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A maintenance dredging job in the port of Veracruz which after the passage of hurricane Karl had become silted up to a considerable extent was also commenced.
At the very end of 2010, another contract was obtained in the port of Lazaro Cardenas, where our competition already had a firm foothold.
In 2011, additional expansion works in this same port will follow.
In the spring of 2010, the contract works for dredging an access channel and turning basin for a new container terminal in Buenaventura, Colombia, were completed.
Subsequently, the deployed vessels went to work in Panama and South America.
At the end of 2010, another small contract was executed in Cartagena, where the cutter suction dredger ' Marco Polo ' widened the access channel.
In 2007, the Brazilian government announced a national dredging programme for Brazilian ports.
This investment programme should improve the competitive position of Brazilian ports.
In 2010, the works on two existing projects of the national dredging programme (APC1) for the ports of Brazil were continued.
As for the first project, for widening and deepening the access channel of Río Grande do Sul, the capital dredging works have been completed.
This will now be followed by maintenance dredging works in 2011 and 2012.
The second project in Aratu and Salvador was successfully completed and accepted.
Subsequently, another project in Aratu for deepening and widening the access channel and turning basin of Cotegipe has been executed.
The dredging works for the Embraport terminal in Santos were further delayed but will start in 2011.
In 2010, in all four new large-scale projects were awarded that will commence in 2011.
A first project under the PAC1 programme entails the deepening of the port of Itajaí.
A second project concerns dredging works for a new base for the Brazilian navy in the port of Itaguaí.
A third project for LLX, near the naval base in Itaguaí, entails the construction of a new iron ore terminal.
And finally, also for LLX, the reclamation of new harbour grounds in Porto do Açu, where a new logistic and industrial centre, including harbour, is being built.
These works require the deployment of a number of medium-large and large trailing suction hopper dredgers and already ensure a strong utilization of our fleet capacity in 2011 and 2012.
In Argentina, Jan De Nul Group's concession company Hidrovía SA commenced the works for the expansion to the north of the concession for the rivers Río Paraná and Río de la Plata, for a total length of 1,400 km.
This concession is unique in the sense that a private company is responsible for maintaining the navigation depth and for collecting tollage from vessels using the channel.
At the moment, the final touches are being added to plans for deepening the river to 36 feet.
The maintenance contracts in Bahía Blanca and Quequén have been completed.
The maintenance contract for la Plata will end in the spring of 2011.
In the port of Buenos Aires, the second phase of the contract for widening and deepening the harbour basin has been completed.
In the course of 2010, the YPF contract for dredging a jetty and turning basin for LNG tankers was assigned.
Given the enormous time pressure, the brand new cutter suction dredger ' Ibn Battuta ' was mobilised.
The dredging works have been completed and in 2011 the shore protection will be constructed.
In Peru were during in 2010 the good prospects for further activities in Callao substantiated.
In the course of the year, the contract ' Obras Comunes ' was awarded.
This contract entails the widening and deepening to 16 m of the access channel and turning basin.
3.1.4 Africa
In Cameroon, the ' Amerigo Vespucci ' continued its capital and maintenance dredging works in the access channel of Douala.
These works started in 2009 and came into the news in a sad way by the hijacking of two crew members of the ' Amerigo Vespucci '.
Also thanks to the good cooperation with local authorities, the hijacking had a good outcome.
In 2009, Petromar started with the renovation of the port and its workshops.
The reopening of the completely silted up access channel is the final part of this renovation.
Dredging this access channel proved to be a real challenge as the outer part of this channel is subjected to the long swell of the Atlantic Ocean.
Only Jan De Nul Group, with its very heavy seagoing cutter dredgers and large split hopper barges of the ' l'Aigle ' category, was able to carry out this work.
There were also some smaller contracts in Sierra Leone executed, particularly the maintenance of the port and ferry terminals in Freetown and the deepening of the river from Freetown to Marampa for an iron ore mining company.
In Liberia, in the port of Buchanan, capital dredging works for Arcelor Mittal Liberia to restore the port's original depth were carried out.
The cutter suction dredger ' Vesalius ' dredged the access to the lagoon in Mar Chica, Morocco.
In October 2010, the contract between the Seychelles Petroleum Company, the Seychelles Ports Authority and Jan De Nul Group for deepening the access channel and turning circle to the port terminal on Eve Island in Praslin, Seychelles, was signed.
This project entails the dredging of coral sand and its controlled storage on land.
With this contract, Jan De Nul Group once again maintains its strong position in the region.
3.1.5 Australia
The Koniambo Nickel Project was delivered in April within budget and within the contractually agreed time frame.
Only one month later, the first cargo ship moored in this new port to deliver the first module of the nickel refinery.
The biggest achievement of Jan De Nul Group here is that the excavation of 7 million m³ of sediments had to be executed amidst one of ' the world's most beautiful coral reefs ' without any interruption of the works taking into account the very strict environmental requirements.
For this unique achievement, Jan De Nul Group received congratulations from all parties concerned.
