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NORFOLK, Va. — Some of the largest cranes to operate at an East Coast commercial port have arrived in Virginia, marking the latest effort to accommodate the increasingly mammoth container ships that underpin international trade. Standing 170 feet tall, the Chinese-made gantry cranes towered over the ship that carried them through the mouth of the… Read More
ROTTERDAM: Dutch dredging company Van der Kamp has put into service a unique LNG-powered ‘Ecodelta’ dredger at the Port of Rotterdam. The vessel is designed as a trailing suction hopper with two main objectives: recover valuable material from the seabed and create a greater depth of water. The 7,560 GT vessel has a length of… Read More
Here is an excerpt from a Jan 4/2019 WSJ review: “Mr. Amrith has written a marvelous—and marvelously ambitious—book that sets out to explain how water has shaped the history of Asia. In truth, his narrative is centered on the Indian subcontinent, despite its insightful forays into China’s hydraulic history … Mr. Amrith begins with a… Read More
(KATU Photo) PORTLAND, Ore. — Ross Island Sand and Gravel in Southeast Portland is closing its concrete division and laying off more than three dozen workers. Ross Island Sand and Gravel is owned by the Pamplin Corporation. The company says it’s shifting focus from concrete to dredging. Source: Katu 2
Stationary dredger SEEM 16-640ST « Milady » with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure has been launched.at Merré shipyard. Delivered in 2019, it is a stationary dredgerl built by Merré shipyard for the Services Industriels de Genève based in Switzerland. The SEEM 16-640ST cutter suction dredger is designed by the Merré Design Office and will… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing to perform a riverbank protection project to stabilize approximately 500 linear feet of riverbank along the Connecticut River in Lyme, New Hampshire. The town of Lyme is the local sponsor for the proposed project. Erosion is occurring at a section of… Read More
Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company, has provided the detailed design for Shaver Transportation Company’s new, Z-drive tug – Samantha S. The multi-purpose tug was built at Diversified Marine Inc., in Portland, Ore., and is operating along the West Coast. The tug is ABS-classed and carries a FFV1 firefighting… Read More
2018 has been quite the year for Van Oord. We christened three new additions to the Van Oord fleet, organised an international symposium, published a book and invited youngsters to join us in looking forward to the future. We celebrated Van Oord’s 150th anniversary with our colleagues all around the world. The golden lining was… Read More
Lizi Stewart joins the consultant after 15 years at Arcadis. Atkins has named Arcadis executive Lizi Stewart as the head of its UK and European transportation division. Stewart joins the SNC-Lavalin Group-owned consultant on 1 February after working for Arcadis for 15 years. Latterly the managing director of Arcadis’ highways and aviation arm, she also… Read More
The Houston City Council and Harris County Commissioners met Monday to choose a new chair for the Port of Houston Authority, but they couldn’t come to a consensus. The meeting was filled with confusion over procedure and arguments over the way votes should be taken. Ultimately, it came down to two candidates: Ric Campo, chairman… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster from the Netherlands has been awarded a contract for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm project in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland, UK. Boskalis will do the transportation and installation of wind turbine foundations, the offshore substation and cables, for Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL), a subsidiary of Red… Read More
There is no question of closure of state-owned Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) as three major ports, including Visakhapatnam Port, plan to pick up government stake in the company, Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said. “At the department level, we have taken a decision. The three major ports are now ready to acquire DCI. We have… Read More
UK-based marine survey company Gardline, which became part of Boskalis in 2017, has appointed a new chief executive. The company has announced the appointment of Christiaan Vermeijden as chief executive officer, effective immediately. He will replace interim chief executive, Gerben Eggink. Mr Vermeijden said, “I am honoured to become chief executive of Gardline, a company… Read More
The Midstream Oil and Gas Congress (MOCG) 2019 is dedicated to Oil and Gas Transportation via pipelines. As a matter of fact, with more and more offshore undertakings for the extraction of oil and gas, there is a growing demand for a special kind of equipment that can handle both the aggressive environments found in… Read More
Royal IHC has secured a contract from Belgium-based DEME for the design and build of four new vessels. The order consists of a copy of the recently delivered 8,400m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) SCHELDT RIVER, a 2,300m3 TSHD, and two 3,500m3 split barges. The SCHELDT RIVER was delivered in 2017 and due to its… Read More