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Offshore firm IHC hopes for return to profit
(nebusiness) Offshore engineering specialist IHC Engineering Business (EB) is “absolutely” confident of being back in profit this year after investment in new technology and the opening of a new site pushed it into the red. Figures just published by the Northumberland-based business show it made a pre-tax loss of £2.8m in the 12 months to September 30 last year, compared with a £2m profit in ...read full story...
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Flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes launched
(Van Oord) On 20 August 2010, flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes was launched at the CIMC Raffles yard in Yantai, China. A naming ceremony will be held at a later date. Final building operations will be conducted at the same yard. The ship is scheduled for completion in 2011 after which it will be operational on the offshore market.
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Orion Marine Group Announces the Christening of its Newest Dredge
(GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Orion Marine Group, a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced the christening of its newest dredge the Linda LaQuay. Orion Marine Group will christen the dredge Linda LaQuay Friday morning, August 27, 2010, in its new north yard in Port Lavaca, TX. The dredge Linda LaQuay, is a 24" cutter suction dredge with the capability of dredging depths up ..read full story...
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Sand berm defense gets $60 million financing installment
(Nola) Louisiana received its third $60 million check from BP on Tuesday to pay a share of the cost of building berms along barrier islands, and the state's coastal czar again defended the controversial use of sand as an effective tool in capturing oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico ...read full story...
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Jan De Nul is awarded the Pacific Entrance North Access channel works
 On Monday August 16th Jan De Nul NV was awarded one of the last large tenders for the Panama Canal Expansion. Jan De Nul is already very active in Panama and is a.o. working on the construction of the new locks on the Panama Canal, one of the most prestigious infrastructure works in the world.
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ECNEC gives nod to dredging scheme under $ 1b Indian loan
(Thefinancialexpress-bd) he government Tuesday approved a project under the much-talked-about one-billion-dollar Indian credit aiming to procure dredgers for improving river draught on the Kolkata-Ashunganj water route to facilitate transshipment. The government's highest body on project approval -ECNEC-also endorsed the cross-border power transmission grid scheme, which would be ...read full story...
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Manila lawmaker probes Belgian dredger
(Allvoices) MANILA, Philippines- A militant lawmaker wants a Belgian dredging firm to be investigated on the controversial 3-million dredging contract in Laguna Lake. Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano last week filed House Resolution No.203 directing the House Committees on Oversight and Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources to conduct an investigation on the P 18.7 billion loan agreement between the ...read full story...
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Port Otago confirms dredging to continue
(RNW) A group of surfers say plans by Port Otago to dump dredge sediment near Aramoana spit could spoil the area's world-famous surf break. Port Otago has confirmed it plans to dredge to widen and deepen the harbour to accommodate shipping. Waste from the dredging would be dumped at Taiaroa Heads, opposite the Aramoana spit. A local spokesperson for the Surfbreak Protection ...read full story....
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Jan De Nul once again lowest bidder in Panama
Jan De Nul NV is the lowest bidder for one of the last large tenders for widening and deepening the Panama Canal. Jan De Nul is already very active in Panama and is a.o. working on the construction of the new locks on the Panama Canal, one of the most prestigious infrastructure works in the world.
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Boubyan port project enters third stage
(kuwaittimes) KUWAIT: The Ministry of Public Works finalized preparations to launch the third stage of Phase One of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer port development project, reported Al-Rai. The stage is scheduled to begin at the start of next year, announced the head of the advisory studies division of the major projects department, Sorour Al-Otaibi yesterday. The third stage of the project includes expanding the ...read full story...
