A GREAT swathe of sand off the coast of Gower could be left untouched following a major rethink by a dredging company… Source: This is South Wales, November 6, 2009;
Bangalore: A Chinese shipbuilder has taken Dredging Corp. of India Ltd (DCI) and the shipping ministry by surprise by offering to build two dredgers at half the price quoted by a Dutch firm… Source: Livemint, November 9, 2009;
Chinese port builder China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has agreed to build a new container terminal at the Sudanese port of Digna, according to China Shipping Online… Source: Business Monitor International, November 9, 2009;
At Europort 2009, HollandMT and FKAB proudly announce their newly developed range of backhoe pontoon dredgers, named the Dredge-X range. The name has been derived from eXcellent eXcavator dredging. At Europort 2009, HollandMT and FKAB proudly announce their newly developed range of backhoe pontoon d
Mighty boost to Saudi construction capability… Source: Arab News, November 8, 2009;
Mercator Lines has acquired four dredgers and plans to add six more to its portfolio… Source: LiveMint, November 5, 2009;
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 — Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, La., won a $41,947,500 federal contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas, for the repair of the Placement Area No. 5 and 6 on the Texas City Channel under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act… Source: USACE, November 5,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Seacontractors presented ‘Speed & Stablity’, a new type of multicat… Source: Baird Maritime, November 5, 2009;
Nakheel has offered investors in the stalled Palm Jebel Ali development alternative homes on other projects, casting further uncertainty over the future of the vast reclaimed island… Source: The National, November 5, 2009;
Nexans has won a contract worth approximately €39m (£35m) to supply the subsea power-export cables for Phase I of the Belgian Belwind Offshore Windfarm project, located on the Bligh Bank, 46km off the coast of Zeebrugge… Source: The Engineer Online, November 5, 2009;
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., was awarded on Nov. 3, 2009, a $10,478,880 firm-fixed-price contract for the Shore Protection Project… Source: Defpro, November 5, 2009;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Empire State Development Corporation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently agreed to provide $3,895,500 of Bi-State Dredging Funds to the Caddell Dry Dock & Repair Company… Source: SIlive, November 4, 2009;
DP world has decided to postpone implementation of a 3rd terminal in Jebel Ali till 2013… Source: Port Technology, November 5, 2009;
Orion Marine reported that the backlog of work under contract as of September 30, 2009 was a record $224.3 million which compares with backlog under contract at September 30, 2008 of $160.5 million… Source: Orion Marine;
