Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice

Picture of the Day: Dredgers Crowding New Suez

The New Suez Canal project is currently under construction and is scheduled to be delivered next August.

Chief Mate Guilty Over Fatal Dredger Collision

On the 8th June 2014 the Shoreway, a 98 metre 5000 tonne dredger, owned by Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV, collided with a Moody 31 sailing yacht Orca at the entrance to the River Orwell in Suffolk.

Boskalis Takes Part in Invergordon Project

The latest stage of work in the next phase of a multi-million pound development to enhance facilities at the Port of Cromarty Firth is underway.

Russia Gears Up for Big Dredging Projects

The volume of dredging works which will be performed at the seaports in Russia by the end of 2015 has been estimated at 30.8 mln cbm, Executive Director of FSUE Rosmorport Andrey Lavrishchev said at the II International Forum of Dredging Companies arranged by Media Group PortNews.

President Inspected New Suez Canal Project

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi yesterday inspected the digging and dredging operations under the New Suez Canal project.