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Van Oord recently completed the expansion of the port of Kaohsiung. The client, Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC), awarded the contract in 2015. The work was completed eight months ahead of schedule. In less than two years’ time, trailing suction hopper dredgers Vox Máxima, Volvox Terranova, and Rotterdam created 250 hectares of new land for… Read More
Shares of Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) gained by 2% to Rs660 after the company signed an MoU with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for facilitating the supply of sand for highways construction work. Concessionaires working on highways projects have been facing a shortage of sand at many sites. The MoU aims to fill… Read More
Leading manufacturer of oceanographic, hydrographic and hydrometric instrumentation, Valeport, has announced its contract to supply four customised MIDAS SVX2 probes to Saab Kockums. The MIDAS SVX2 is an advanced probe, combining sound velocity with salinity and density technologies to provide a versatile instrument which delivers superior data profiles. The MIDAS SVX2 was selected for its… Read More
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) (the “Company”) a leading specialty construction company, announced a change in its management structure. As previously discussed, the Company continues to execute on its strategic vision to be the premier specialty contractor in the infrastructure, industrial, and building sectors. As part of this, the Company is in the process of… Read More
Former longtime Arcata Community Development Director and Eureka-based consultant Larry Oetker has been named the new executive director of the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District. “I’m just really excited about the projects the harbor district has been working on,” Oetker said Friday. “In my opinion, they have been the leader in the region… Read More
Abu Dhabi Ports, which runs the UAE’s US$7 billion Khalifa Port, has signed an agreement with state aluminium producer Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) to import bauxite using the world’s largest bulk cargo ships. Under the deal, Abu Dhabi Ports will dredge and widen channels to allow large vessels to berth fully laden directly at Khalifa… Read More
CMA CGM and Maersk Line on 13 June 2017 announced a binding agreement whereby CMA CGM would acquire Mercosul Line. Mercosul is a leading player in Brazil’s domestic container shipping market, with a fleet of four container vessels and around 290 people employed. The Mercosul binding agreement was subject to Brazilian regulatory approval and the… Read More
DredgeWire has applied for business membership in BPA Worldwide. The eNewsletter is published by Industrial Digital Media (Middletown, DE). BPA Worldwide will track Dredgewire’s eNewsletter distribution. DredgeWire will have 12 months to complete its initial audit. “The strong growth of DredgeWire has made it a perfect time to apply for membership with BPA Worldwide,” said Edwin… Read More
A joint venture comprised of DEME and Royal Boskalis Westminster have been awarded a 5-year contract for the capital and maintenance dredging of the Martín García channel. The channel is located between Uruguay and Argentina in the northern part of the 50-km-wide Rio de la Plata estuary. The contract awarded by the Comision Administradora del… Read More
The agitation by the employees of the public sector Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) here against the proposed 100 per cent strategic sale of equity has intensified, after an employee of the corporation reportedly ended his life in Vizianagaram district on Monday evening. A day after the reported suicide by N Venkatesh (29) working in… Read More
With four months to go for completion of current fiscal of 2017-18, Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) crossed its previous year’s cargo handling throughput. VPT in the past eight months achieved 61.02 million tonnes (MT) as against previous fiscal’s 61.02MT as there’s been a significant growth in all types of cargo. Despite sluggish business during the… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (the “Company” or “Great Lakes”) (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of environmental and remediation services, today announced that Kathleen M. Shanahan and Ronald R. Steger have been appointed to the Board of Directors’ 2018 and 2019 director classes, respectively,… Read More
On 1 December 2016, Maersk Line announced its intention to acquire Hamburg Süd. The acquisition triggered a regulatory approval process in 23 jurisdictions which was successfully concluded on Tuesday 28 November with the approval of the acquisition by the Korea Fair Trade Commission. “With the final approval of the acquisition we have reached an important… Read More
Van Oord has been awarded a DPC Innovation Award for its innovative and sustainable approach to a land reclamation project in the Maldives. During the award ceremony in London, Van Oord won the award in the ‘Innovation in Project Design – Open Water/ Coastal Dredging’ category, the company said in its press release. Van Oord… Read More
Prepared by members of its new Dredging Management Commission (DMC), the Central Dredging Association – CEDA – has published a new paper entitled “CEDA’s checklist for successful dredging management”. The document is a generic but comprehensive list to help identify and avoid problems with dredging projects at an early project stage, and should benefit all… Read More