Kandla, Paradip Ports Negotiate with SCI and DCI

Kandla and Paradip ports are in negotiations with the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) and Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) to develop a new dredging strategy, reports thehindubusinessline.com.

This new plan will include the new joint ventures between the mentioned sides and also doing business together in the dredging sector.

Regarding this very important plan, P. K. Sinha, the Shipping Secretary, stated: “Such a strategy could be a win-win for all parties involved and our country as a whole, as the dredging capacity of Indian firms will go up.”

According to the International Association of Dredging Companies, 43 pct of the total dredging market worldwide is not open for international tenders.

Sudhanshu Shekhar Mishra, Chairman, Paradip Port Trust, commented: “Our dredging requirement is set to double next year. As a port, we would like to focus on core activity of attracting cargo and efficient functioning. Our Board members are enthusiastic about the proposal.”

As recently reported, DCI has already achieved financial closure for two other dredgers and one of them has even been installed. Each dredger costs Rs.550 crore.

After these dredgers, the company plans to buy another two dredgers for Rs.1,200 crore.

“We have asked SCI to consider diversification into dredging space so that it can be protected from the cyclical nature of the shipping market. To tide over the fund crunch that SCI is facing now, a tie-up between SCI and a port such as Kandla that has regular demand for dredging is being looked at,” concluded Sinha.

Jan De Nul Group: New Projects in Asia and Australia

Several projects have been awarded to Jan De Nul Group: a reclamation project in Indonesia, a capital dredging project in Russia and an offshore project in Australia.
In Indonesia an offshore island will be reclaimed. These works are a part of a large scale reclamation development north of Jakarta, where a 260 ha island is developed for Kapuk Naga Indah and designed for housing and recreation. One of Jan De Nul Group’s jumbo trailing suction hopper dredgers will be deployed.
In Russia, Jan De Nul Group signed a contract for the dredging works for the first phase of the Yamal LNG project. The project is located near the village of Sabetta, on the north-east of the Yamal Peninsula. Quays will be built for receiving large LNG plant process modules and construction material. The access channel and port basin of the port of Sabetta will be dredged. This port will serve as a key element of the transport infrastructure for the Yamal LNG Project. The project includes the design and construction work for a complete onshore LNG facility. A dozen of dredgers will be deployed to carry out these dredging works.

Also in Australia, an offshore project has been awarded to Jan De Nul Group. The job is linked to a pipeline stabilisation project. Rockberms will be installed in water depths of more than 150 m, pipeline shore approaches trenched and the seabed prepared for offshore platforms. After installation the platforms will be ballasted with crushed iron ore. The new 200 m long and 40 m wide fall pipe vessel ‘Joseph Plateau’, which is the largest of its kind in the world, will be mobilized immediately upon delivery from the shipyard in Bilbao early April. In the Northsea, a number of projects have been awarded which involve the deployment of its sister vessel ‘Simon Stevin’ up to the third quarter of 2013.
About Jan De Nul Group
People and Vessels. These are the driving forces behind Jan De Nul Group. Thanks to its skilled employees, technical expertise and ultramodern fleet, Jan De Nul Group ranks at the top of the international dredging industry as well as being one of the largest civil engineering and environmental contractors. The supporting services of the dredging, civil and environmental division enable Jan De Nul Group to perform large-scale projects to its clients’ satisfaction, whether this concerns a Palm Island in Dubai, the construction of the new locks for the Panama Canal, or the installation of foundations for offshore wind parks.
The dredging fleet of Jan De Nul Group is the world’s most modern and most diverse fleet, this being the result of a resolute investment policy in its own equipment. The new vessels with their advanced technology on board are designed by the Group’s ’in-house’ engineering departments. Furthermore, Jan De Nul Group directly manufactures and supplies the dredging equipment to the shipyard, which is unequalled in the dredging sector. In 2012, the turnover of Jan De Nul Group again exceeded €2 billion.

PAJ to Solicit Bids for Kingston Harbour Dredging

The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) is preparing to solicit international bids for the Kingston Harbor dredging project.

It's said that the most important part of this development program is dredging to the depth of 17 meters, the depth that will allow the Kingston port to accommodate the larger container vessels.

Currently, the harbor is about 14 meters deep.

The dredging project will improve Kingston’s competitive advantage and enable the port to serve as a transshipment hub for drought restricted ports of the US East and Gulf Coast.

For more than 20 years, the need to cleanup the harbor has been accepted by the political leadership, but just a few concrete measures have been taken.