Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced that Mark Marinko has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective today. Mr. Marinko joins the Company to fill the role vacated in April 2014 and held in interim by the Vice President and Controller, Katherine Hayes. Mr.
Swede Energy has signed an agreement with TC Energy Ltd in Ghana to jointly develop the largest wave power project in the world. The project is situated outside the coast of Ghana and will be built in blocks with a total targeted installed capacity of 1000MW. TC Energy Ltd is the holder of permits a
The Port of Houston Authority will commence dredging of the Bayport and Barbour’s Cut channels sometime in the next two weeks, according to houstonpublicmedia.org. The improvement projects at the Port Authority’s two container terminals will deepen the channels from 40 feet to 45 feet, matching the
London Container Terminal in Tilbury last week saw the first of its two panamax ship to shore cranes fully operational. The first of the two cranes boomed down onto the Samskip vessel, the Henrike Schepers, with her cargo of containers for the UK market. Spanish company, Paceco Espana S.A., were awa
The South Baltic Conference on New Technologies and Recent Developments in Flood Protection which took place in Gdansk, 5-6 June 2014 was a great success. 145 participants from 7 European countries took part to discuss the interesting presentations. Particular emphasis have been put on the applicati
The Port of Singapore won the ‘Best Seaport in Asia’ award at the 28th Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA) held in Shanghai on 17 June 2014. Mr Andrew Tan, Chief Executive of Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), said: “Singapore is honoured to receive the ‘Best Seaport in Asia’
Dhaka WASA Drainage (O&M) Circle, has recently launched the Urban Dredging Demonstration Project (UDDP) as part of the Water Operators Partnership (WOP) between Dhaka WASA and Vitens Evides International (VEI). The launch is part of a recently started 10 years dredging program by Dhaka WASA to clean
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
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
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
Over 80 representatives from the electrical industry have attended an event hosted by Tidal Lagoon Power Limited to hear about the supply chain opportunities with Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. Chaired by Andy Basham, National President of the ECA, the event included a presentation on the proposed lagoon
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
