Maritime Infrastructure Development

VESSEL REVIEW | Xiangtaikou – Chinese operator adds versatile heavy-lift ship to fleet

Chinese shipbuilder CSSC Offshore and Marine Engineering Company (COMEC) has handed over a large, heavy-lift vessel to compatriot operator COSCO Shipping Special Transport. Xiangtaikou has an LOA of 231.1 metres, a beam of 46 metres, accommodations for 49 crewmembers and other personnel, and a maximum deadweight tonnage of approximately 65,000. A propulsion system that consists […]

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Georgia’s Port of Brunswick to receive US$15 million for infrastructure upgrades

US Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff have confirmed the allocation of US$15 million in US Department of Transportation funding to help upgrade the existing infrastructure at the Port of Brunswick in Georgia. According to the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), the bipartisan...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Cape Hatteras & Cape Canaveral – Great Lakes Dredge and Dock acquires pipe-lay and anchor handling workboats

Houston-based marine projects specialist Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD) has expanded its fleet of vessels following the delivery of two new workboats built by Conrad Shipyard of Morgan City, Louisiana. Cape Hatteras and Cape Canaveral belong to a series of shallow-draught workboats designed by Netherlands-based the Damen Shipyards Group to perform numerous roles […]

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Tender launched for expansion of Denmark’s Hirtshals Port

A DKK1 billion (US$145.9 milion) tender has been launched calling for interested parties to submit proposals for the expansion of the Port of Hirtshals in Denmark. The objective of the expansion is to significantly improve the navigation conditions and optimise the port’s facilities, allowing even...

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Contract awarded for FSRU jetty construction in Wilhelmshaven, Germany

FSRU Wilhelmshaven, a joint venture between French utilities company ENGIE and Brussels-based Tree Energy Solutions (TES), has awarded Van Oord a contract to construct a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) jetty at Wilhelmshaven in Germany. Van Oord is responsible for the procurement...

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ADNOC selects local firm for construction of artificial island near Al Nouf oilfield

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded compatriot marine projects firm the NMDC Group a contract for the construction of an artificial island near the Al Nouf oilfield west of Abu Dhabi. The total value of the contract is approximately US$136.7 million, NMDC confirmed in a filing with...

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APM Terminals to develop container facility in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Port

Plaquemines Port Harbor and Terminal District (Plaquemines Port) has entered into a letter of intent with APM Terminals to build a new container terminal on the West Bank of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Plaquemines Port will lease the land to APM Terminals under a 30-year agreement with extension...

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Operations start at new LNG jetty in Germany’s Stade Port

Germany’s Niedersachsen Ports has begun operating a newly constructed jetty built specifically to handle the offloading of LNG from floating storage and regasification units (FSRU). The Port of Stade is the second port in Lower Saxony to feature a dedicated LNG jetty that will be put into operation...

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