Boskalis contracted for gas pipe line off Australian coast

April 18th, 2012 by nwp

Royal Boskalis Westminster has received a letter of award from the Italian oil and gas industry contractor Saipem in relation to the offshore project for the Ichthys gas export pipeline development near Darwin, Northern Australia. The project value to Boskalis amounts to approximately 200 million euro.

Japanese oil company Inpex is the main developer of the Ichthys project and Boskalis will work on behalf of Saipem (Portugal) Comércio Marítimo.

Ichthys gas fields
The Ichthys development revolves around the construction of a new 42-inch deep sea natural gas pipeline from the Ichthys field in the Browse Basin 880 kilometers to Darwin onshore. The pipeline will run through the Darwin harbor, requiring dredging services in the near shore area, rock installation and the construction of a landfall.

Work starts in 2013
For Boskalis, the contract entails dredging an 18 kilometers pipeline trench in which the gas pipeline will be laid, a pipe-pull over a distance of approximately 3,000 meters and the installation of a protective layer of rock after the pipeline has been laid.

A cofferdam and winch platform will be constructed at the waterline edge to build the landfall. Work is set to commence mid 2013 and is expected to be completed by mid 2015.

Two large backhoe dredging vessels
For the pipeline trenching and landfall construction, Boskalis will deploy two large backhoe dredging vessels. The rock for the post-lay installation will be sourced from a local quarry and will be placed using side stone dumping vessels. The services of SMIT Subsea as well as miscellaneous ancillary equipment will be used during the course of the project.

Increasing energy demand
The Boskalis strategy is designed to benefit from the key macro-economic drivers that fuel global demand in selected markets: global trade, increasing energy consumption, population growth and the challenges of changing climate conditions. This project is driven by increasing energy consumption.

This press release was originally published on the website of Boskalis.

More information
Boskalis Westminster
Papendrecht, the Netherlands
+31 78 6969 000
www.boskalis.com


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TenCate Geotubes selected for large dredging project on Onondaga Lake, USA

January 11th, 2012 by nwp

TenCate Geosynthetics Americas is selected by Parsons Engineering to supply TenCate Geotube containers for the dredging project on Onondaga Lake, in the State of New York.

Superfund clean up project for removal of contaminated sediment
As a result of over a century of industrial activity on the shores of Onondaga Lake, lake sediments have been contaminated with chemicals such as heavy metals, PAH’s and volatile organic compounds (e.g., chlorobenzene). Due to this contamination, Onondaga Lake and related upland sites were added to the Federal Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) in 1994.

Dewatering of sediment in stacked geotubes
The design by Parsons Engineering is to hydraulically dredge an estimated 2.1 million cubic yards of waste and pump it to a 50 acre dewatering cell through 4 miles of double-walled pipeline. Their design specifies containing and dewatering the waste in geotextile tubes stacked 30 feet in height.

Four years
TenCate Geotube containers, of various large circumferences, will be supplied to dewater the sediments. This project is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2012 and is planned to continue for 4 years. Upon completion of dredging and dewatering, TenCate Geotube containers will be permanently stored in the capped cell.

Good references
“TenCate has been chosen for the value it brings to the project”, comments Vicki Ginter, Regional Market Manager at TenCate Geosynthetics Americas. “This includes the unique features of the TenCate Geotube containers such as circumferential seams and mechanical geoports, a history of projects worldwide that are similar in scope and complexity, technical services including geotechnical engineering support and detailed layout drawings for the dewatering cell, quality control evidenced by its ISO 9001 certification and A2LA certified labs and the history and strength of the TenCate corporation.”

This news items was originally published on the website of
Ten Cate.

See for more information on the restoration plan: Onondaga Initiatives Restoration Plan.

More information
TenCate Geosynthetics Americas
Jennifer McKay, marketing manager,
j.mckay@tencate.com
+001 706 693 2226
www.tencategeosynthetics.com


New backhoe dredger launched at Dutch Ravestein shipyard for Belgian-Russian customer

January 4th, 2012 by nwp

Ravestein Shipyard BV in Deest, the Netherlands launched its backhoe dredger Ravenhoe 900B ‘Peter the Great’ on December 31st, 2012. The pontoon was built for the account of the Belgian dreding company DEME NV and its Russian partner NDC (Northern Dredging Company Ltd), part of the PST Group.

