Rolls-Royce will consider selling its lossmaking commercial marine business as chief executive Warren East launches a new round of cost-cutting in a bid to accelerate his shake-up of the blue-chip engineer. Mr. East said he was looking at the strategic options for the marine business as part of a wider restructuring that includes consolidating Rolls-Royce’s… Read More
Jamaica’s cruise tourism market is expected at the very least to match last year’s unexpected performance, but there is hope that the number of visitors could edge even closer two million passengers if current growth trajectories are maintained. The Port Authority of Jamaica, which manages the cruise ports, is executing berth upgrades and dredging projects… Read More
The Wisconsin Harbor Assistance Program has awarded about $8 million in grants to improve transportation and access at ports and harbors across the state. Door County’s Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding received the largest grant, Wisconsin Public Radio reported. The $3.6 million grant will be used for dock wall construction and dredging. “This will be extremely beneficial… Read More
A construction company has been awarded ten million dollars to re-nourish Folly Beach after hurricane Matthew storm damage. The U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, awarded the contract to Marinex Construction Co Inc. They will begin construction on the east side of Folly beach in March and it will end in September. Contractors will… Read More
Mercator Limited, one of India’s largest private sector Dredging Company, is happy to announce that it has won a Dredging Contract for reclamation at Jawahar Dweep, Mumbai Port. The contract value of this award is INR 30.40 crores and the contract period is 12 months. The work is expected to commence in February 2018. Source: Equity… Read More
A.P. Moller – Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have announced their intent to establish a joint venture to provide more efficient and secure methods for conducting global trade using blockchain technology. The aim of the new company will be to offer a jointly developed global trade digitization platform built on open standards and designed… Read More
The end of the year was busy and successful for Ellicott Dredges, with important new orders from all corners of the world. North American Award The New York State Canal Corporation (NYSCC) which runs the New York State Canal System has once again selected Ellicott to supply its latest dredge, to be named the “HD-7.”… Read More
For 34 years, Kurt Erichsen has been on the front lines of northwest Ohio’s biggest water issues. Now, as he prepares for retirement on Jan. 31, officials are wondering how to fill the void he’ll leave behind. “Kurt has 34 years of experience, but about 100 years of knowledge and passion for our region,” said… Read More
Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI) has secured a Rs 88.51 crore contract for dredging of channels at Cochin Port. DCI secured the contract through competitive bidding, the company said in a BSE filing. DCI has been carrying out the maintenance dredging works at Cochin Port continuously since 2011-12. “Cochin Port invited global tenders for… Read More
Rohde Nielsn A/S, a Denmark based company had won a 20 million US dollar deal to dredge sea sand in Sri Lanka, the state information office said. Sri Lanka’s state-run Land Reclamation and Development Company Ltd, has chosen the Danish firm after competitive bidding. The cabinet of ministers had approved a proposal by Megapolis Minister… Read More
ET reported that the government may shelve its plan to sell Dredging Corporation of India to private players, after the shipping ministry made a case against privatisation of this company. The ministry is of the view that given the massive projects that the government is undertaking to make inland waterways navigable and build and modernise… Read More
Chesapeake Technology, Inc. has publicly thanked the over fifty attendees of the 2017 edition of the SonarWiz Training Workshop. The annual training event was held December 5-7 at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, North Carolina. In his welcoming remarks, Jason Rogers, Chair of the Marine Technology Department, said “Cape Fear has one of the… Read More
Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a five year contract by the Buenos Aires based Comision Administradora del Rio de la Plata for the capital and maintenance dredging of the Martin Garcia channel. The contract is valued at some €110m and will be carried out in a joint venture with the Belgium… Read More
GM Life Saving Award-Given to Sevenson employees: Chris Money, Chyrese Gill-Arellano, Robert Jones Jr, and David Morgan. SES has been working as a contractor for GM Remediation at Bedford as part of landfill maintenance. SES had a workers walking the landfill during mowing/erosion control activities looking for drainages. At lunch time the worker’s team waited… Read More
CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) is pleased to announce the expansion of its operations in Trinidad and Tobago. CSA Ocean Sciences (Trinidad) Limited, will be led by Ms. Candice Leung Chee, Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Carlyle Kalloo, Director, and Mr. Rameez Persad, Operations Manager. The expanded executive team brings decades of collective experience in the… Read More