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Maasvlakte 2 Awarded to Van Oord and Boskalis
24 Jan 2008
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has announced its intention to award the contract for the Maasvlakte 2 port extension project to a consortium consisting of Dutch dredging and marine construction majors Van Oord and Royal Boskalis Westminster. The contract was due to be signed at the beginning of 2008.
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Dutch Government Considers Creation of Huge Offshore Island
27 Jan 2008
The Dutch government is considering a radical plan to build a £7bn island in the shape of a tulip in the North Sea. The idea behind the concept is to relieve pressure on its overcrowded cities and protect the coastline from rising sea levels.
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Details of Damietta Container Facility Confirmed
27 Jan 2008
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) have confirmed that they have approved a $150m loan to finance the Damietta container terminal situated on Egypt's Mediterranean coast.
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Construction of Jeddah's new container terminal under way
27 Jan 2008
The Saudi Trade and Export Development Company (Tusdeer) has announced that construction of its $443m Red Sea Gateway Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP) was due to commence this month.
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EBRD provides loan to Ukrainian port
27 Jan 2008
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to provide a €26m guaranteed loan to Illichivsk Sea Commercial Port, one of the largest ports in Ukraine. The 15 year loan will help the port carry out a programme of modernisation that includes berth reconstruction, procurement of cargo handling equipment and dredging.
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Boskalis to Deepen Entrance Channel at Port of Melbourne
27 Jan 2008
Royal Boskalis Westminster has confirmed that it has acquired a major contract for deepening the entrance channel to the Port of Melbourne in Australia. The project will be executed in an alliance with the Port of Melbourne Corporation, and the work will take some two years. The value of the contract is approximately €300m.
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Shetland Islands Council Loses Battle to Stop Dredging
27 Jan 2008
The Shetland Islands Council (SIC) is being asked to pay more than £5m towards the cost of dredging work at Port of Lerwick, having lost a legal battle to prevent the work going ahead.
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