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CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Bags RMB 414M Worth Contract |
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 |
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Recently, CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won Berth 5# and 6# project of Xiaocuo working zone of Meizhouwan Port in Fujian.. The bidding price amounted to RMB414 million with construction period of 30 months. It is planned to build two 50,000t-class multi-functional berths, which composed of port construction, basin dredging, land formation construction, embankment, road and storage yard, etc. Source: http://www.ccccltd.com.cn/ |
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CHEC signed the Contract on the Dredging Project in Angola |
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 |
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CHEC reports that it has signed a contract with sonangol recently on the dredging project of a refinery factory in Angola Oil Company. The value of the contract is USD 60.89 million with a duration period of 17 months. It is estimated that the quantities of the dredging project will reach up to 920,000 cubic meters. |
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2nd Annual China Port Expansion and Efficiency Summit |
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 |
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(The Maritime Executive) China’s Port Industry showed a clear sign of recovery at the end of 2009. Therefore, port operators are seeking solutions to secure future growth, in order to stand out after the economic crisis. Port of Qingdao is one of the largest ports in China. As part of a joint venture, Qingdao invested 1.4 billion dollars in the fourth stage of Qianwan Harbor, which included 10 deep-water berths ...read full story... |
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China Steals Russia Territory with Barges and Excavators |
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Wednesday, 09 June 2010 |
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(pravda.ru) Russian border guards are seriously concerned about China’s actions on the Ussuri River. Chinese workers work to deepen the bottom on the river in violation of the border agreement between the governments of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. Russia sent a note of protest to China in November 2009, but China resumed the works in the border river in the spring of the ...read full story... |
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NZ electronics make inroads in China |
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Saturday, 22 May 2010 |
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(guide2.co.nz) Wellington, May 21 NZPA - Auckland-based marine company Electronic Navigation (ENL) has made its first export into China after signing a big deal with a Chinese state engineering company to make innovative use of its seafloor profiling equipment. The company's Wassp Multibeam sonar is being used on a new 120m-long dredge working the Yangtze River delta in the Shanghai Harbour. ENL ...read full story... |
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Cruz Wants Rules Re-Written For Proposed Apra Harbor Dredging |
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Sunday, 16 May 2010 |
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(Pacific News Center) Guam - Vice Speaker BJ Cruz Sunday submitted his third and final response in opposition to the proposed dregging of material from Apra Harbor and the dumping of that material in a deep water site off the mouth of the Harbor, unless EPA's current proposed rules are re-written. The deadline for submission of responses to the draft EIS was Sunday, May 16. Senator Cruz wants ...read full story... |
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Dutch water expertise for the new Gyeong-in Ara Waterway |
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 |
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In the presence of Dutch Prime Minister Mr. Balkenende, DHV consulting engineers and Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) signed a Memorandum Of Understanding for the Gyeong-in Ara Waterway. The Gyeong-in Ara Waterway is 18 kilometers long and has a width of 80 meters. The Waterway will connect South Korea’s capital city Seoul to the coastal city of Incheon and the West Sea. |
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S. Korea's tidal flats shrink due to reclamation projects: report |
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 |
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(Yonhap) - The area of South Korea's tidal flats shrank sharply over the past five years as the country pushed for large-scale land reclamation projects along the peninsula's coastlines, a government report showed Tuesday. According to the report by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, the nation's coastal wetlands stood at 2,489.4 square kilometers at the end of 2008, down 60.8 square kilometers ...read full story... |
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Korea & Netherlands Promise Cooperation |
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 |
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(arirang) Korea and the Netherlands have agreed to work together on Korea's river restoration and land reclamation projects. During a bilateral summit between President Lee Myung-bak and the visiting prime minister of the Netherlands, Peter Balkenende in Seoul, the two leaders welcomed the signing of various agreements. [Interview : President Lee Myung-bak] "I believe the Netherlands is the best partner with the world's ...read full story... |
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Gov’t seeks investment at dike |
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010 |
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(Joong Ang Daily) The government will lure foreign investments to and accelerate the long-delayed development of a 28,300-hectare (69,930 acres) swath of reclaimed land in the southwestern coastal region of Saemangeum, President Lee Myung-bak said yesterday. In a speech celebrating the completion of the world’s biggest dike - a massive project in the Samemangeum area that took nearly ...read full story... |
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