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With steamships getting bigger, dredging is increasingly critical to seaports such as Maryland Port Administration’s Port of Baltimore. “Dredging has become a very critical component of furthering the MPA’s mission of promoting waterborne commerce through Maryland in a way that provides economic benefits for our state,” said MPA Executive Director James J. White. “Without continuous… Read More
DP World Australia has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Tasmanian Ports Corporation, Tasports, under which the two parties will work together to provide an international container terminal at the Port of Burnie in North West Tasmania. Announcing the plan, Tasports CEO Paul Weedon welcomed the commitment by DP World Australia to progress their… Read More
Ministry has signed a contract with Van Oord Dredging and Marine contractor for the dredging, reclamation and civil works of Gdh.Thinadhoo, S.Feydhoo and K.Himmafushi, The ceremony on 5th November 2015 at Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure was attended by Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, Dr. Mohamed Muizzu and Area manager of Van Oord Dredging and… Read More
The company responsible for the dredging of New Bedford harbor will pay penalties to the EPA for allegedly violating the Ocean Dumping Act. The EPA says Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting, along with it’s joint venture Cashman-Weeks NB, dumped dredged materials outside of designated locations in Portland, Maine and New Bedford. The agency alleges Cashman… Read More
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