The Panama Canal Authority said on Monday it awarded Belgian firm Jan de Nul NV an $89.6 million contract to dredge the canal’s Atlantic entrance as part of a $5.25 billion expansion of the canal.
LIVERPOOL has returned fire in the row over its plans to steal a slice of Southampton’s lucrative cruise industry – blasting the actions of city port owners as “diabolical”. Merseyside civic chiefs have slammed Southampton port owner Associated British Ports (ABP) for trying to block an upgrade of i
Stockholms Hamnar (Ports of Stockholm) is developing a new port for Stockholm in the Värtahamnen and Frihamnen harbours, which will include a comprehensive expansion of the Värta Pier, and Grontmij has been made responsible for the planning and design of the Värta Pier.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new limitations on the use of three organosphate pesticides to protect endangered and threatened salmon. According to the Environment News Service, the limitations will, from the early 2010, limit the use of chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malath
The Danish Ministry for Interior and Social Affairs will give a DKK 210 million support to eight island ferry services, spread over the country. The island ferry services are mainly owned by the municipalities, however, the government guarantees parts of the funds needed for building new ferries.
Vroon Offshore Services Pte Ltd has taken delivery of a new addition to its offshore fleet. VOS Hades, an anchor handling tug supply vessel built at the Fujian Shipyard in China, was delivered on 23 September.
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded the contract from Fremantle Ports for the deepening of the port of Fremantle Inner Harbour in Western Australia. The contract value is approximately € 45 million and the work is scheduled to be executed in the first half of 2010. The project requires
Thailand has inaugurated its first inland river power which links inland industries through waterways. Located in Ayutthaya, the first phase of construction cost US$23.55 million. The port has been equipped with four cranes and other advanced facilities. Total loading capacity is 450,000TEU per year
South Australian river cruise operator Murray Queen has been placed into administration. Operators said that the business failed because many tourists were under the wrong impression that the Murray River had nearly dried up. While the river is not dry, water levels are low; however, river cruise ve
Wärtsilä has signed the United Nations Global Compact initiative and has been registered as a participant by the UN Global Compact Office. With this action Wärtsilä further consolidates its commitment to sustainable business practices, and to the compact’s underlying principles in the areas of human
IHC Merwede has opened a new regional headquarters in Mumbai in a bid to boost its presence and service offering on the Indian Subcontinent. The Dutch shipbuilding group, well known worldwide for its dredging and offshore work, has actually had an office in Delhi for nearly 25 years and it has alrea
Six companies, including three from Hawaii, will share in a $500 million Navy contract for work to be performed at Pearl Harbor over the next give years. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command announced Tuesday the award, which will be divided among Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co., Manson-Nan J
Talisman Energy (UK) Limited has chosen The Craig Group’s latest newbuild vessels to support operations in its Northern Business Area in the North Sea. The two IMT 948 designed vessels, currently under construction at the Balenciaga shipyard, will go on long-term charter next year to provide emergen
Aberdeen Harbour continues to cement its position as the centre of activity for the energy industry’s marine operations in North-west Europe, and remains one the UK’s busiest ports. Figures show more than 50 per cent of the port’s major activity is connected to the oil and gas industry.
