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By Peter Bowe, DredgeWire Outcome Could Affect $1 Billion EU Military Contract Involving Rheinmetall On September 18, Damen Holding filed a court challenge to the new procedure for selling its bankrupt Romanian shipyard. Damen is seeking to overturn a September 7 Constanța Tribunal ruling that permits the auction price to fall from the €184 million… Read More
Four bidders submitted proposals in the repeat tender for construction dredging of the 40ha north platform at the Mexican port of Progreso in Yucatán. The work is part of an expansion that will increase the port’s operational area from 34ha to 114ha. The bids range from 1.080,54 billion pesos (US$62.5 million (mn)) to 2.216,65 billion pesos… Read More
The 913 MW offshore wind farm will provide large-scale, home-grown renewable electricity from the German North Sea, strengthening energy security, supporting industrial competitiveness, and advancing the decarbonisation of essential German industries and the digital economy. Today, Ørsted and its partner Nuveen inaugurated Borkum Riffgrund 3, marking the official opening of the company’s largest offshore wind… Read More
Damen Shipyards Group has successfully delivered a Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 600 to 4Clans Nig Ltd for deployment on the Niger City Project in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria. The dredger is part of Damen’s next-generation CSD series, which combines proven dredging performance with a range of design improvements aimed at enhancing efficiency, transportability and ease… Read More
By Jens Karsten The Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket) and the Port of Luleå have awarded a SEK5.7 billion (US$580 million) contract for the remaining dredging works under Sweden’s Project Malmporten, the largest dredging project ever undertaken in the country. Malmporten Dredging Contractors (MDC), a joint venture between Boskalis and Van Oord, will dredge approximately 40… Read More
Trafigura today announces it has established a new, dedicated group company, Volare Shipping Ltd. (“Volare Shipping” or the “Company”), to own, operate and scale a modern fleet of oil tankers. Volare Shipping’s fleet, initially comprised of six Very Large Crude Carriers (“VLCCs”) on the water and eight newbuild vessels on order, will be commercially managed… Read More
Boskalis’ semi-submersible heavy transport vessel White Marlin recently completed another successful transport. This time, the vessel made a voyage between West Africa and South America. Recently, two tugs and Micoperi’s pipe-laying vessel Seminole were loaded in Bonny, Nigeria. The vessel recently arrived with its triple cargo at the port of Bahía Blanca in Argentina. The… Read More
Hapag-Lloyd and DP World have agreed to expand and further strengthen their long-standing cooperation in Africa. The partnership will focus on securing long-term terminal capacity in Dakar (Senegal), Luanda (Angola) and Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) and supporting the development of key port infrastructure in Banana (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Maputo (Mozambique). The cooperation… Read More
The U.S. military has been seizing Iranian shadow fleet vessels at the instruction of the Trump administration. But until now, they couldn’t do anything with that seized cargo. Fear not, the prize court system is here to save the day. Prize courts have not really been used in over a century. So, setting them up… Read More
Meet the Boskalis team in Rio de Janeiro from 21 to 24 September during the ROG.E Exhibition. Visit us at Booth hashtag#A31 to reconnect, exchange insights, and discuss the latest developments in the offshore energy industry. We’re looking forward to seeing you there. Source
By Christine Disch Amsterdam, 9 September 2026 – Arcadis (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the world’s leading company delivering data-driven sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets published the registration details for the live webcast of Company’s Capital Markets Day event on Tuesday 29 September 2026 from 14:00-16:00 CET. During the event, CEO Heather… Read More
Meet the Boskalis team in Bangkok from 14 to 17 September during the Gastech Exhibition. Visit us at Booth hashtag#B30 to reconnect, exchange insights, and discuss the latest developments in the offshore energy industry. We’re looking forward to seeing you there. Source
Meet us at WindEnergy Hamburg, September 22-25, to explore how McDermott is advancing offshore wind projects through innovative offshore HVDC/HVAC platform solutions, integrated delivery, and world-class execution. Learn how McDermott GmbH combines local presence in Germany with global expertise. Source
