Marine Construction News – Page 128
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NewsSTX France sells its Lorient shipyard
The main shipyard located in Lorient on the West Coast of France that is owned by the large French shipbuilding group, STX France has been put up for sale by its owners. The Lorient shipyard is one on the smaller yards in the STX Group, which embraces six shipyards on ...
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NewsMoray dredger excavator
German crane and excavator manufacturer Liebherr has supplied Moray Council, the only authority in Scotland to own a dredger, with an excavator for direct mounting on its new £2.5 million dredger, ‘MV Selkie’.
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NewsNew sub 24m workboat from Damen
Work is about to start on the first of a new class of vessel from Netherlands-headquartered shipbuilder Damen; the UV2410. This multi-role platform is the result of extensive consultation with customers active in the aquaculture industry in the UK and Norway.
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NewsHSBO 2016
The biennial High Speed Boat Operation (HSBO) Forum took place recently in Göteborg, Sweden. ‘Maritime Journal’ sent Paul Lemmer, who as a first timer to the event was surprised by the number and variety of dark coloured ‘stealth’ type craft on show but managed to test drive all but a ...
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NewsHybrid nature tourism vessel
Norwegian tourist boat operator The Fjords DA, has released a progress update on the latest addition to its fleet – a vessel that it says ‘aims to be as breath taking as the natural beauty it will sail through’.
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NewsScottish steamer returns for restoration
The last remaining turbine steamship to be built on the Clyde has returned to Scotland for restoration, eight decades after it was first launched.
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NewsRough sea quad-hulled cat
A new type of catamaran passenger vessel is nearing completion at a Caribbean shipyard that is aimed at offering greater passenger comfort and better fuel economy that conventional catamarans.
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NewsSeawalk at Stockholm
A retractable floating pier, known as a SeaWalk, will provide easier access for cruise ships and passengers at the Port of Nynäshamn, one of the main cruise destinations in the Stockholm region.
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News‘White Beauty’: Swift on the surveys
Norway’s long coastlines present a few challenges to small survey vessel designs explains Rob Voskuil of DutchWorkboats. It’s not just the long, cold transits, there’s also a lot of seabed to cover during surveys, preferably at a brisk pace.
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News€80m land reclamation award for Boskalis
Netherlands headquartered dredging and marine construction major Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a contract by KSO Ciputra Yasmin to construct the land for the Centre Point of Indonesia Project located off the coast of Makassar.
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PLA opens new dredging disposal site
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has appointed Surrey UK based Land and Water Services as its operator for the Rainham Silt Lagoons, which offers a new disposal facility to the dredging market for materials originating from the Thames and Medway basins.
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NewsLand reclamation on IADC agenda
René Kolman, secretary general of International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will be presenting two papers at the World Dredging Congress (WODCON) XXI, which takes place at the same time as Seawork in Miami USA.
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NewsStraight to work for Van Oord’s new CSD
In the presence of guests and employees, Ms Lydia van de Kerk, the wife of CFO Arjan van de Kerk, named Van Oord’s latest cutter suction dredger ''Biesbosch'' during a ceremony held on the jetty at the company’s Rotterdam office.
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NewsNew Damen dredge pumps debut on 'Charlock'
The 3,200m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger ''Charlock'' has been equipped with two dredge pumps manufactured by Damen Dredging Equipment.
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NewsYoung CEDA plans for the year
Young CEDA Chair, Arjan de Heer, has reported on the most recent meeting of the Young CEDA Commission.
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NewsPhase 1 of Tuas Terminal gets underway
The Dredging International Asia Pacific (DIAP)-DAELIM Joint Venture will carry out the land reclamation and related works for the Tuas Terminal Phase 1 project.
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NewsLindenau revamps 'Hindenburg'
Lindenau Werft in Kiel has completed six months of renovation and repairs on the 72 year old former German rescue boat Hindenburg.
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NewsHamburg ploughs €200 million into port
Port infrastructure development projects in Germany’s biggest universal seaport Hamburg are costing about €200 million this year with cruise handling facilities and bridges drawing current attention.
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NewsWork starts on new Cuxport terminal
Work has begun in Cuxhaven on the construction of a new €36 million handling terminal on the Elbe which officials have said is part of “urgently needed” business expansion at the German port.
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News€240 million for canal locks rebuild
The German Government has given the go-ahead for work costing €240 million to demolish old locks in Kiel-Holtenau at the Baltic end of the Kiel Canal and replace them with brand new lock chambers.
