Royal Boskalis Westminster NV (Boskalis) has in consortium been awarded work associated with the expansion of the Singapore Tuas Mega Port development.

US-based Liftech Consultants are pleased to announce that ASCE COPRI selected Mike Jordan as recipient of the 2014 John G Moffatt-Frank E Nichol Harbor and Coastal Engineering Award. 

A USD180 million claim by the Grupo Unido por el Canal (GUPC) consortium working on the massive Panama Canal expansion project might be heading to an arbitration court in Miami next week. The claim is the first of several disputed construction costs involving the Panama Canal's disputed USD1.6 billion cost over-run.

US-based engineering design firm AECOM Technology Corp has announced it would pay about USD4 billion to acquire fellow engineering and construction services firm URS Corp. Terms were unanimously approved by both of the California-based companies, and the acquisition is expected to close in October. The combined company will have about USD19 billion in annual sales and more than 95,000 employees.

UK-based Peel Ports Group has committed USD9 million to introduce advanced infrastructure and AutoGates technology as part of its ongoing investment at the Port of Liverpool. With the USD500 million deep-water Liverpool 2 expansion due to be open next year, this latest development is set to strengthen the port-side logistics required to support increased cargo volume.

A new era for global maritime is to be unveiled on June 2015. The European Commission adopted on 25 June the report on the functioning of the Reporting Formalities Directive (Directive 2010/65). The Directive aims to ensure that by June 2015, vessels entering in or departing from EU ports will provide required information electronically via one single entry point – the National Single Window. (See the May issue of World Port Development)