As Rasmus Errboe begins an 18-month term as Chair of WindEurope, he calls for Europe to turn its wind ambitions into action through more projects, stronger supply chains, accelerated electrification, and expanded grids. Today, Rasmus Errboe, Group President and CEO of Ørsted, becomes Chair of WindEurope, the association representing the European wind industry and will… Read More
Today, the Supervisory Board of Hapag-Lloyd AG has decided that Anders Boenaes, currently Senior Managing Director Network at Hapag-Lloyd, will become the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company as of October 1. The Supervisory Board also decided to extend the contract with Chief Terminal & Infrastructure Officer (CTIO), Dheeraj Bhatia until December 31,… Read More
Elomatic, an international consulting and engineering company, has announced the appointment of Michael O’Sullivan as President of Elomatic Consulting Inc. As part of his role, O’Sullivan will lead Elomatic’s regional business strategy, connecting local expertise with the company’s extensive international resources and capabilities to serve clients across the region. O’Sullivan joins Elomatic from his role… Read More
By ALMA SOLÍS PANAMA CITY (AP) — Naval engineer Ilya Espino de Marotta takes the helm Monday as the first woman to lead the Panama Canal administration, stepping into the role at a challenging time for the vital maritime route. Buoyed by her leadership of the multi-billion-dollar expansion project last decade, Espino moves up from deputy administrator… Read More
The 913 MW offshore wind farm will provide large-scale, home-grown renewable electricity from the German North Sea, strengthening energy security, supporting industrial competitiveness, and advancing the decarbonisation of essential German industries and the digital economy. Today, Ørsted and its partner Nuveen inaugurated Borkum Riffgrund 3, marking the official opening of the company’s largest offshore wind… Read More
The 913 MW offshore wind farm will provide large-scale, home-grown renewable electricity from the German North Sea, strengthening energy security, supporting industrial competitiveness, and advancing the decarbonisation of essential German industries and the digital economy. Today, Ørsted and its partner Nuveen inaugurated Borkum Riffgrund 3, marking the official opening of the company’s largest offshore wind… Read More
Cadeler A/S (“Cadeler”), through Nexra, its dedicated offshore wind service platform, and Vattenfall Vindkraft AB have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a strategic collaboration to explore the development of next-generation operations & maintenance (O&M) solutions for the offshore wind industry. The collaboration will focus on advancing innovative Major Component Exchange (MCE) capabilities,… Read More
By Emma McGrath-Cohen The Carroll government has revealed its preferred route for a 60-kilometre transmission line through Victorian farmland to connect offshore wind projects to the electricity grid, pushing ahead with the plan less than a week after pausing a separate contentious power line plan. Labor on Monday will announce plans for a strip of… Read More
At Damen partner yard 189 Shipyard in Vietnam, a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) 1000 for Port Otago and Napier Port has been successfully launched. The launch marks a major milestone in the construction of the new state-of-the-art dredger, which is being built to support harbour maintenance dredging operations in the two New Zealand ports…. Read More
Four bidders submitted proposals in the repeat tender for construction dredging of the 40ha north platform at the Mexican port of Progreso in Yucatán. The work is part of an expansion that will increase the port’s operational area from 34ha to 114ha. The bids range from 1.080,54 billion pesos (US$62.5 million (mn)) to 2.216,65 billion pesos… Read More
By Jens Karsten The Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket) and the Port of Luleå have awarded a SEK5.7 billion (US$580 million) contract for the remaining dredging works under Sweden’s Project Malmporten, the largest dredging project ever undertaken in the country. Malmporten Dredging Contractors (MDC), a joint venture between Boskalis and Van Oord, will dredge approximately 40… Read More
Victoria & Alfred Waterfront occupies historic harbour basins on the edge of Table Bay in Kapstadt. Brick dock buildings, working quays and the profile of Table Mountain share the same urban setting, giving the district a visible connection between maritime industry and city life. Two harbour basins shape the waterfront The district takes its name… Read More
Dredging update: the Trud R has been making waves! Over the past several weeks, the Trud R has been hard at work in the Gold Coast Seaway entrance. Our latest surveys show an overall reduction of approximately 45,000 cubic metres of sand across the dredging area. That’s around 18 Olympic-sized swimming pools. This figure reflects… Read More
