Five years ago, the Panama Canal Expansion broke ground at Paraiso Hill and as of August 31, 2012 the program’s advance was estimated at 44.5%. “The Panama Canal Expansion Program is moving forward at a good pace. The program has made positive contributions to Panama´s economy such as direct employm
CCCC President Liu Qitao and Chief Engineer Sun Ziyu met the Minister of Transport of Thailand Sophon Zarum, on September 19. They carried out discussion about promoting and strengthening cooperation between the parties. During talk, Liu Qitao introduced main businesses and specialized advantages of
Grand opening ceremony was held for steel pipe pile construction of Berth 69 Project of Yanbu Industrial Port of Saudi Arabia on September 13. The ceremony was attended by Zahrani as Deputy Director of the Port Authority of Yanbu Industrial Port of Saudi Arabia, Omar as representative of the Project
Chatham Rock Phosphate Limited advises that all resolutions before the Special Meeting today have been passed and it has issued new ordinary shares to Subsea Investments II, LLC (Subsea), Boskalis Offshore B.V. (Boskalis), and the Directors of CRP in lieu of directors’ fees. Issue of shares to Subse
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port PJSC announced that on 21 September 2012 NCSP Group and the Novorossiysk City Administration signed an agreement of intent for implementation of an investment project in the Krasnodar Region. The agreement was signed at the XI International Investment Forum Sochi-201
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has awarded a contract for $3.9 million to Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Company of Quincy, Mass., for the maintenance dredging of the Jamaica Bay Federal Channel at Rockaway Inlet. The maintenance dredging will restore authorized channe
After nearly two years of inordinate delay the Jammu and Kashmir Government has finally constituted the Wullar Development Authority (WDA) to restore the pristine glory of Asia’s largest freshwater lake – Wullar – in north Kashmir. Officials said the formation of the WDA will streamline implementati
Tetra Tech, Inc. announced today that it was awarded a $24 million multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide technical, analytical, and programmatic support services to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields and Land Revitalization Program. Under
IHC Beaver Dredgers has delivered a Delta Multi Craft (DMC) 1400 workboat to a customer currently operating an IHC Beaver 6518C. It was supplied from stock to ensure a minimum lead time, and the workboat and dredger have now formed the perfect working partnership. The DMC1400 will assist the dredger
The largest backhoe dredger in the world has been installed with box cooler anti-fouling systems designed as the result of collaboration between Blokland Non-Ferro and Cathelco Ltd. The dredger has been built by IHC Merwede and was recently launched at the shipyard of its Dutch co-operation partner
Sembawang of Singapore – Global Project Underwriters will complete and publish an economic feasibility study to unequivocally prove a casino was necessary for the financial sustainability of its now withdrawn Wavebreak development in the Gold Coast’s Broadwater. Sembawang has cancelled its $4.9 bill
JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven, Germany’s first and only deep-water container goes into operation last week. To commemorate the occasion, the JadeWeserPort-Gesellschaften and EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven GmbH & Co. KG are celebrating the official inauguration on the site of the EUROGATE Co
ARCADIS, the international design, consulting, engineering and management services company, announced it has hired Stuart Appelbaum, an expert in water resources planning and ecosystem restoration. Appelbaum will work out of the firm’s Jacksonville, Fla. office where he will support the firm’s clien
China Dredging Group Co., Ltd., one of the leading independent (non-state-owned) providers of dredging services in the PRC, announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2012. Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 Highlights – Revenues of $119.1 million, a 10.9% period-over-period inc