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By Peter Bowe DredgeWire note: We wrote this article based on publicly available sources without any independent verification on our own. We have cited our sources in all cases. A widening Dutch investigation into suspected export-credit insurance fraud has reached a $123.7 million maritime financing and retrofit project involving Damen Shipyards, Blue Astra Maritime and… Read More
Company Namibian Marine Phosphate has received an environmental clearance for dredging within a concession that spans 2,234 square kilometers (863 square miles) of the Atlantic seabed off Namibia’s coast. The company wants to mine phosphate rock, a major ingredient in fertilizers, which has previously only been commercially mined on land. The nonprofit Ocean Conservation Namibia… Read More
Following a successful launch earlier this year, we are pleased to share the forming of Women@Boskalis, a new community that connects women across our organization. The community aims to foster connections, encourage the exchange of experiences and insights, and support personal and professional development. By bringing colleagues together across functions, disciplines and locations, Women@Boskalis further… Read More
The company also discussed the possibility of investing in the country’s ship recycling sector. The issues were discussed at a meeting held at the residence of Commerce, Industry, and Textiles and Jute Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir in Dhaka today (29 August). Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Christian Briks Moller and Rene Pil Pedersen, managing director of… Read More
By Marisol Espinosa Arcadis, a global design and consultancy organization for natural and built assets, achieved top five rankings in manufacturing, semiconductor fabrication and automotive in Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) 2026 Top 500 Design Firms Sourcebook, while retaining its No. 4 ranking in pharmaceutical process. Engineering News-Record (ENR), a US-based publication for the architecture, engineering and construction industry, released its annual rankings of the largest… Read More
By David Kinlan Somewhere in most contract tender packages there is a few clauses on insurance or at best a one-page insurance schedule that nobody on the Employer’s side has really thought about. Usually I suspect it has been lifted from the last civil or building contract, the limits have been rounded up to a… Read More
Today, Ørsted celebrated the completion of major construction works for the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms. Following the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms that came into operation in 2024, this is Ørsted’s second gigawatt-scale offshore wind project in Taiwan. With this addition, Ørsted’s total installed capacity… Read More
NYK has reached an agreement with Fujitsu Limited to acquire all shares of YJK Solutions Co., Ltd. (YJK) held by Fujitsu, making YJK a wholly owned subsidiary of NYK (the “Transaction”). The Transaction is scheduled to be completed on October 1, 2026. 1. Purpose of the Acquisition YJK’s principal businesses include the development, operation, and… Read More
Deltamarin has advanced its ship concept design capabilities through the integration of advanced hydrodynamic optimization. In cooperation with Norwegian engineering company Nocean, Deltamarin has strengthened its ability to explore a wider range of hull shapes and vessel concepts from the early stages of ship design. Deltamarin has worked continuously to develop new methods for ship… Read More
Rotterdam’s connection with the sea has long been a driver of innovation, collaboration and progress. Next week, Van Oord will be part of the annual Wereldhavendagen Rotterdam, showcasing how we are creating a better world for future generations through marine ingenuity. From offshore energy and climate resilience to digital innovation, autonomous technologies and marine biodiversity,… Read More
Wetwheels South East C.I.C is a community organisation operating a specially adapted boat from Dover Marina, providing disabled and disadvantaged people with the opportunity to experience the water, has been selected as the Official Community Partner for the 2026 British Ports Association Conference. The organisation operates a specially adapted Cheetah Marine catamaran from Dover Marina,… Read More
Royal IHC’s 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 in Brazil has come to a successful close! Over five interactive days, professionals from across the dredging industry came together to deepen their knowledge, exchange experiences, and explore topics ranging from dredging technology and automation to project execution and hydraulic transport. The week concluded with hands-on experience using our advanced… Read More
You are hereby invited to the next club evening on Thursday, September 17 , which is organized in collaboration with the KNVTS. The host company is Van Oord at Schaardijk in Rotterdam. In this meeting, we have three lectures on the program related to the theme: “Developments in the Dutch dredging industry”. We will discuss joint pipeline… Read More
