journal. The project will replace sand loss caused by Hurricanes Gustav, Ike, Ida and Isaac, as well as natural background erosion over the last 10 years. The work will be done by the… Read More
China Communications Construction Co. (1800) wants to raise up to HK$7.8 billion in Hong Kong via a float of its dredging unit to finance the acquisition of new ships and to upgrade its existing fleet. It plans to use the rest of the IPO proceeds for overseas business expansion, research and development and establishment of… Read More
Maryland Port Administration (MPA) has appointed Christina E Correale to oversee the dredging programme for its new harbour development. Ms Correale comes to the MPA after five years as principal of the EcoLogix Group, where her duties included serving as a senior advisor to the MPA on dredged material management projects. She was previously chief… Read More
Royal IHC named the MAHURY, a 1.840m3 capacity twin-screw trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), on 29 October 2015 at its partner MTG Dolphin’s shipyard in Varna, Bulgaria. The new TSHD is Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging’s fourth IHC-built vessel. Dutch Dredging named the vessel after its tradition of reusing the names of sold or… Read More
Integral Consulting Inc. (Integral) will use ocean-depth sediment profile imaging (SPI)/plan view camera system to conduct baseline and post-disposal monitoring for a dredging and disposal project in Douglas Harbor, Alaska. The company was awarded the subcontract by Western Marine Construction of Seattle, Washington, who is conducting the dredging, disposal, and capping for the U.S. Army… Read More
Just a few days from now, trailing suction hopper dredge Pelican will begin maintenance dredging of the Lakes Entrance Bar in Victoria, Australia. According to the Gippsland Ports announcement, the Pelican will be carrying out dredging operations on the Lakes Entrance Bar for a period of approximately six weeks starting Friday 6th November 2015. During… Read More
The APM Global Terminal Network will enter China’s fast-growing grain import market as part of a joint venture with Qingdao Port International, continuing APM Terminals’ ongoing expansion into port and terminal operations outside containerized cargo handling. The newly developed Qingdao Port Dongjiakou Multi-Purpose Terminal, in which APM Terminals will hold a 20% share, is located… Read More
Inix Technologies Holdings Bhd is optimistic over outlook, given its diversification initiative into the promising dredging and land reclamation services industry. It is doing this via a 30 per cent stake in Galactic Maritime (M) Sdn Bhd. Executive Director Chow Hung Keey said Inix has also proposed a two-for-one rights issue and detachable warrants to… Read More
Royal IHC has aquired raser Hydraulic Power (FHP) in he UK and Robbins Technology Group (RTG) in Brisbane, Australia. In so doing it has expanded its offshore rental fleet and gained a stronger foothold in the mining market. Founded in 1986, FHP designs and builds systems for laying subsea cables and umbilicals with tracked engines… Read More
Malaysian luxury property developer Eastern & Oriental (E&O) has selected infrastructure giant China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) for major land reclamation works on the second phase of its high-end residential development on Penang Island. Under the contract, worth just over $534m (RM2.320bn), CCCC’s newly formed Malaysian subsidiary will dredge to reclaim 891 acres for phase… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation in the US has reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 and nine month period to that date. For the quarter ended 30 September 2015, Great Lakes reported revenue of US$220.8 million, net income of US$0.3 million, and adjusted EBITDA of US$23.1 million. During the quarter,… Read More