Contractor PUMA completes first part of Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

April 18th, 2013 by nwp

Dredging companies Boskalis and Van Oord delivered the first stage of Maasvlakte 2 to client Port of Rotterdam Authority on 17 April: on schedule, on budget and in accordance with the quality requirements specified.

PUMA, the joint venture of the two contractors, started the expansion of the port of Rotterdam five years ago.

Today the realisation of 700 hectares of new industrial sites, 11 kilometres of seawall, 3.5 kilometres of quay wall, 24 kilometres of roads, 14 kilometres of rail and 560 hectares of port basin is a fact.

First ships expected in May
The work now completed by PUMA is the lion’s share of the construction of Maasvlakte 2.

The Port Authority is currently working on the nautical accessibility of Maasvlakte 2; the installation of leading lights and buoys for shipping will enable Maasvlakte 2 to be opened to ships on 22 May.

In the coming year work will continue in full swing on infrastructure on the boundary between the existing port area and Maasvlakte 2.

Innovative design
The Port Authority had a budget of 1.9 billion euro for the construction of this first stage of Maasvlakte 2. The contract with PUMA is by far the largest and most striking part of the work. For this contract, with a value exceeding 1.1 billion euro, the Port Authority chose a Design, Construction and Maintenance contract.

This allowed Boskalis and Van Oord to demonstrate their innovative added value. In collaboration with the client, the design of the hard seawall was optimised as a stony dune with a block dam in front of it as a breakwater.

The gale which this innovative seawall should be able to resist occurs in statistical terms only once every 10,000 years. Scale testing demonstrated the real effectiveness of the design prior to construction.


Construction of the block dam with the specially designed Blockbuster crane.

10 years of maintenance
The contract includes a maintenance period of 10 years. Boskalis and Van Oord have undertaken to keep the entire seawall at optimum strength until 2023. Similar to the entire Dutch coastline, sand will also have to be added here to the soft seawall. Following every severe gale, the hard seawall will also be inspected and, if necessary, the cobble beach will have to be replenished.

This news item was originally published on the website Maasvlakte 2.

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Project organization Maasvlakte 2
Port of Rotterdam
+31 10 252 10 10
www.maasvlakte2.com

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Van Oord’s new suction dredger Artemis ready for first job in French harbour

April 15th, 2013 by nwp

Van Oord’s newest addition to its fleet – the self-propelled cutter suction dredger Artemis – was moored in Rotterdam for a few days. Business relations and employees had the opportunity to visit Artemis before it departed for western France for its first assignment.

Hard rock and clay
Pursuant to a contract with the Grand Port Maritime de la Rochelle, Artemis will be deepening the harbour basin and dredging a trench in the access channel to the harbour. Approximately 500,000 cubic metres of very hard rock and clay will be dredged, and Artemis was built especially for dredging work on hard ground.

Stronger position dredging market
The contract for the vessel’s design, construction and delivery was signed with IHC Merwede on 20 December 2010. Pieter van Oord, CEO: ‘Our investment in two self-propelled cutter suction dredgers and two large backhoe dredgers has significantly bolstered our position on the dredging market. This is in line with our strategy to have a very strong position in all segments of the dredging market.’

Spatial spud carriage
Artemis is a robust ship and strong ship. An exceptional feature is its hydraulically buffered spud carriage, which will permit it to continue to work even in poor weather conditions. Air springs that have been installed under the deck house are also special. They will minimise noise and vibration. ‘It is very important to us that our employees have a pleasant work environment’, says Pieter van Oord.

Sister vessel Athena
Artemis is a sister vessel to Athena, which was delivered at the end of 2011. Van Oord: ‘Building two similar ships will significantly improve the efficiency of our operations.’ Athena is currently being successfully deployed on the Ichthys LNG project in Darwin, Australia.


Sister vessel Athena at work in Mombasa harbour, India

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

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Rotterdam, the Netherlands
+31 88 8260000
www.vanoord.com

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Van Oord contracted to build Jumana island along Dubai coast

February 15th, 2013 by nwp

Meraas Development LLC has again contracted Van Oord to build an island in the emirate of Dubai. Jumana Island will lie 500 metres off the coast and will be used for urban development. A bridge will connect the island to the coast.

The contract is worth approximately 100 million euro. Work on the project has started and completion is scheduled for the end of 2013.

Three hopper dredgers
The project involves dredging of sand from the sea bed, reclaiming the island as well as reclamation of the beaches. Construction of groynes, revetments, soil compaction of the new island and the reclamation of sand bodies to facilitate the construction of a bridge also form part of the project.

