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Keppel Offshore & Marine wins three contracts worth S$140m
(Channel News Asia) SINGAPORE: Keppel Offshore & Marine said on Monday its shipbuilding arm has clinched three new building contracts totalling about S$140 million. The first contract was awarded to Keppel Singmarine by Dutch dredging and marine contractor, Royal Boskalis Westminster, to build a 159-metre long rock dumping fall pipe vessel to be completed in late 2011. These vessels are capable of ...read full story...
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Finance ministry to release payment to clear DCI dues
(Indian Express) Two days after the Dredging Corporation of India threatened to withdraw their dredgers from Haldia due to non-payment of dues, the Finance Ministry has agreed to release the payment to the Shipping Ministry. The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) owes Rs 550 crore to the Dredging Corporation as an outstanding payment up to 2008 and around Rs 478 crore as a dredging subsidy in 2009-10. Mukul ...read full story..
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Shell given more time for gas pipeline plans
(Examiner) Plans for the Shell gas pipeline off the coast of County Mayo have been put on hold as the company comes up with an alternative safety plan. An Bord Pleanála announced Shell was given an additional three months until May 31st to submit plans that would ensure there were no safety risks to the local residents. The Company was initially expected to submit these plans by February 5th. The Corrib ...read full story...
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The Highfield Company- Marine Project Manager - Europe
Being one of the world’s leading marine and dredging contractors my client is always looking to recruit experienced staff. Based in Europe working on projects worldwide they have an excellent order book for upcoming projects. They are currently in the process of strengthening their project management team and require works manager and project managers with the following attributes; - Solid work history
- Experience with main contractors
- Extensive marine or dredging experience
- Flexible work attitude towards Location
- The drive and determination to progress their career
For more information please contact Toby Ball as soon as possible on either 00442 380 554 334 or toby@thehighfieldcompany.com
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The Highfield Company- Estimator – Marine/ Dredging
My client is a major international contractor who has projects worldwide focused on marine and dredging sectors. Due to the increase in overseas projects they require a senior estimator to be based either in the head office in Europe or in the Middle East. Your background will show that you are able to work on high value projects in either the marine or dredging sector. A solid work history is also vital as my client is not looking to take people on for a short term basis and offer excellent long term career opportunities. Within the role you will be responsible for all aspects of pre and post contract estimating for all types of civil marine works. For more information on this exciting opportunity please contact Toby Ball on either toby@thehighfieldcompany.com or 0044 2380 554334
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The Highfield Company- Contracts/ Commercial Director - Middle East
My client is one of the leading marine and dredging contractors in the Middle East. Due to the large workload and constant business development they need to take on a contracts/ commercial director to run the entire commercial division. Working on all types of marine construction and dredging they have a strong presence in The Middle East. They are looking for someone who can show through their career background that they have extensive knowledge of the marine and dredging sectors – ideally with one of the leading European companies in this field. Due to the seniority level of this role you will need to be degree qualified, able to re-locate to The Middle East and willing to take on this challenging role. For more information please contact Toby on toby@thehighfieldcompany.com or 0044 2380 554 334
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Boskalis signs Fall Pipe vessel contract with Keppel
 Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has signed a contract with Singapore based Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd for the construction and completion of a new fall pipe vessel. The vessel with an overall length of 159 meters is expected to be completed late 2011 and will be deployed in oil and gas offshore projects.
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Hundreds of illegal miners killed in last four years
(The Jakarta Post) Illegal mining in offshore Bangka Belitung province has become a tragedy with about 700 people killed in the last four years. This is due to a lack of reliable equipment either in offshore illegal mining activities in the province, one of the world’s largest tin producers. PT Timah’s president director Wachid Usman said in Jakarta last week the company’s dredging ships were often surrounded by hundreds ...read full story...
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Sharing pain may be of little gain
(Herald Sun) HUGE cost blowouts can be expected on government infrastructure projects that are built using an increasingly popular funding model that shifts financial risk back to the taxpayer. According to a study commissioned by the Victorian Treasury so-called alliance contracting costs "generally" blow out by between 45 per cent and 55 per cent. Projects being built in Victoria using alliance contracting, which ...read full story...
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Guthertz: Carrier Should Use Kilo Warf Rather Than Dredge Coral
(Pacific News Center Guam - Rather than dredge 36 acres of coral in Apra Harbor, Senator Judi Guthertz is proposing that the Navy continue to use Kilo Warf for any visiting Aircraft Carriers, and then moor ammunition ships out in Apra Harbor. Visiting carriers currently use Kilo Warf, located near the tip of Orote Point, near Gab Gab Beach, but its primary purpose is for loading and off-loading ammunition ...read full story...
