After almost 38 years with Van Oord, John van Herwijnen (62) has resigned as managing director under the company’s articles of association in order to take retirement. Mr Van Herwijnen celebrated his departure with business relations and colleagues on 7 May. In his final position at Van Oord, Van He
De Valk Sneek in Holland, a part of the De Valk International group of yacht brokers, has announced the sale of the Moonen 72 Aqua Domus. “As the fifteenth major sale by the Sneek office in the first quarter of 2009, this transaction shows that the downturn need not stand in the way of good [&hellip
• General market conditions continued to deteriorate during the first months of 2009. • Net loss of USD 373 million in the first quarter 2009 compared to net profit of USD 1,050 million in the same period 2008. • Volumes transported by Maersk Line fell 14 percent and average freight rates were 24 pe
DP World Southampton has deployed eight new CVS Ferrari empty container handling forklift trucks into its empty park operation. The machines have the ability to block stack empty containers up to eight high compared to previous machinery that could only stack up to six high. The operator said that i
The first cruise ship to visit the Isle of Man for 2009 has weighed anchor in Douglas Bay. The MS Marco Polo arrived on Saturday morning with around 800 passengers and is cruising around the British Isles. Geoff Corkish, from Manx Department of Tourism, said he was pleased the Isle of Man was being
Somali pirates have released a British-owned cargo ship, the Malaspina Castle, after more than a month following the payment of an undisclosed ransom. The 32,000-tonne vessel, which has a mainly Bulgarian crew, was seized on 6 April in the Gulf of Aden while carrying a cargo of iron. A Bulgarian gov
The global economic downturn has hit shipping hard, forcing many owners to take their vessels off the seas and mothball them at ports. In a hidden and sheltered Cornish river sanctuary, there is a spectacular sight – a sign of just how bad the global downturn has become. The Fal estuary has been fil
A cruise liner is set to deliver a mini tourist boom to an Essex town when it arrives with 2,000 passengers later. Holland America Lines’ cruise ship Eurodam is calling at Harwich International Port to give those on board a chance to explore the area. The port’s owners, Hutchison Ports, said the vis
Telefónica Blue ruled the day on Saturday afternoon earning two wins from two starts on in-port race day at the Volvo Ocean Race stopover at Fan Pier, in Boston. With Iker Martinez on the helm and Bouwe Bekking calling tactics, Telefónica Blue dominated the afternoon, leading from pole to pole in bo
Engineers have been challenged to help cut the cost of offshore wind energy in a UK government-backed competition that is offering up to £100,000 worth of technical assessment to the finalists. The Carbon Trust, a low-carbon-technology think-tank, hopes that the contest, which is open to engineers a
Netherlands-based salvage specialist Multraship Salvage has successfully salved a sinking dredger off the coast of Kent in the UK. The 67m Van Oord-owned dipper dredger Goliath has now been towed to the Moerdijk area of Holland for further inspection. Goliath was under tow from The Netherlands to Ir
UTE Dique Torres, the project prime contractor, has awarded the reclamation contract for the extension of the Port of Gijón to Van Oord via its Spanish subsidiary Dravosa. The client is the Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón. Completion of the project is scheduled for 2010, and the total value of the cont
IHC Beaver Dredgers, part of the IHC Merwede Group, has set up a new department to meet demand for prefabricated materials. The department has been in operation since January 2009 in Sliedrecht in The Netherlands and can prefabricate about 400 tons of parts a year. The prefabricated materials can be
BMT Baxter Eadie Ltd has completed an in-depth field study for a new port in the Gulf of Aqaba on the southern tip of Jordan. The company, part of the BMT Group, used its expertise to forecast traffic to the new port, which is due to open south of the current Port of Aqaba in […]