SANTA RITA, Guam — Lt. John “Jack” P. Stone relieved Lt. Raymond J. Cerrato III as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) during a change of command ceremony in Apra Harbor, Aug. 21, 2026. Cmdr. Grant Johnson, chief of response, U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam, presided over the ceremony. Cerrato, a native of Melbourne, Fla., led Oliver Henry through more than 75,000 nautical miles of operations across Oceania and the… Read More
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has announced the appointment of Fabienne Viala and Cordi O’Hara OBE FEI as Non-Executive Directors to its Board, bringing further senior expertise in major infrastructure, engineering, safety-critical operations, governance, investment, sustainability and stakeholder engagement to an already highly qualified and experienced team. Fabienne Viala will join the Board on… Read More
Royal IHC announces that CEO Derk te Bokkel will hand over his role to Erik-Jan Bijvank with effect from 1 October 2026. CFO Bert-Jaap Dijkstra will also leave the company at the end of October 2026 to continue his career elsewhere. Derk te Bokkel joined Royal IHC in early 2023 with a mandate to support… Read More
A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has appointed Bruno Plantaz as new Global Head of Solutions and member of the company’s Executive Leadership Team, effective 1 November 2026. Bruno Plantaz brings extensive international experience in freight forwarding and contract logistics, including ten years with Kuehne+Nagel and more than a decade with CEVA Logistics, where he held… Read More
Today, Ørsted celebrated the completion of major construction works for the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms. Following the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms that came into operation in 2024, this is Ørsted’s second gigawatt-scale offshore wind project in Taiwan. With this addition, Ørsted’s total installed capacity… Read More
On 1 September, our offshore installation vessel Les Alizés successfully installed the first of 53 monopiles for the Dutch offshore wind farm OranjeWind. Once fully operational in early 2028, the wind farm will be able to generate enough electricity to supply the equivalent of 1 million Dutch households. As part of a long-term charter with… Read More
Yesterday, we welcomed Minister Stientje van Veldhoven from the Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat aboard Boreas during a visit to the Ecowende wind farm. Together with representatives from Ecowende, NedZero – Wind Energy Association and Stichting De Noordzee, we discussed the important role offshore wind plays in accelerating the Dutch energy transition. As one… Read More
Our vessel Les Alizés successfully installed the first monopile foundation for the Dutch offshore wind farm OranjeWind. Once fully operational in 2028, this wind farm will generate enough renewable electricity to supply the equivalent of 1 million Dutch households. Located 53 kilometres off the Dutch coast, OranjeWind will comprise 53 monopile foundations. We will install… Read More
“When the world’s shipyards deliver just a few more container ships, the global fleet capacity will for the first time reach 34 million TEU. At that time, the fleet will have grown by 10 million TEU – or 42% – in just five and a half years,” says Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO. At… Read More
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, says that the Authority’s $1 billion port modernisation programme is driven by the need to address obsolete infrastructure, congestion and inadequate automation that has cost Nigeria over N1 trillion annually. Speaking at a one-day conference organised by the League of Maritime Editors (LOME)… Read More
Deendayal Port, on India’s northwestern Gujarat coast, is a strategically positioned major port on India’s primary westbound trade routes to the Middle East and Europe, placing it on some of the most commercially significant maritime lanes in the Indian Ocean region. It is also India’s largest major port by overseas cargo. This brief assesses the… Read More
By Frank Chen China’s Yangtze River Delta is now home to the world’s two busiest container ports, a milestone that one industry analyst said reflects the continued resilience of the country’s export sector and the tech-driven efficiency of its maritime hubs. The Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in eastern China’s Zhejiang province overtook the Port of Singapore to… Read More
Company Namibian Marine Phosphate has received an environmental clearance for dredging within a concession that spans 2,234 square kilometers (863 square miles) of the Atlantic seabed off Namibia’s coast. The company wants to mine phosphate rock, a major ingredient in fertilizers, which has previously only been commercially mined on land. The nonprofit Ocean Conservation Namibia… Read More