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Sri Lanka to dredge more sea sand |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
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(LBO) - Sri Lanka will appoint a dredging contractor to bring up three million cubic metres of sea sand to supply the domestic market which is running out of river sand and also for export. Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Company (SLLR & DC), a state agency, holds the sole rights and license to explore and mine sea sand in 100 square kilometer areas off the west coast of the island. The agency is dredging ...read full story... |
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KEMA Wins Contract for 1,200 MW Offshore Wind Farm FEED Study |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
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(MarketWire) ARNHEM, THE NETHERLANDS and BONN, GERMANY, - Energy consulting and testing and certification firm KEMA has won the open European tender on the "Front End Engineering Design Study" (FEED study) for two offshore wind farms in the North Sea. German utility EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG issued the tender. Once fully operational, the wind farms will have a maximum capacity of ...read full story... |
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Boskalis signs Fall Pipe vessel contract with Keppel |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has signed a contract with Singapore based Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd for the construction and completion of a new fall pipe vessel. The vessel with an overall length of 159 meters is expected to be completed late 2011 and will be deployed in oil and gas offshore projects. |
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Dredging in Passaic should begin in December |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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(North Jersey) What's new: Engineers are about halfway through designing a complex dredging operation to scoop 40,000 cubic yards of sediment containing cancer-causing dioxin from the bottom of the Passaic River. The $45 million project is scheduled to begin in December and last nine months under the supervision of the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Background: At least 200,000 cubic yards ...read full story... |
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Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands to christen TSHD |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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On Wednesday 10 February 2010, Her Majesty the Queen will officiate at the christening and launch of trailing suction hopper dredger WILLEM VAN ORANJE. Royal Boskalis Westminster has the vessel built at the IHC Merwede yard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. The dredger has a length of 137m, a beam of 28m and a loading capacity of 12.000m³. |
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Toxic coal-tar cleanup to cost New York $3 billion |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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(Record Online) A toxic liquid has been creeping through the soil of cities in the mid-Hudson Valley for more than a century. From the 1800s to the 1950s, manufactured gas plants in places such as Newburgh, Kingston and Poughkeepsie provided light and heat to thousands who walked city streets and lived in city homes. But an industrial byproduct from those plants — a black or reddish-brown liquid known as coal ...read full story... |
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Dredging works contract: TIP comes out hard on PQA clarification |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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(Business Recorder) KARACHI: Transparency International Pakistan (TIP), which is endeavouring hard to ensure 'zero tolerance' on corruption and procurement, has come out hard on Port Qasim Authority's clarification with regard to the alleged "misprocurement by PQA, causing loss of Rs 87 million Channel Maintenance Dredging Works 2009-2010, " highlighted by TIP in its letter sent to Vice-Admiral Asad Qureshi ...read full story... |
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Lawmakers demand N18b refund from Russian firm |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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(234next) The House of Representatives Committee on Privatization and Commercialization, recently asked the management of UC Rusal to immediately refund the sum of $120 million (about N18 billion) for breach of its Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) with the Federal government. The Russian company is the controversial core investor in the $3.6billion Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) in Ikot Abasi, Akwa ...read full story... |
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Good port infrastructure must for India to scale up trade |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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(DNA India) Mumbai: With India expected to emerge as a global trade hub over the next few years, an effective port infrastructure is vital to scale up the country's trade development, global consultancy firm Ernst & Young today said in a report. "In the long-term, India is expected to emerge as an international trade hub. Effective port infrastructure is likely to play a vital role in determining the volume of export-import ...read full story... |
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As Va. mulls port privatization, Baltimore dives in |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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(Hampton Roads) The state is tight on money, but the region needs roadwork and the port is figuring out how to pay for a needed expansion. Sounds a lot like Hampton Roads, but this state, region and port are about 170 miles north, or a day's steam up the Chesapeake Bay. On Jan. 12, Maryland closed on a lease of the Port of Baltimore's primary container facility, Seagirt Marine Terminal, to a private operator ...read full story... |
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Wider Panama Canal could change shipping |
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 |
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(Journal Star) Chinese toys and sneakers headed to Walmart and Target on the East Coast may bypass Warren Buffett's $33.8 billion railway as the expansion of the Panama Canal slashes the cost of shipping them by sea. The deeper, wider canal will allow A.P. Moeller-Maersk, China Ocean Shipping and other lines to ship more cargo directly to New York and Boston instead of unloading it on the West Coast for ...read full story... |
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Friday, 05 February 2010 |
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(The Berkshire Eagle) PITTSFIELD -- General Electric is disputing several of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency directives laid out in a work plan for cleaning a polluted portion of the Housatonic River. Officials from GE and the EPA will meet in the coming weeks to discuss the issues, but the dispute could slow the cleanup efforts. It concerns two conditions that the EPA detailed in a Jan. 15 letter that gave the ...read full story... |
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