By Arlie O. Calalo MANILA, Philippines — Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon on Wednesday called for immediate and sustained dredging of major waterways and the installation of temporary flood barriers to ease persistent flooding in the towns of Macabebe and Masantol in Pampanga. Dizon said long-term flood-control projects would take too long to… Read More
By Ashwin Somanath Goa’s Captain of Ports (CoP) department is currently evaluating a proposal to dredge parts of the Cumberjua canal, one of six National Waterways (NWs) in the state. The proposal, said to be in a nascent stage so far, will then require funding from the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)—one of the… Read More
By Mike Schuler Australian authorities have launched an investigation after the 182,066-dwt bulk carrier Cape Falcon ran aground off the Port of Gladstone, Queensland, with efforts to refloat the vessel so far unsuccessful. The Liberian-flagged Capesize grounded south of Gladstone’s bunkering anchorage on September 18 while attempting to anchor about six nautical miles east of the port,… Read More
By Kiran Journals Sand and gravel are the second most used resources on Earth after water. The United Nations Environment Programme estimates global use at about 50 billion tonnes a year and says extraction is outpacing sustainable supply. Sand is central to concrete, asphalt and glass, while high-purity silica is a feedstock for silicon used in… Read More
By Peerzada Mohsin Shafi Jammu and Kashmir is beginning to face a construction-material crisis at a time when demand for roads, bridges, housing, hospitals, schools, drainage systems and other infrastructure is rising. Restrictions on quarrying operations and curbs on the extraction, lifting and transportation of mining material have created difficulties for ongoing development works. The… 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
Damen Shipyards Group has successfully delivered a Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 600 to 4Clans Nig Ltd for deployment on the Niger City Project in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria. The dredger is part of Damen’s next-generation CSD series, which combines proven dredging performance with a range of design improvements aimed at enhancing efficiency, transportability and ease… Read More
By Stephen Dunne Dajin Heavy Industry has selected the ULSTEIN HX122 design for the development of its offshore installation vessel. Ulstein said the vessel, featuring the U-STERN® hull solution, has been designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions B.V. in the Netherlands. Dajin noted that the project marks an expansion of its capabilities from manufacturing, logistics… Read More
Jan De Nul expands its fleet for the installation and protection of subsea energy cables. In March, the company already announced the order of the Isambard K. Brunel, a trenching support vessel specifically designed to safely bury cables in the seabed. The vessel will now be joined by a sister vessel, an exact copy that… Read More
VARD is pleased to announce that NB 987 has been delivered to Dong Fang Offshore 東方風能 (DFO) from Vard Vung Tau, ahead of the contractual delivery date. Based on the VARD 4 39 design, the purpose-built Service Operation Vessel (SOV) is designed for long-term operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Congratulations to… 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
Appreciating the efforts of Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar in visiting the fishing harbour in Mangaluru and hearing the problems of fishermen, Dakshina Kannada District Congress Fishermen Cell president Chetan Bengre said Mr. Shivakumar has immediately sanctioned ₹5 crore for dredging to enable smooth movement of fishing boats through the Netravati and Phalguni rivers and the… Read More
By Jens Karsten The Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket) and the Port of Luleå have awarded a SEK5.7 billion (US$580 million) contract for the remaining dredging works under Sweden’s Project Malmporten, the largest dredging project ever undertaken in the country. Malmporten Dredging Contractors (MDC), a joint venture between Boskalis and Van Oord, will dredge approximately 40… Read More
By Ernice Gilbert ST. THOMAS — The long-planned dredging of Charlotte Amalie Harbor is scheduled to begin by October 12, with the V.I. Port Authority outlining a two-phase operation that will deepen key sections of the harbor while moving dredged material by vessel and truck between St. Thomas and St. Croix. VIPA said it has… Read More
By Peter Bowe, DredgeWire Outcome Could Affect $1 Billion EU Military Contract Involving Rheinmetall On September 18, Damen Holding filed a court challenge to the new procedure for selling its bankrupt Romanian shipyard. Damen is seeking to overturn a September 7 Constanța Tribunal ruling that permits the auction price to fall from the €184 million… 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