Yesterday, Femern A/S, a subsidiary of the Danish state-owned Sund & Bælt Holding A/S, and the Fehmarn Belt Contractors joint venture, consisting of Van Oord and Boskalis, signed the previously announced contract related to the construction of the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link. Van Oord's share of the contract is approximately EUR 300 million.

The Femern Link Contractors joint venture, including DEME and CFE as project partners, has signed conditional* contracts with the Danish government for the design and build of the world's longest immersed road and rail tunnel, the Fehmarnbelt link between Denmark and Germany.

Bromma, the world leader in crane spreaders, has been selected as the supplier of spreader twistlock based weighing systems by the Port of Felixstowe, United Kingdom.

Antti Kaunonen, Doctor of Technology and MBA, has been appointed President of Kalmar, part of Cargotec, as of 1 July 2016.

APM Terminals Bahrain, operators of Khalifa bin Salman Port (KBSP), has recently made significant advances in Safety performance and information technology systems, including the successful completion of a Load Collision Prevention System (LCPS) pilot project scheduled to be implemented throughout the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network.

CVS FERRARI has started deliveries of its new Empty Container Handling (ECH) liftruck range. The first unit of this new product generation has been delivered in Germany in March 2016 whilst other machines have already been delivered to clients in Italy, Mexico and Peru.

With one day to go before their deadline ends to cancel the agreement with Konecranes, Ken Lousberg, President, Terex Cranes, has written to customers indicating that the recently announced sale of their Material Handling and Port Solutions business segment to Konecranes is proceeding as planned, subject to regulatory and Konecranes shareholder approval. He also confirms that their discussions with Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. regarding the potential purchase of Terex Corporation have been terminated.

TT Club, the leading international transport and logistics insurance provider, today announces its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2015, and AM Best affirms its A- (Excellent) rating for the 10th consecutive year.

The Icelandic government is forging ahead with its plans to build a new port on the Arctic Ocean and is seeking support from the port management company bremenports for the project. A delegation from the Federal Land of Bremen visited the site in May and could see for itself that the Finna Fjord Project is one of the most important projects for the future of the country.

DEME was awarded the highest certification level (Level 5, revision 3.0) of the CO2 Performance Ladder, a measuring instrument that encourages companies to reduce their CO2 emissions. Although this is a Dutch initiative, it is the Flemish DEME that has become the first marine engineering and environmental group to comply with the strictest standards of the Performance Ladder.