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Port of Felixstowe channel deepened

News4 Oct 2023

The 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

News10 Nov 2022

The 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

News1 May 2020

Dutch 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

News24 Jan 2020

Dutch 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

News22 Jan 2020

Van 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

News11 Dec 2017

A six month dredging project has begun at the Port of Beira, following the arrival of a Van Oord dredger in November...

Liverpool2 dredging commences

News15 Jul 2014

Peel Ports Group’s flagship £300M deepwater container terminal has taken an important step closer to realisation with Van Oord commencing...

Moín contract let

News1 Nov 2013

APM 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

News15 Oct 2013

APM 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

News17 Apr 2013

The 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

News12 Mar 2012

PD 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

News29 Feb 2012

The Liberian National Port Authority is negotiating a dredging contract for all four of the country’s ports with Van Oord...

Dredging agreed for Mombasa

News22 Dec 2010

The 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

News1 Oct 2010

Two 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

News1 Mar 2009

There is still plenty of drive behind major investment projects, which are restrained more by legal battles than the market....

Mumbai deal for Van Oord

News1 Sep 2007

Netherlands-based Van Oord has won the contract to dredge the navigation channel linking Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) and Mumbai Port from 12...

Port of Felixstowe channel deepened

Blyth selected by Van Oord as wind farm cable base

IHC: deal struck to keep Dutch dredger builder in local hands

“Defensive” IHC bid by Belgian and Dutch dredgers

Angolan dredging corruption scandal

Dredging under way in Beira

Liverpool2 dredging commences

Moín contract let

Moin contract awarded

PUMA completes first part of Maasvlakte II

PD Ports gets the wind up

Monrovia looks to Van Oord

Dredging agreed for Mombasa

Dredging to the limits of technology

Brazilian ports still on the up

Mumbai deal for Van Oord

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Texas ship channels receive historic funding approval

Reefer monitoring on barges

Peruvian bounce

Hapag-Lloyd signs contract for 24 newbuildings

Over 76% of Maersk’s European customers face supply chain disruptions

Port of Felixstowe channel deepened

Blyth selected by Van Oord as wind farm cable base

IHC: deal struck to keep Dutch dredger builder in local hands

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Texas ship channels receive historic funding approval

Reefer monitoring on barges

Peruvian bounce

Hapag-Lloyd signs contract for 24 newbuildings

Over 76% of Maersk’s European customers face supply chain disruptions

Montreal strike leads MEA to suspend salary guarantee

Valencia resumes operations in aftermath of deadly flooding in Eastern Spain

Heavy transport vessel runs aground off Taiwan

ILWU Canada announces new strike

Ships divert as indefinite strike shuts down Montreal’s Termont terminals