Aberdeenshire-based oilfield service company ROMAR International has secured three separate contracts with oil and gas operators, totalling a seven figure sum. The contracts are in line with company’s plans to achieve a 25% growth in 2014 after achieving 36% growth in 2013 when company turnover reac
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee said that he is using the powers of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011 to allow for timelier redevelopment of the badly damaged Lyttelton Port. “Under the CER Act I have directed Environment Canterbury and Lyttelton Port Company to prep
Around-the-clock dredging operations on the Hudson River commenced recently, and will continue through November in a 14-mile section of the Upper Hudson between Schuylerville and Stillwater, Saratoga County. Dredging began near Fort Edward, 40 miles north of Albany, in 2009, and GE’s contractors thu
Doosan Engine has confirmed the delivery of the world’s first dual-fuel, low-speed ME-GI engine to the American National Steel and Shipbuilding Company shipyard in San Diego, USA. The new engine is capable of operation on LNG and/or bunker C oil and will power the first of two 3,100-teu containershi
Two Lee County beaches will soon be transformed during renourishment projects at Bonita Beach and Lovers Key State Park. Heavy equipment is expected to be on Bonita Beach starting Wednesday, June 25, with work beginning June 30 and proceeding north to south for about five weeks. The estimated start
APM Terminals concluded a contract with Austrian-based crane manufacturer Hans Kuenz GmbH in combination with ABB of Sweden for an additional 22 Automated Rail-Mounted Gantry Cranes (ARMGs). The order will bolster the yard operation for Phase I of the new 2.7 TEU million annual capacity, deep-water
Mr. Asdakorn Limpiti, Acting Executive Vice President for Technology & Sustainability Development Group of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP), jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Training Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Cente
Quarz de Haguenau SARL, based in Batzendorf, France, have received their first fully electric driven ISD300-M Suction Dredger from IDRECO BV. This IDRECO ISD300-M dredger is easy demountable and transportable by trucks. The dredger is equipped with an in-board high performance Idreco IDP300 dredge p
The Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Shri Nitin Gadkari has recently emphasized the need for a systematic public awareness clean-Yamuna campaign involving citizens and students. Chairing a meeting for rejuvenation of Yamuna River, the Minister said that a sense of involvement and
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comments on the draft environmental assessment for the proposed Wahkiakum Ferry federal navigation channel realignment and widening. The channel is in the Columbia River at river mile 43.5 in Wahkiakum County, Washington. This proposed action would
CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co. Ltd. has recently won the bid for Lot 2 of the Jinghe River dredging and bank protection project in Wuhan, Dongxihu District. As another major environmental project undertaken by the company after the sludge removal of the Waisha Lake in Wuhan, the project demonstrates CCCC
The pilot dike construction at the Körkwitzer Bach near Ribnitz-Damgarten, approximately 40 km north-east of Rostock, has been completed. The 500 m section of the degenerated flood protection structure was reconstructed using a cover of ripened fine-grained and moderately organic dredged material. T
May 30, 2014, marked the end of a 6 month dredging project in Stevenson’s Creek, Clearwater, FL. Gator Dredging (the United States Army Corp of Engineers approved dredging contractor for Stevenson’s Creek) has successfully completed their hydraulic dredging project as part of the extensive effort to
IHC Merwede Holds Naming Ceremony for Dredger ITALENI The South African company Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has named its 750m3 grab hopper dredger, ITALENI, during a special ceremony hosted by the shipbuilder IHC Merwede. Maldives: Hulhumalé Land Reclamation Contract Awarded A US$50