A total of more than 8 million cubic metres of sand needs to be dredged and deposited and some 3 million tons of stone will be placed. Van Oord deploys 3 trailing suction hopper dredgers and a cutter suction dredger, as well as a variety of equipment for placing the stone.


Impression of Jumana island

Non-stop in Dubai since 2001Meraas Development LLC previously contracted Van Oord to construct the Pearl Jumeirah island. Van Oord has been working virtually non-stop in Dubai since 2001.

Projects such as the construction of the islands Palm Jumeirah, The World and Palm Deira, the harbour development in Mina Zeyahi, the land reclamation for Dubai Maritime City and the reclamation of various beaches were realised by Van Oord.

About Van Oord
Van Oord is a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects (oil, gas and wind). The company’s expertise ranges from design to execution and it has been involved in projects as the port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 expansion, trench dredging and backfilling in northern Russia, and the construction of several offshore wind farms in the North Sea.

Van Oord is an independent family business and employs about 5,000 professionals worldwide. Its modern fleet consists of more than a hundred vessels and other specialised equipment.

This news item was originally published on the websitre of Van Oord.

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Van Oord
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
+31 (0)88 8260000
www.vanoord.com


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Van Oord awarded 146 million euro contract to extend jetty in port of Constanta, Romania

February 5th, 2013 by nwp

Romanian Ministry of Transport has awarded Van Oord the contract to extend the jetty in the Port of Constanta.

The project will commence in May 2013, with completion planned for April 2015.

The contract, co-funded with EU funds, represents a value of 146,5 million euro.

Side stone dumping
Constanta is the largest Romanian port on the Black Sea. Van Oord will be extending the jetty by 1,100 metres in water 26 metres deep. A total of more than 3 million tonnes of stone will be placed.

Van Oord is also preparing a detailed design for the client. The work will be done using a side-stone dumping vessel and cranes.

To improve exploitation conditions
State Secretary with the Ministry of Transports Valentin Preda: “The completion of the offshore breakwater aims to expand the existing breakwater by 1.05 km, a fact that will improve the exploitation conditions and the safety of the vessels entering the port of Constanta (the biggest Romanian port along the Black Sea)”.

Minister Preda: “The project is pretty important for the port of Constanta, which will become more attractive from the commercial viewpoint, as well as in security terms, and for the area-based companies that sub-contract the works for the Dutch entrepreneur.”

The offshore breakwater in Constanta was built between 1976-1990, but only 4.8 km have been completed, as works have been suspended in 1990.

This news item is based on press releases originally published on the websites of Van Oord and Romanian news agency ACT Media.

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Rotterdam, the Netherlands
+31 88 826 00 00
www.vanoord.com


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Van Oord contracted for deepening and reclaiming land for largest container port in Indonesia

December 4th, 2012 by nwp

Dredging firm Van Oord has been awarded a contract by PT PP (Persero) TBK for deepening the port and reclaiming land for a new terminal area in Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, the largest container port in Indonesia.

The contract is part of the Kalibaru North Container Terminal Phase 1 Project, which will expand the port of Tanjung Priok by 4.5 million TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units). The client for the large port expansion is IPC, Indonesian Port Corporation.

The contract values more than 150 million euro. The dredging work will begin in the second quarter of 2013 and will be completed over the course of 24 months.

Indonesia’s Infrastructure Forum
The new cooperation was announced during the Indonesia’s Infrastructure Forum, organized in The Hague on December 4th, by the Embassy of Indonesia, in cooperation with FME-CWM, TU Delft and Indonesia Nederland Association.

Keynote speakers were the Indonesian Vice minister for Transportation H.E. Bambang Susantono, and the Vice Minister for Trade, H.E. Mr. Bayu Krishnamurti. A number of participating panellists in the forum were CEOs from Angkasa Pura, PELINDO, Port of Rotterdam, and Schiphol Airport.

The forum closed with the presentation of a policy recommendation to the Indonesian Government in sustaining the infrastructure development particularly in the field of transport and logistics.


From left to right: Pieter van Oord,CEO Pieter van Oord, Vice minister for Transportation Bambang Susantono, Indonesian ambassador in the Netherlands Retno L.P. Marsudi, and Vice minister for Trade Bayu Krisnamurthi.

New terminal
The Tanjung Priok project includes the deepening of the port, including expanding and deepening the access channel. A total of 25 million cubic metres of material will be moved. Most of the material will be pumped into closed basins adjacent to the new terminal for further expansion of the port.

