On August 16, the Ocean christened its trailing suction hopper dredge, the Ocean Traverse Nord. It was built this past year at Ocean Industries shipyard at Isle-aux-Coudres. The 25-million-dollar shipbuilding project, the largest ever in Eastern Canada and Ocean’s first dredge, created over fifty ne
BMT Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced its latest project providing port planning consultancy for Malaysia-based, diversified multinational, Sime Darby Berhad. BMT developed a strategic master plan for the
Independent research on Chatham Rock Phosphate (CRP) prepared by Edison Investment Research says the most significant risks relating to the project are easing. “CRP is moving closer to demonstrating a commercially and technically viable undersea mining project, risks still remain but the most signif
VOSTA LMG has received a nomination for the development of the GREENFORCE ball joint. This is a revolutionary design of a ball joint for the use in floating pipelines behind cutter suction dredgers. The new design reduces costs and reaches several advantages for the environment. The nominees of the
Dr. Alan Jamieson and Prof. Stuart Piertney from the University of Aberdeen with collaborators from NIWA, New Zealand and the Museum of Natural History in Paris, France, have been awarded a new 2-year project by the TOTAL Foundation in France. The Project entitled “Trench Connection” will expand the
Sutor Technology Group Limited, a leading China-based non-state owned manufacturer and distributor of high-end fine finished steel products and welded steel pipes used by a variety of downstream applications, announced that it has entered into a supply agreement for 12,000 metric tons of spiral seam
The nominees of the Dutch HME Maritime Innovation Award 2012 are Huisman Equipment BV, VOSTA LMG BV, Kranendonk Production Systems BV, and Imtech Marine & Offshore BV. These nominees are selected out of sixteen innovative submissions. The winner will be announced at the Maritime Awards Gala on Thurs
IHC Merwede has launched a new budget range of small hopper dredgers under the name of Easydredge. This is in response to the increasing global demand for smaller dredgers. The sophisticated design, standardised components and smart production choices make the Easydredge vessel an extremely cost-eff
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of commercial and industrial demolition and remediation services, today announced that William S. (Bill) Steckel has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Off
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) reported a 12% increase in revenue in the first half of the year to EUR 1.4 billion (first half of 2011: EUR 1.25 billion). Organic revenue growth was 5%. Net profit declined to EUR 102.5 million (first half of 2011: EUR 114.1 million). Compared to the end
Following his promotion yesterday from captain to rear admiral, Gerd Glang was named as director of the NOAA Office of Coast Survey and the nation’s chief hydrographer, responsible for mapping and charting of all United States coastal waters. The U.S. Senate has confirmed his nomination by President
Leading marine environmental consultancy, ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer), has moved to the new Quayside Suite on Town Quay. Effective immediately, the company is now operating from Medina Chambers and their previous office in Waterside House has closed its doors. The new office offer
Mercator Limited announced its un-audited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012. The total consolidated income for the Q1FY13 was Rs. 1095 Cr. against Rs. 799 Cr. during Q1FY12 recording an increase of 37% on YOY basis. The operating profit (PBIDT) at Rs. 182 Cr increased by 18% comp
APM Terminals’ profit for the Q2 period was affected by a varied regional performance, with West Africa region and some terminals in Asia demonstrating double digit growth rates, whereas volumes in most European terminals were below Q2 2011. As mentioned in the 2011 annual report, the increased pres