Last weekend, the Port of Rotterdam Authority concluded the fourteen-day Port Management Programme which it organised for the third time. Twenty-two professionals from international partners from countries including China, Qatar, Brazil and Oman gained insight into all aspects of the Rotterdam port
On April 7th, 2013, Dredge Technology Corporation (DTC) will introduce its well-known Simulator Training to the USA. The training will be presented in collaboration with the Netherlands-based Training Institute for Dredging (TID) and makes use of TID’s own Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) Simulator. For
Reef Subsea today announced that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power and Umbilical Ltd., with offices in Stockton-on-Tees and Aberdeen, has successfully completed a series of offshore trials on its recently launched Q1000 subsea trenching ROV. The capabilities of both the trencher and its Laun
Idreco delivered the dredger for Kieswerk Wissel GmbH part of the Putman group. This ISD 350 has an underwater pump and engine with a suction depth of 24 meters. The dredger is equipped with our PK 350 pump driven by our electric direct drive system with a 500 KW motor. Production capacity up to 600
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is seeking public comment on the town of Steilacoom’s proposed updates to its shoreline master program. The draft shoreline program update will guide construction and development along the town’s 3.7 miles of marine shoreline, extending into Chambers Ba
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District has published a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Department for the Army permit from the Coastal Water Authority’s Luce Bayou Interbasin Transfer project, for which an Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared. The Corps will hold a
The American Waterways Operators (AWO) and Waterways Council Inc. (WCI), are calling upon Congress and the Administration to address a developing situation on the Mississippi River which could effectively bring commerce on the Mighty Mississippi to a halt in early December. Water releases from dams
On November 5, the award ceremony for 2012 Top 100 Hong Kong Listed Companies took place in Hong Kong. CCCC ranked 32nd. Liu Wensheng, Chief Economist and the Board Secretary, attended the ceremony and received the award on behalf of CCCC. The event was organized by Finet and Tencent, and co-organiz
Northport (M) Bhd, one of the main maritime gateways in the country, believes that its port capacity-expansion plans will be the catalyst to ride over the expected headwinds that may hit the industry going forward. This is because as a seasoned player, the wholly-owned subsidiary of NCB Holdings Bhd
APM Terminals’ result for the period was affected by the slowdown in the major Asia-Europe trade lane, which affected port volumes and results in most of the larger terminals in both Asia and Europe. Positive developments in Africa and Americas secured overall volume growth. The global container ter
The Mexican Federal Secretary of Communications and Transportation, Dionisio Perez-Jacome Friscione, the Governor of the Mexican State of Michoacan de Ocampo, Fausto Vallejo, and senior representatives of APM Terminals, formally laid the foundation stone November 9, 2012 for the new Lázaro Cárdenas
Idreco delivered the dredger for the company Fa. Markus WolfKieswerk & Transporte member of the Holcim France group. This ISD 350 has an underwater pump and engine with a suction depth of 26 meters. The dredger is equipped with our PK 350 pump driven by our electric direct drive system with a 315 KW
In the wake of tropical storm Sandy, the city of Virginia Beach has requested the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct an emergency dredge of Rudee Inlet. The federal navigation channel shoaled significantly as a result of the storm, impeding navigation. The Norfolk District team quickly responde
Van Oord engineer Johannes Becker was awarded the Hydraulic Engineering Award 2012 for his MSc thesis ‘Dredge plumes, ecological risk assessment’, at Delft University of Technology. An important element in assessing the environmental aspects of dredging is linking (temporary) changes in water qualit