Port of Felixstowe channel deepened
NewsThe main approach channel and Berths 8&9 at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe have been deepened to improve access for the world’s larges...
Blyth selected by Van Oord as wind farm cable base
NewsThe Port of Blyth has been selected by Van Oord Offshore Wind UK Limited as the location for the storage and mobilisation of inter-array cab...
IHC: deal struck to keep Dutch dredger builder in local hands
NewsDutch Royal IHC shipyard is, as anticipated, to be taken over by a consortium of Dutch and Belgian companies, with full support from the Dut...
“Defensive” IHC bid by Belgian and Dutch dredgers
NewsDutch Royal IHC shipyard may be taken over by a consortium made up of private equity investor HAL Investments and the dredging and marine co...
Angolan dredging corruption scandal
NewsVan Oord is implicated in a corruption scandal involving Isabel dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s former President, José Eduardo dos Santo...
Dredging under way in Beira
NewsA six month dredging project has begun at the Port of Beira, following the arrival of a Van Oord dredger in November...
Liverpool2 dredging commences
NewsPeel Ports Group’s flagship £300M deepwater container terminal has taken an important step closer to realisation with Van Oord commencing...
Moín contract let
NewsAPM Terminals (APMT) has awarded the contract for the construction of the first phase of the new Moín Container Terminal on the Caribbean c...
Moin contract awarded
NewsAPM Terminals has awarded the construction contract for the first phase of its new Terminal in Moin, Costa Rica to Van Oord and BAM Internat...
PUMA completes first part of Maasvlakte II
NewsThe PUMA consortium has delivered the first part of the Maasvlakte II project to the Port of Rotterdam "on time, on budget and in accordance...
PD Ports gets the wind up
NewsPD Ports was recently appointed as the main construction logistics hub at the Port of Hartlepool for the Teesside Offshore Windfarm Project...
Monrovia looks to Van Oord
NewsThe Liberian National Port Authority is negotiating a dredging contract for all four of the country’s ports with Van Oord...
Dredging agreed for Mombasa
NewsThe Kenya Ports Authority has awarded a contract to dredge the approaches to Mombasa harbour to Dutch firm Van Oord...
Dredging to the limits of technology
NewsTwo of the most challenging projects ever to confront the dredging industry are on time and in-budget: the Massvlakte II reclamation and the...
Brazilian ports still on the up
NewsThere is still plenty of drive behind major investment projects, which are restrained more by legal battles than the market....