Key deals

The Spanish Port of Barcelona is focusing on growing shortsea traffic and has allocated part of its ongoing expansion for a dedicated terminal to accommodate the sector. Port authority chairman Joaquim Coello…

Belgiums Jan De Nul Group has ordered two stationary cutter suction dredgers from the same Tianjin Xinhe Shipyard in China that is building four 3,700m3 split barges for the dredging and marine…

The UKs Maritime and Coastguard Agency is the national overall winner in Remploy s 8th annual Leading the Way Awards . The awards were developed to recognise employers that have made significant…

In a period of 24 hours last month, three times as much new wind power capacity (300MW) was approved in Scotland and Wales than was built during the whole of last year.…

Reclamation work on The Pearl-Qatar , the US $2.5 billon man-made island being built offshore Doha, is running ahead of schedule, The Pearl-Qatar newspaper reported in October.

Finlands Aker Yards Group has merged its two shipyards in that country, Kvaerner Masa - Yards Inc and Aker Finnyards Inc , into a new company called Aker Finnyard s.

A new publication detailing the approach to maintenance dredging in the Port of London area has been published.

Electrical problems during sea trials have delayed the delivery of Planet , Germanys biggest SWATH vessel. The word from Nordseewerke (NSW) in Emden is that handover might not now take place before…