Healy Tibbitts Builders Inc., Aiea, Hawaii, has won a $9.7 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Honolulu Harbor maintenance dredging. According to the US Department of Defense (DoD), bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Honolulu, Hawaii, with an esti
Kosmos Energy sank deeper into the red in the first quarter of 2020 due to impairments and low oil prices.
Engineering and management services provider Penspen has been awarded a contract by Target Engineering Construction for slug catcher replacement support on a project on Zirku Island in the United Arab Emirates.
Imports at major U.S. retail container ports are expected to see double-digit year-over-year declines this spring and summer as the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic continue, according to the Global Port Tracker report released by the U.S. National Retail Federation and Hackett Associate
Several offshore wind companies and organisations have already become members of the World Forum Offshore Wind’s (WFO’s) Floating Offshore Wind Committee, launched in February 2020. The latest ones to get onboard the committee are Japan’s utility company JERA, French wind energy industry association
Australia is providing $561k for a marine survey that will support preparations for a second internet submarine cable into Palau. Australia’s funding builds on the AU$ 2million provided in 2016 to land the first submarine cable and support regulatory and policy reforms in Palau’s information and com
The Western Australian government is pushing forward to create an international liquefied natural gas fuelling hub in Pilbara in a move to reduce carbon emissions. As part of the plan, the WA government is introducing new incentives encouraging ships visiting Pilbara Ports to use cleaner marine fuel
Maritime Constructions announced last week that the dredging operations are well underway at Port of Apollo Bay for the Colac Otway Shire. Colac Otway Shire Mayor, Jason Schram, said that the harbor dredging project involves shifting around 60,000 cubic meters of sand which has accumulated over the
DSC Dredge, a Louisiana based company involved in customized dredging solutions, announced last week that their first Sharkuda is now in operation and the building of its second Sharkuda underway. The Sharkuda Dredge Class is designed to excel in areas otherwise difficult to access; it incorporates
For the 60th time, the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will organize its well-known International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation. With the collaboration of IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, the seminar is set to take place from 7-11 September 2020 in Delft, The Net
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (May 4-10, 2020). Jan De Nul in 2019: Challenging Year for Dredging Jan De Nul Group has just released their business figures for the past year, saying that in line with previous years, 2019 remained a challenging
A global oversupply of oil resulting from lower demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic and high production level has seen the unprecedented shortage of storage capacities translating in high rates for floating storage. Tanker owners have been reporting high earnings for the first quarter of this year a
The Board of Directors of Swedish wind power company SeaTwirl has appointed Peter Laurits, Vice Chairman of the Board, as the company’s new CEO, effective immediately. With Laurits now taking the helm, the interim CEO Peter Schou, who was heading the company during the spring, will work in parallel
In Ivory Coast, DEME Group recently completed a challenging capital dredging project for the extension of the Port of San Pedro, the second largest port in the country. “With our trailing suction hopper dredgers ‘Marieke’ and ‘Orwell’ we deepened the access channel and executed land reclamation work