By Peter Bowe DredgeWire note: We wrote this article based on publicly available sources without any independent verification on our own. We have cited our sources in all cases. A widening Dutch investigation into suspected export-credit insurance fraud has reached a $123.7 million maritime financing and retrofit project involving Damen Shipyards, Blue Astra Maritime and… Read More
By Gabriel Malheiros The dredging project to deepen the access channel to Babitonga Bay, home to the ports of São Francisco do Sul and Itapoá in southern Brazil, has reached 88% completion, with a parallel beach nourishment program in Itapoá now finished. The Galileo Galilei dredger has already removed 10.6 million cubic meters of sediment from the… Read More
ALAPPUZHA/ARANMULA: Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan on Sunday called for periodic sand removal from rivers to maintain their depth and reduce the risk of flooding, while cautioning against what he described as “fanaticism” in the name of environmental protection. Speaking at the 115th anniversary celebrations of Malayalam daily Kerala Kaumudi in Alappuzha, Radhakrishnan said the declining depth… Read More
By Andy Ball Authorities in Cambodia’s Koh Kong province say they’ve approved a sand mining operation exporting to Singapore, despite an export ban imposed by national authorities a decade ago after large-scale dredging was found to be damaging riverine and coastal ecosystems. The dredging is occurring in an area of the Trapeang Rung River that… Read More
Semiconductor chips are the driving force behind today’s digital economy and form the foundation of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), 5G communications and electric vehicles. Amid the global chip race, river sand could open up an unprecedented opportunity for Bangladesh. The vast quantities of quartz-rich sand deposited in the basins of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna,… Read More
All over the world, industrial sand mining is extracting river sediment much, much faster than Earth’s natural cycles can replenish it. Our rivers are, quite literally, running out of sand. Scientists have just published a massive review of 411 studies conducted since 1974, revealing that the global demand for river sand and gravel to create construction… Read More
By Bruce Songhak Chung North Korea is carrying out large-scale sand and gravel extraction along its major rivers in 2026. Crews are deploying large dredgers and heavy equipment on a scale that is reshaping the terrain itself. I analyzed a time series of satellite imagery covering the Yalu, Daedong and Chongchon rivers. Along the Yalu, temporary… Read More
The 2,300 m³ suction dredger is the first project that Nam Trieu has constructed and completed for its Dutch partner. The 2,300 m³ suction dredger is the first product that Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Company Limited has constructed and completed for its Dutch partner. Notably, this is also the first vessel of Royal IHC (Netherlands) built… Read More
Deltamarin has advanced its ship concept design capabilities through the integration of advanced hydrodynamic optimization. In cooperation with Norwegian engineering company Nocean, Deltamarin has strengthened its ability to explore a wider range of hull shapes and vessel concepts from the early stages of ship design. Deltamarin has worked continuously to develop new methods for ship… Read More
By Adis Ajdin Titan Clean Fuels has struck a long-term deal with France’s Sogestran for a new 6,000 cu m LNG bunkering vessel, giving the Molgas-owned fuel supplier dedicated ship-to-ship capacity in the western Mediterranean. The vessel will be owned by Sogestran and built at Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering in China under a… Read More
On Wednesday 26 August, we proudly celebrated the naming ceremony of TSHD MAGDALENA at Nam Trieu Shipyard in Vietnam. This marks an important milestone in the construction of this custom-built dredger for Baggerbedrijf De Boer B.V. – Dutch Dredging. The ceremony brought together representatives from De Boer – Dutch Dredging, Nam Trieu Shipyard, Royal IHC… Read More
With a 36% increase in turnover compared to 2023, it seemed challenging to surpass 2024. Nevertheless, turnover in 2025 rose again by 6% and net profit by a significant 12% compared to 2024. CFO Jan Neckebroeck: “We are prepared for the future.” With a total turnover of €4.24 billion, we recorded a 6% increase compared… Read More
Summary Firm hopes for deal capable of getting all regulatory approvals Deal requires approval from China, US, UK, EU, and others Chairman Victor Li misses analyst briefing for first time H1 underlying profit up 11%, net profit down 92% HONG KONG, Aug 14 (Reuters) – CK Hutchison (0001.HK), opens new tab said on Thursday its $22.8 billion… Read More
