Top News – April 22 to 28, 2013

Ongoing Port Development Projects Introduced (India)

58 port development projects in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode have been awarded up to 31st March, 2013.

Damen: Partnership with Van Oord (The Bahamas)

Following a six-year acquisition program, the Government of the Bahamas has announced the signing of a Letter of Intent to acquire 9 vessels for the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and construction work for their naval bases.

Maldives: Gulf Cobla Bags Gan Dredging Contract

Gulf Cobla, a Dubai-based dredging company, has won a project worth $11.7 million to reconstruct and develop certain areas of the Gan International Airport, reports sun.mv.

Boskalis: Port of Mombasa Expansion Underway (Kenya)

In week 14 Cofra started installing 5.5 million meters of drain for the expansion of the Port of Mombasa in Kenya for the Japanese contractor Toyo Construction.

Boskalis: Dockwise Acquisition Complete (The Netherlands)

Reference is made to the Offer Document and the press release of 8 February 2013 in which Boskalis Holding B.V. (the Offeror), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boskalis, launched a mandatory cash offer for all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Dockwise…

Dredging Today Staff, April 28, 2013