In the last two weeks the TOC ship delivery crew has prepared the trailing suction hopper dredger Pays de Loire for a ship delivery voyage. The crew started the preparations for the departure from a ‘hot lay-up’. The captain and crew took care of all the technical and nautical issues and prepared th
The European Ships and Maritime Equipment Association (SEA Europe) has announced that IHC Merwede’s President, Govert Hamers, will succeed Lars Gorvell-Dahll as Chairman in October 2013. Mr Gorvell-Dahll’s will step down midway through his tenure to become the Managing Director of the maritime arm o
Cornwall Council has been asked by the Department for Transport to submit plans for the development of proposals at both St Marys, Scilly and Penzance harbours to preserve and enhance the sea link between the two ports. The schemes involve the development and extension of the quay at St Marys and ca
WWF-Australia welcomed the appointment of Mark Butler MP as Australia’s new Minister for Climate Change and Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water. The conservation organisation nominated a redoubling of efforts to ensure the Great Barrier Reef is not listed as “World Heritage in Danger” a
Waterford County Council has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Dungarvan Harbour dredging project. The works include dredging and disposal of approx. 8,000 m3 of non-rock material (deposited silts, sands, gravels and cobbles) from the mentioned area. This deepening program has been init
The New York State Thruway Authority and Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC (TZC) have announced that test boring operations in the Hudson River have been completed. The borings in the river are part of the pre-construction geotechnical work that began in late March. Crews will, however, continue test bor
Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumband Boripartra said he is ready to press ahead with his plan to keep Bangkok away from floods, with or without the government’s budget. As many areas of Bangkok were inundated in 2011, a 4- year plan to prevent flooding in the city has been developed. According to M.R. S
Despite a major dredging project in the Gladstone harbour, an independent seagrass study conducted by James Cook University has found the Gladstone harbour is one of the few locations along the developed Queensland coast where seagrasses have shown recovery since the 2010/11 floods. Gladstone Ports
On June 7, CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won the bid for the hydraulic structure works of the general terminal of the Honghuatao operation area of the Yidu zone of Yichang Port in Hubei Province, with a contract value of some 79.36 million yuan and a construction period of 24 months. Loca
CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co., Ltd. has recently won the bid for Phase 1 of the deepwater channel of the Sanduao Port Zone in Ningde, with a contract value of 250 million yuan and a construction period of 12 months. Located in the middle of the mainland gold coastline, the Sanduao Port Zone is the “port
CCCC Fourth Harbor Consultants Co., Ltd. has recently won the bid for the Phase 2 survey and design of the Guang’ao zone of Shantou Port, with a contract value of 39.66 million yuan. The project involves two 100,000t and a 10,000t container berths and corresponding auxiliary facilities. The terminal
On June 26, CHEC and the project owner Hutchison Ajman International Terminal jointly delivered a launch & ground-breaking ceremony for the Ajman Port reconstruction project in the UAE. With a contract value of 86.3 million dirhams (some 24 million U.S. dollars), undertaken by CHEC, the project is a
On June 27, CCCC Shanghai Dredging Co., Ltd. signed the Uruguay LNG dredging contract with Gas Sayago. With a construction period of 18 months and a total contract value of some 40 million U.S. dollars, the project is scheduled to commence on August 1, 2013. Gas Sayago is a joint venture established
MMT has in cooperation with Kongsberg Maritime AS, developed a new EM2040 Multibeam model for high-resolution surveys. This new model is specially designed for mapping in high speed and will deliver higher resolution and accurate survey data to the market. The new model enhances the already leading