The Dutch shipyard Ravestein BV was awarded with a contract for the design and construction of a backhoe dredger in November 2010.

Equipped with crane and three spud legs
The ‘Peter the Great’ will have a length of 60 m, breadth of 17.20 m, depth of 4 m, deck load of 10 tonnes/m² and will be equipped with a Liebherr P 995 Litronic crane and three spud legs each 34m in length.

The pontoon has two fixed spud legs, one hydraulically operated spud carrier with spud leg and an excavator. The excavator is a Liebherr P 995 Litronic type which is designed for a maritime environment and has a dredging depth of 18.20 m and a bucket of 11m³. The vessel can accommodate 10 persons

Russian tsar with shipbuilding interest
The ‘Peter the Great’ was named after the Russian Tsar and emperor known for the implementation of great reforms in Russia that helped to expand and modernize the country into a huge empire becoming a major European power.

Peter the Great founded one of the world’s most beautiful cities, St. Petersburg, also called “North capital and Venice of North” of the Russian Federation.

Peter the Great has spent some time along the banks of the river Sheldt close to DEME’s headquarters, showing interest in the local shipbuilding industry.

The choice of the name ‘Peter the Great’ underlines DEME’s growing presence in the Russian market.

This news item was originally published on the wesite Dredging news online

More information
Ravestein Shipyards
Deest, the Netherlands
+31 487 512 034
www.ravestein.nl

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Vosta and BEML to deliver dredging equipment for construction of new Indian ports

October 10th, 2011 by nwp

BEML and VOSTA LMG signed a cooperation agreement for the supply of dredging equipment to Indian end-users on October 10th, 2011.

In the presence of Mr. S. Reddy, First Secretary Legal of the Indian Embassy in The Netherlands, the agreement was signed by Mr. V. RS. Natarajan, Chairman and Managing Director of BEML, and Mr. R. Dietze, President and CEO of VOSTA LMG. BEML and VOSTA LMG will combine their resources and expertise for the purpose of the construction of dredges for India.

Construction of seven new ports
The Indian government expects an increase of the cargo to be handled through Indian ports by an additional capacity of 1294 million tons in the next ten years with an investment of Euro 27.37 billion. The existing ports are not in a position to manage all this additional cargo.

Therefore, the Indian government has decided to build 7 new major ports upgrade 2 non major ports and triple its exports by 2017. For the construction of these ports and for the maintenance of existing ports dredging equipment is necessary.

Deepening of five national waterways
The government of India (GOI) announced their recent maritime agenda laying vigorous emphasis on the promotion of coastal and in-land waterway shipping to de-congest the roads and to improve the environment. There are five national waterways covering about 2500 KM’s of river systems.

It is the decision of the GOI to improve the navigable depths in these waterways. For deepening and maintaining these waterways dredging equipment is necessary.

Availability of dredgers
The present Indian dredging companies are unable to meet the growing demand for dredging operations due to non-availability of dredges to carry out the tasks. Due to the lack of availability of dredge equipment, demand for all types of dredges is expected to be robust for the coming years.

Earmarked dredging equipment supplier
BEML is a Mini-Ratna public sector company engaged in manufacture of earth moving, construction, rail and metro, aerospace equipment in India. BEML Limited is earmarked by the Indian Ministry of Defense to enter the dredging equipment supply market in India.

Designer of dredging equipment
The VOSTA LMG group of companies designs dredges and provides dredging components packages, supervision, project management, and after sales services for the dredging industry . VOSTA LMG deliberately does not own production facilities but teams up with co-operation partners to serve the dredging market.

Pooling their resources
BEML Limited and VOSTA LMG strive to be leading in the supply of dredges to the Indian end-users, and consider their specific strengths to be complementary. By pooling their resources, a suitable yard to design, construct and deliver various types of dredgers according to the design of VOSTA LMG and the delivery of equipment of BEML Limited, will complement the co-operation.

This cooperation agreement is considered for long-term relationship for the manufacturing and supplying of dredgers for the Indian market to fulfill the growing demand for new dredging equipment in the coming ten years.