Approximately 10 million cubic metres of sand will be removed from the seabed in preparation for construction of the new terminal. Van Oord will be deploying trailing suction hopper dredgers, a cutter suction dredger and a backhoe.

Poldered island for residents
Van Oord is already constructing a poldered island for the Kapuk Nagah Indah project intended for residential construction on the north side off the coast of Jakarta.

The project involves the dredging of 20 million cubic metres of sand from a borrow area at sea and delivering it for the formation of a polder island.

Van Oord also maintains the access channel to the port of Bengkulu on the island of Sumatra. ‘With this cooperation we combine the economic strength of Indonesia with our marine ingenuity’, said Van Oord CEO, Mr Pieter van Oord.

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

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Van Oord
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
+31 88 826 00 00
www.vanoord.com


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Van Oord awarded beach profiling work on Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai

September 26th, 2012 by nwp

Dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has been awarded the beach profiling work on Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The contract value amounts to more than 20 million euro. The project consists of applying sand on the eastern and western edges of the Palm Jumeirah’s trunk as well as re-profiling various beach areas, extension of two existing rock groynes and the construction of a rock revetment.

In total some 36,000 m3 of rock will be placed and 2,500,000 m3 of sand will be reclaimed.

For the execution of the work Van Oord will be deploying a trailing suction hopper dredger and a cutter suction dredger. The work has started and is scheduled for completion in April 2013.

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

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Rotterdam, the Netherlands
+31 88 8260000
www.vanoord.com


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Van Oord to construct polder island off the coast of Jakarta City

August 6th, 2012 by nwp

Dredging company Van Oord has been awarded the sand supply contract for the reclamation of a polder island for the Kapuk Nagah Indah Project.

The project enables housing development directly north off the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia. The client is private developer PT Kapuk Naga Indah. Contract value amounts to some 100 million euro.

The project is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2014.

Formation of a polder island
The project involves the dredging of 20 million m3 of sand from a borrow area at sea and delivering it for the formation of a polder island. A sea defence will protect the island. In order to reach the island a channel will also need to be dredged. Van Oord will deploy two large trailing suction hopper dredgers and a seabed levelling device.

New islands off coast Jakarta
Jakarta capital city government plans to conduct reclamation on a numer of areas in the northern coast (pantura), which will be developed into residential and commercial centers. Two areas are a 700-hectare land in Ancol and another 1,000-hectare land in Kapuk Naga Indah, which is the border between Teluk Naga of Jakarta and Tangerang.

This press release was originally published on the website of Van Oord.

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Van Oord
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
+31 88 8260000
www.vanoord.com


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Seawall around Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte closed

July 13th, 2012 by nwp

At slack water, on July 11th, the gap in the seawall of the Maasvlakte 2 is closed. Three dredging vessels of Van Oord and Boskalis worked together to link the northern and southern sections of the outer contour of the new constructed part of the Rotterdam habour in the North Sea.

Her Majesty the Queen gave the starting signal for the closure on 11 July.

For the construction of the new harbour, up to now, around 215 million cubic metres of sand have been sprayed on. The seawall is complete, apart from the closure gap. To the north and north-west lies the 3.5 km long hard seawall, consisting of a stony dune and a block dam. This was finished in February 2012.

Connection between hard and soft sea wall
The structure is unique in the Netherlands, due to the combination of stony dune and block dam, for which almost 20,000 blocks of concrete from the seawall of the existing Maasvlakte were recycled.

The soft seawall in the west and south-west is 7.5 km long and consists of a beach with 14 metre high dunes. In 2011, the whole length of the dunes was planted with marram grass.

The closure took place in phases. In May, the trailing suction dredger Prins der Nederlanden began rainbowing operations near to the closure gap. Bulldozers, cranes and shovels are being used to get the sand into the right profile.

Reducing the current
On the northern side of the closure gap, on the outer side of the seawall, the trailing suction dredger Vox Máxima has sprayed on a ‘sand cone’. This mass of sand will form part of the seawall, but by applying this already the current will be reduced for the dredgers during the closure operations.

Raising a sand bar in the gap
In the gap in the outer contour, a bar was been applied crosswise at – 8 m New Amsterdam Water Level (NAP) and later raised to -1.5 m NAP.

Final closure of the gap
If the seawall is closed around the time of slack water, one trailing suction dredger and the suction cutter dredger Edax, which is temporarily ‘trapped’ in Maasvlakte 2, will continue to apply sand in the planned dune profile.

The whole seawall will be at the right height and width by mid-August.

