Boskalis, together with partners Artes Roegiers, Artes Depret and HerboschKiere, will renew the Europa Terminal in Antwerp, Belgium for client Port of Antwerp-Bruges to ensure that the port can continue to receive the largest container ships and increase capacity by a third. The work, which officially commenced last Friday, will take nine years and will… Read More
Are all-electric seagliders the future for getting personnel to offshore platforms? French super major TotalEnergies is looking at the idea. It has reached an agreement with Massachusetts-based start-up REGENT (Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport). The company (which is registered as Regent Craft Inc.) has developed an all-electric wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) vessel, the seaglider. It says that it… Read More
DP World has launched the Global Business Corporation, a new strategic arm focused on supporting large companies in achieving their growth ambitions. The initiative, which is set to further raise Dubai’s profile as a preferred global business destination, invites companies to enhance their international operating models with a base in the emirate. Driven by the… Read More
To continue to drive growth under increasingly different local market requirements, while leveraging the synergies of a global organisation, Ørsted has decided to implement a new organisational structure and changes to executive management. The current corporate structure with a Commercial area and an Onshore business unit will be replaced by three regions: Europe, Americas, and… Read More
The Eastern Chapter of WEDA represents Bermuda, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (East Coast) Georgia (Eastern), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia, Virgin Islands and Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Canada. 2022 WEDA Eastern Chapter Annual Meeting | Register | View… Read More
Agility, a supply chain services leader, will invest $60 million to build a 100,000 sq m customs and logistics centre in the industrial zone in Ein Sokhna in Egypt and another 100,000 sq m customs and logistics centre in East Port Said. The project will be implemented during the second half of 2023. For this… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting four public open house events to obtain input on the future of both Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, and Lock and Dam 1. The projects are located on the Mississippi River between Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Corps of Engineers staff are… Read More
One of the largest wetland restoration projects around San Francisco Bay is closer to launching its final phase of construction after receiving a $20 million infusion of state funding. The funding, approved by the California State Coastal Conservancy in a unanimous vote last week, will be used to restore 1,600 acres of former tidal marshland… Read More
On Tuesday September 27, 2022 COTECMAR and Damen signed a contract for the co-development of the Contractual Design for the next generation of frigates for the Colombian Navy. The signing ceremony took place on board of the ARC Almirante Padilla in the Naval Base ARC Bolivar in Cartagena, Colombia. The design for the program Plataforma Estratégica de… Read More
Santos has received an offer from Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) national oil and gas company Kumul Petroleum to acquire a 5% stake in the former’s $19bn PNG liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, located near Port Moresby, for approximately $1.4bn. The consideration of the binding conditional offer includes a proportionate share of project finance debt of nearly $300m. Kumul Petroleum… Read More