This press release was originally published on the Vosta website.

More information
VOSTA LMG
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
+31 20 493 6666
www.vostalmg

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Van Oord is keeping Dutch port areas accessible

August 31st, 2011 by nwp

The Dutch dredging company Van Oord has been awarded a contract by The Netherlands’ Department of Public Works for the execution of maintenance dredging work. The work involves a three-year performance contract and relates to two dredging plots.

Two trailing suction hopper dredgers
For the execution of the work, which will start on 1 September 2011, Van Oord will be deploying equipment including two trailing suction hopper dredgers. The contract value amounts to more than EUR 20 million.

Major Dutch North Sea ports
The first plot involves maintaining the Maasgeul, Eurogeul and IJgeul channels. These are the North Sea channels that provide access for shipping to the Rotterdam and Amsterdam port areas. The Maasgeul channel will also be widened. Moreover, this contract offers the opportunity for marine sand extraction at a number of fixed locations in the North Sea.

Vital for shipping
The second plot involves maintaining channels from the harbour mouth near IJmuiden up to locks. It is vital for shipping that these channels always have the correct depth to maintain access to the Amsterdam port area. The development of the Fortput sandpit is part of this contract.

This news item was originally published on the website of Van Oord

More information
Van Oord
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
+31 10 4478444
www.vanoord.com

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Van Oord and Dredging International awarded contract for dredging Australian Port of Gladstone

May 23rd, 2011 by nwp

Van Oord Australia Pty Ltd and Dredging International (Australia) Pty Ltd have been awarded the second contract for the Western Basin Main Works Dredging at the Port of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. This second contract signed on the 12th May 2011 with the Gladstone Ports Corporation involves the dredging of Parcels 1, 3 and 4 for the Western Basin Development. The value of this contract is EUR 415 million (AUD 545 million). The first contract for the same Western Basin Development and signed on the 4th March 2011, involved the works contained in Parcel 5 to the sum of AUD 260 million (EUR 190 million).
Van Oord Australia Pty Ltd is part of the Dutch, Rotterdam based, dredging and offshore contractor Van Oord. Dredging International (Australia) is part of the Belgian dredging, environmental and hydraulic engineering Group DEME.

The works under Parcels 1, 3 and 4 of the Western Basin Development project includes the dredging of various channels, swing basins and bypass channels to – 13 m LAT for the access to the various berth pockets, embarkation docks and material offloading facilities. A total volume of 18.5 million m3 will be dredged, of which about 2 million m3 will be disposed of at the East Bank Spoil Ground, at a sailing distance of 45 km, and 16.5 million m3 will be pumped ashore at the Western Basin reclamation area to create a new port area for the Port of Gladstone adjacent to the existing Fisherman’s Landing reclamation area.

The actual dredging works will start after the completion of the first contract (Parcel 5) in March 2012 and will be completed in December 2014. A heavy-duty Cutter Suction Dredger with floating booster stations and a large Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger will be deployed to execute this important dredging assignment.

Special attention will be given to the Environmental Management and the Management of the Possible Acid Sulphate Soil in the reclamation area. All environmental and dredging plans are verified and permits are in place.

The dredging of the Western Basin Dredging Project will facilitate the export of the LNG produced at the facilities under construction in Gladstone. Within the largest LNG scheme in Australia, Coal Seam Gas (coal bed methane), produced in the Surat and Bowen basins in eastern Queensland, will be transported by pipeline over 450 km to the gas liquefaction plants on Curtis Island in Gladstone for conversion into LNG. The formal funding parties for these facilities are QCLNG (BG Group), APLNG (Origin and ConocoPhillips), GLNG (Santos, PETRONAS, Total and KOGAS) and Arrow CSG (Arrow Energy).

This AUD 1.3 billion (EUR 985 million) development of the Western Basin area will expand the footprint of Queensland’s largest multi-commodity port and will make the Port of Gladstone one of the largest ports in Australia.

Further information

A.G.M. Groothuizen, Corporate Communication & Markets Manager, T 31 10 4478234,
M 31 6 22497880, E info@vanoord.com.

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