Also read: Maasvlakte2 blockbuster reaches main land building hard seawall (December30, 2011)

This news item (with video) was originally published in the website of Maasvlakte 2/Port of Rotterdam.

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Project organization Maasvlakte 2
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
+31 (0)10 252 10 10
info@maasvlakte2.com
www.maasvlakte.com/en


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The Dutch coastline has permanently changed

July 12th, 2012 by nwp

As from July 11th 2012, the Dutch coastline has permanently changed. Queen Beatrix gave the sign for the closure of the seawall of Maasvlakte 2. At slack water, when there was minimal current, the large equipment of contractors Boskalis
and Van Oord closed the gap in the eleven-kilometre long seawall.

Hans Smits, President and CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority: “After 3.5 years of hard work, today we reached a major milestone. The seawall around Maasvlakte 2 has been closed and these 2,000 hectares of new Netherlands are properly protected against the sea.”

At the end of 2008, the Port of Rotterdam Authority commenced construction of Maasvlakte 2, the land reclamation project in the North Sea for the development of the port of Rotterdam. The construction of the new port area is on schedule, and the first container terminals will be operational in 2014. This project changes the map of the Netherlands. The port of Rotterdam grows by 20%, the Netherlands becomes 2,000 hectares larger, and the coastline is 3.5 km further in the sea.

Seawall
That new coastline is now approaching its completion. Its construction took place from two sides over the past years. On the northern side, alongside the navigation channel to the port, 3.5 km of hard seawall was built. The construction is unique in the Netherlands due to the stony dune in combination with a block dam for which almost 20,000 concrete blocks from the seawall of the existing Maasvlakte were reused. On the south side, a soft seawall of 7.5 km was built, made up of beach with dunes of 14 metres high. The dune has been planted along its entire length with marram grass. The beach on the south side has been widened by 100 metres so that beachgoers can enjoy a lovely wide beach at high tide as well. Today the gap between these two sections was closed.

Closure
Since the middle of June, the trailing suction hopper dredgers Prins der Nederlanden and Vox Máxima and the cutter suction dredger Edax have been bringing the last 10 million cubic metres of sand to the missing section of seawall between the sand and the stony dune. Today the three dredgers are joining forces to connect the northern and southern sections of the outer contour. This first large sand closure since the construction of the Philipsdam 25 years ago is an impressive exploit of the hydraulic engineering contractors Boskalis and Van Oord, united in PUMA (Projectorganisatie Uitbreiding Maasvlakte).

Pride of Holland
The construction of Maasvlakte 2 is a part of the Pride of Holland. The two large Dutch hydraulic engineering companies Boskalis and Van Oord constructed this new land in a very short time. The new area is expected to enable the activities in the port of Rotterdam to continue to grow, certainly in the coming 20 to 25 years. That is good for international trade, good for the position of Rotterdam as the gateway to Europe and good for employment.

Source: press release Port of Rotterdam.
Photo credits: Freek van Arkel
More information: www.maasvlakte2.com

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Van Oord wins Ichthys dredging contract in Darwin harbour, Australia

June 11th, 2012 by nwp

Dredger Van Oord has been awarded a significant contract in Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. This contract forms part of the Ichthys LNG project, a joint venture between Inpex (operator) and Total. Inpex is Van Oord’s client.

The value of the contract amounts to 567 million euro. Execution of the project starts in August 2012 and is scheduled for completion in April 2014.

Offshore gas field
Gas from the Ichthys Field, in the Browse Basin approximately 200 km offshore of Western Australia, will undergo preliminary processing offshore to remove water and extract condensate. The gas will then be exported to onshore processing facilities in Darwin via an 889 km subsea pipeline.

The Ichthys LNG Project is expected to produce 8.4 million tonnes of LNG and 1.6 million tonnes of LPG per annum, along with approximately 100,000 barrels of condensate per day at peak.

Access large tankers
Extension of the Darwin Harbour shipping channel and dredging of berth pockets are required to allow large product tankers to gain access to the proposed LNG facility at Blaydin Point.

Van Oord will dredge approximately15 million cubic metres of mainly hard soil. The works will be carried out by a large self-propelled cutter suction dredger, three large trailing suction hopper dredgers and two large backhoe dredgers.

Limited impact on environment
In order to limit the impacts of the works on the environment a Dredging and Spoil Disposal Management Plan is being prepared that provides environmental guidelines for the execution of the dredging and spoil disposal works.

This news release was originally published on the website of Van Oord.

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Van Oord
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
+31 88 8260000
www.vanoord.com


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