DPC
NEWS
Courses &
Seminars
IADC EVENT
The International Association
of Dredging Companies
will host a seminar in co-
operation with the UNESCO-
IHE Institute for Water
Education in Delft, the
Netherlands, on 15–19 June.
It’s aimed at decision-makers
and advisers in governments,
port and harbour authorities
and offshore companies.
More info at
www.iadc-dredging.com
INFORMATION EXCHANGE
The Eighth Acoustic Doppler
Current Profiler (ADCP) Event
will take place at the Het
Vechthuis congress centre in
Utrecht, the Netherlands, on
18–19 June. It aims to promote
exchange of experience
between ADCP users. Work- Completing their 24,000km journey, four super post-Panamax cranes passed under
shops will be organised on Savannah’s Talmadge Bridge in February with just 6m of clearance
ADCP wave and sediment
measurements, plus software.
More info at Cranes Lift For Savannah
www.aquavision.nl/eng/
workshop.php Four new super post-Panamax cranes have ensure that when the economy does turn around,
arrived at the PORT OF SAVANNAH as part of its our rebound will be that much greater”.
COASTAL ENGINEERING expansion plans to double current capacity The cranes are part of the GPA’s long-term
The Institution of Civil Georgia Ports Authority executive director Doug strategic growth plan to handle 6.5M teu a year
Engineers will hold the Ninth Marchand said that their arrival “is an excellent by 2018, doubling its current capacity. They are
Coasts, Marine Structures and example of Georgia’s commitment to expand capacity the largest of their kind in the world and are able
Breakwaters Conference – and provide superior services.” He predicted that they to handle super post-Panamax vessels up to 22
which will also address design, will “reduce operating costs, increase flexibility and containers wide.
performance, installation and efficiencies for our customers.” Delivered by Dockwise, designed in Finland and
maintenance of marine and Scheduled to be operational by mid-year, the new built in China by Konecranes VLC, each crane
wind energy structures – on cranes give the Garden City Terminal the largest fleet measures 130m in length, weighs 1,400 tonnes and
16–18 September at Edinburgh (23) of ship-to-shore cranes at one facility in the US. rises 55m above the water, with a 34° incline.
International Conference Marchand declared that “these preparations will More info at www.gaports.com
Centre, Scotland.
More info at
www.ice.org.uk
HPH Pulls Out Of Manta
FACING CHALLENGES
IMCA’s annual seminar will HUTCHISON PORT HOLDINGS (HPH) is withdrawing co-operate with the Port Authority of Manta to ensure
take place on 4–5 November from the concession to operate the Port there’s an orderly transition of the operations.
in the Sofitel Hotel, Rio of Manta in Ecuador, stating that “there Hutchison’s 20-year concession to develop the small
de Janeiro, Brazil, themed are changes in the concession agreement port into a transhipment hub for South America had
Integrated Marine Operations unilaterally imposed by the Ecuadorian been signed before President Correa was elected in
in Challenging Times. government” that it finds unacceptable 2007. Hutchison was committed to invest $523M over
More info at In a statement from Terminales Internacionales 15 years, including $78M during the first five years of its
www.imca-int.com de Ecuador (TIDE), the company said that it concession, to increase container moves to 160,000teu
considered the changes unacceptable, but that it will from 40,000 in 2006 and reach 1.6M teu by 2020.
A P R I L 2 0 0 9 D R E D G I N G A N D P O RT C O N S T R U C T I O N 4 www.dpcmagazine.com
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