ST Marine today announced that it has bagged several newbuild, repair and conversion contracts including variation order for an existing repair project. Its US shipyard, VT Halter Marine, secured a new contract to build an Articulated Tug Barge Offshore Tug for Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. (Bou
Sunergy, Inc is pleased to update shareholders on its dredging operations on the Pampana River in Sierra Leone, West Africa. The discussion that follows is from an operations report prepared by Dale Bourassa, Operations Manager for Allied Mining in Sierra Leone. “The first dredge was launched on Apr
Italdraghe has just delivered a new-build SGT 250 cutter suction dredger to the local Town Council of Pollica, in the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park in Southern Italy. The economy of this beautiful resort is heavily reliant on its seasonal tourist industry, which in turn depends to a large
The Dutcham Trade Award 2010-2011 is dedicated to Van Oord Offshore for best business achievement in Brazil. The trophy was assigned to the Dutch dredging company for their succesfull merits in the Brazilian offshore industry. At the ceremony on May 17 in São Paulo the jury of the Brasilian-Dutch Ch
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released its work plan for the Army Civil Works program through the end of fiscal year 2011 (FY11). The work plan details how USACE will execute the $5.065 billion Civil Works appropriation it received on April 15 when President Barrack Obama signed Public La
New Zealand marine electronics company, Electronic Navigation Ltd (ENL) has won an award at the New Zealand Boat Show over the weekend for their WASSP Multibeam Sonar. The Wide Angle Sonar Seafloor Profiler (WASSP) was chosen amongst a number of finalists as the winner of the Most Innovative Interna
CONTRACTING, DREDGING AND CONCESSIONS DEME (AvH 50%) had a continuous high level of activity in the first quarter 2011, driven by a nearly… More info: AvH [mappress] Source: AvH, May 18, 2011;
Van Oord Australia Pty Ltd and Dredging International (Australia) Pty Ltd have been awarded the second contract for the Western Basin Main Works Dredging at the Port of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. This second contract signed on the 12th May 2011 with the Gladstone Ports Corporation involves th
At today’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) a number of changes were approved with regard to the composition of the Supervisory Board. Furthermore, the meeting adopted the dividend proposal of € 1.24 per share. Mr. C. van Woudenberg was reappointed
Developments at Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. in 2011 have to date been in line with expectations. – Revenue growth compared to the same period last year, – Lower fleet utilization rate, – Slight order book decline compared to the end of 2010. Review of operations In the first quarter of 2011 Roya
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Dredging Corporation of India Ltd will be held on May 30, 2011, to consider the audited financial results for the year ended March 31, 2011 and also consider recommending dividend, if any for the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meetin
Kojimagumi Co., Ltd. in Japan has just equipped with the world’s heaviest grab bucket of capacity 106m3 and of self-weight 477 tons to its dredger. The cutting force is world top class 990 tons. The durability is enforced by adopting new cooling system and special steel for edge of the bucket. Grabb
DP World Limited will today hold its Annual General Meeting for the year ended 31 December 2010. Mohammed Sharaf, Chief Executive Officer wi… More info: dpworld [mappress] Source: dpworld, May 11, 2011;
After taking part in a competitive tender process, CARIS is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the National Survey Storage System project from Rijkswaterstaat. Rijkswaterstaat, the executive body of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment in the Netherlands: ensures safe and smooth