As a result of the growing demand for Beavers®, Royal IHC has decided to expand its production capacity. In addition to their Dutch production capacity, Royal IHC has selected VAHALI Shipyards to build standard cutter suction dredgers (CSD) at its yard in Serbia. The first steel plates were cut last week, marking the official start… Read More
Maersk has entered into a partnership with Castlery, a Singaporean furniture retailer, for a multi-year global integrated logistics and fulfilment agreement. By leveraging Maersk’s capabilities in managing supply chains amid ongoing disruptions, the partnership will enable Castlery to offer seamless delivery for its customers, reducing wait times for orders to one to two months, approximately… Read More
By Margaret Canning Shipbuilder Harland & Wolff has nabbed its biggest cruise ship refurb for Belfast since the business was bought over last year. Staff will be working on the revitalisation of the Beachcomber, a project with an estimated £40m economic impact. The vessel is owned by Florida cruise giant Margaritaville at Sea, with work… Read More
KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has awarded a contract to National Dredging and Marine Services (NDMS) to commence dredging operations at Karachi Port to increase the depth of the Approach Channel, Tippu Sultan Channel and South Wharf. This will enable the arrival and berthing of deep-draft vessels at Karachi Port, thereby reducing freight and… Read More
By Shazma Thaufeeq The contract for the construction of a dinghy jetty and coastal protection in Vilimalé was awarded to MTCC Sunday. In separate statements released by the Ministry of Construction and Infrastructure, it was stated that agreements for the construction of the dinghy jetty as well as the coastal protection project in Vilimalé were… Read More
WEYBURN— The City of Weyburn has awarded the 2026 lagoon dredging project to Taber Solids Control of Edmonton, Alta., for a total of $311,035, including PST. The contract was approved by council at its regular meeting on Aug. 10. The project budget had allocated $260,000 for the work, but the overage will be covered by… Read More
By Yohan An and Monique Freemon CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — Col. Margaret “Maggie” Maasberg assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Far East District during a change of command ceremony July 27, 2026, at the Riverbend Golf Course at Camp Humphreys. Maasberg is the 40th commander responsible for implementing an $8 billion… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers terminated its Collier County Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study, ending a yearslong effort to evaluate hurricane and storm surge protection options along the county’s Gulf coastline. The study, reinitiated after Hurricane Ian in 2022, focused on vulnerable areas including Vanderbilt Beach, Park Shore, Naples and Marco Island. Officials examined… Read More
If FEMA funding is awarded, it could add around 1.2 million more cubic yards of sand combined to the project OUTER BANKS, N.C. — It’s no secret that Hatteras Island has faced an enormous amount of adversity throughout the fall and winter on the Outer Banks. But soon help will be on the way through… Read More
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District awarded a contract to Norfolk Dredging Company for $27.6 million to conduct maintenance dredging of portions of the Delaware River and Wilmington Harbor federal shipping channels. Approximately three million cubic yards of sediment will be dredged from the Marcus Hook, Deepwater Point, and New Castle Ranges… Read More
With a 36% increase in turnover compared to 2023, it seemed challenging to surpass 2024. Nevertheless, turnover in 2025 rose again by 6% and net profit by a significant 12% compared to 2024. CFO Jan Neckebroeck: “We are prepared for the future.” With a total turnover of €4.24 billion, we recorded a 6% increase compared… Read More
Introducing IHC Offshore Energy, a leading supplier of reliable and advanced vessels, equipment and services for numerous offshore industries. Drawing on a wealth of knowledge and experience, our high-tech and flexible solutions lead the way towards more efficient and sustainable offshore operations providing a competitive edge to customers worldwide. For more information visit https://www.royalihc.com/offshore-energy … Read More
Summary Firm hopes for deal capable of getting all regulatory approvals Deal requires approval from China, US, UK, EU, and others Chairman Victor Li misses analyst briefing for first time H1 underlying profit up 11%, net profit down 92% HONG KONG, Aug 14 (Reuters) – CK Hutchison (0001.HK), opens new tab said on Thursday its $22.8 billion… Read More
As a result of the growing demand for Beavers®, Royal IHC has decided to expand its production capacity. In addition to their Dutch production capacity, Royal IHC has selected VAHALI Shipyards to build standard cutter suction dredgers (CSD) at its yard in Serbia. The first steel plates were cut last week, marking the official start… Read More