MTG will be present at the upcoming WEDA Dredging Summit & Expo which will be held from June 26th to 29th 2017 in Vancouver (Canada). This technical conference, organized by the Western Dredging Association (WEDA), is geared toward the promotion and exchange of knowledge in fields related to dredging, navigation, marine engineering and construction. MTG… Read More
Envenio’s Ian McLeod presented to delegates at the Teledyne CARIS Conference 2017 in Ottowa this week. His paper, entitled ‘High Resolution 3D Mapping For Current, Turbulence and Sediment Transport’ highlights a notable, revolutionary ability to being able to study a subsurface environment at a high resolution, thanks to the advancement and availability of computational fluid… Read More
On June 21, Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) together with the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (Chamber) held the «Ukrainian ShipYard Day» (2017), and presented a fleet renewal program of the enterprise until 2021. USPA says its specialists presented a prospective program of acquisition and construction of the enterprise’s vessels for the period 2017… Read More
A St. Landry Parish man employed by a Galliano company is seeking millions in damages after he slipped and fell because of an allegedly slippery deck on a skiff. Herman Oliver filed a complaint on June 8 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette Division against Crosby Dredging LLC alleging… Read More
Ukrainian Sea Port Authority has signed a contract with Novadeal Ltd, the subsidiary of DEME Group (Belgium), to implement a project on dredging works to reconstruct the maritime approach channel and inland water approaches to the deep-sea quays of Yuzhny seaport. “We are glad to receive Belgium’s Novadeal as a partner in development of Yuzhny… Read More
Selangor Dredging Bhd (SDB) is selling its headquarters Wisma Selangor Dredging, located in the city centre, for RM480mil in cash. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the property developer said it expected to make a gain of RM146.8mil from the proposed sale. This translates into a 32-sen improvement in earnings per share. SDB said it… Read More
On June 20th, 2017, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) will sign the agreement with Novadeal LTD (subsidiary of the DEME Group, Belgium) to conduct operational dredging of the internal water area and the internal approach channel of Yuzhny port. USPA says the contractor was determined during the tender procedure in electronic system ProZorro. Works… Read More
A Circular Resolution has been passed by the Board of Directors of the National Marine Dredging Company PJSC approving the subscription to 100 million shares in Arabtec Holding PJSC with a total value of AED 100 million. Source: Mubasher
Shares of Dredging Corp syrged over 4% to Rs717 on NSE on reports that government is planning strategic sale through auction, positive read-thru As per media reports, the government is planning an outright sale of Dredging Corporation of India ( DCIL) through auction, which could fetch about Rs1,400 crore to the exchequer. The government currently… Read More
Rohr-Idreco Dredge Systems Europe is pleased to welcome Alex Westendarp Knol as Director of International Sales, located in the Netherlands. Alex has an extensive background in the dredging industry. His most recent position was with Damen as Area Sales Manager for Latin America for the past five years. Before that, he worked for Boskalis in… Read More
Jane Vandenberg has joined the Port of Tacoma to lead the engineering team. Vandenberg brings more than 20 years of experience in public works management. Before joining the Port of Tacoma, Vandenberg served most recently as capital projects oversight analyst for the King County Auditor’s Office. Prior to joining King County, Vandenberg worked for Pierce… Read More
The employees of Dredging Corporation of India, miniratna category-I PSU under Ministry of Shipping, staged a lunch-hour protest on Thursday at the administrative office in protest against revival of move to offload majority stake in the company. Union Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya during his visit to the city in March had promised… Read More
In the short period of just four months, MAN Diesel & Turbo has won contracts for four Chinese dredger newbuildings. Chinese outfits CHECD, Jiangsu Haixin and Huanghua Port Bureau recently chose MAN medium-speed engines for trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) newbuildings. CHECD CHEC Dredging Company Ltd. (CHECD) – a subsidiary of CCCC Shanghai Dredging Company… Read More
AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been chosen by the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) to provide detailed design services for the new Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. Container Terminal at the Port of Charleston. “Extending AECOM’s dedication to delivering a better world and continuing to grow its port… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates two hopper dredges on the west coast of the U.S.A. to maintain shipping channels. The largest and most modern of them is the “Essayons,” built by Bath Iron works in Bath, Maine in 1982. Based in Portland, Oregon, the 106.7 meter Essayons works in harbors between Alaska and… Read More