Also in this project, Jan De Nul Group's environmental policy scored excellent marks.
The report from a ministerial audit even stated " this shows that major infrastructure works can be executed with particular care to the environment and people living in the neighbourhood ".
In December 2010, the second part of BHP Billiton's Rapid Growth project was brought to a successful completion.
The works were actually delivered two weeks before the contractually agreed deadline.
For both projects, the development of Harriet Point and Nelson Point, in all about 9.5 million m³ of sediments, was dredged.
The major part of the sediments was pumped ashore and over such distances which put the cutter suction dredger ' Leonardo da Vinci ' to the test.
As this was the first major assignment of Jan De Nul Group for BHP Billiton, the biggest mining company of the world, this may open the door for more orders, such as the construction of a brand new multi-purpose port in Abbot Point, Queensland, Australia.
At the end of 2010, Jan De Nul Group was awarded additional work by Fortescue Metals Group (FMG).
This new assignment entails the opening up of Southwest Creek, a still undeveloped, shallow branch of the harbour basin of Port Hedland.
FMG will develop another 2 terminals there, next to the three existing ones which Jan De Nul Group has already dredged for them.
This third assignment once again confirms the close cooperation between both of these family businesses.
3.1.6 Southeast-Asia
In October, after 2 invitations for tenders, the expansion of the port of Tuticorin in South India was finally awarded to Jan De Nul Group.
This contract will be a challenge as it concerns the dredging of 3.4 million m³ of hard to very hard soil.
The works started just before New Years ' Eve and should be completed by mid 2011.
This will be the first assignment on which these two cutter suction dredgers from the fleet of Jan De Nul Group will work side by side.
On 21 August 2010, Jan De Nul Group signed an agreement with CCCC Tianjin Dredging Company Ltd. In China for executing a number of port projects in China's north-western Bohai Bay.
Jan De Nul Group was contacted by CCCC Tianjin Dredging Company Ltd. for the deployment of its unique larger vessels.
These vessels are extremely suited considering the scope of these projects, the set deadlines and the profitability of mega versus medium-sized dredgers.
Finally, the choice fell upon using the trailing suction hopper dredger ' Vasco da Gama '.
The ' Vasco da Gama ' had already worked, back in 2004 - 2005, in the port of Tianjin, also in BohaiBay.
On 22 December 2010, Jan De Nul Group signed a contract with Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Mill Corporation for reclaiming a site of 2,200 ha and dredging the new port of Son Duong in the province Ha Tinh in Vietnam.
The dredged soil will be used for preparing the land for a brand new steel plant.
The Formosa Plastics Group chose Jan De Nul Group above all other competing dredging groups, mainly because it has the world's largest and most powerful dredgers at its disposal.
This project requires the dredging of approx 100 million m³, which includes a considerable amount of rock.
3.1.7 Middle East
Compared to previous years, Jan De Nul Group was, in 2010, far less active in the Middle East.
The main achievement in this region being the award of a major contract in Iraq worth 50 million Euro.
This project was financed by the Japanese government and executed for the Ministry of Transport.
The work entailed the deepening of Iraq's only deep-water port in Umm Qasr.
This port is a very important lifeline for the provisioning of Iraq.
The port had become silted up due to the continuous deposition of sediments from the Tigris and Euphrates and to the lack of maintenance dredging in the past years.
The contract was special in several respects, not least because of the precarious safety situation in the country, which still faces the aftermath of the 2003 war.
It was also the first time in the history of Jan De Nul Group that a project in Iraq was carried out.
Thanks to the good work and commitment of the crew of both vessels - the ' Taccola ' was deployed in shallow and difficult-to-reach places and the ' Francis Beaufort ' for the bulk dredging part of the project - the works were successfully completed within the preset time schedule.
The only other activity in the Middle East was the continuation of the port deepening project in Duqm (Oman), where Jan De Nul Group has already been at work since 2007.
At the end of 2010, the project was completed to about 90%, but extensions are possible.
Also the brand new split hopper barges ' Astrolabe ' and ' Santiago ' made their maiden trips for this assignment.
At the end of 2010, no less than 7 dredging vessels were simultaneously at work here!
In 2011 also the mega trailing suction hopper dredger ' Leiv Eriksson ' (46,000 m3) will be deployed to further the progress of the works.
3.1.8 Offshore
2010 was an important year for the offshore division of Jan De Nul Group with the delivery of the fall pipe vessel ' Simon Stevin '.
The ' Simon Stevin ' immediately sailed to Australia to connect the free spans below the Pluto pipeline at a depth of 80 metre.
With the ordering of a sister vessel of the ' Simon Stevin ', Jan De Nul Group enforced its ambitions on the offshore market.
This new fall pipe vessel should be operational as of 2013.
The Manifa Field Causeway construction project, which started in February 2007 and represents a value of more than 1 billion US dollar, was completed in 2010.
The project included the design and construction of a reclaimed main causeway of about 41 km long with connecting lateral causeways and the reclamation and rock revetment of 25 oilrigs and 2 islands for water injection.
It also included the design and construction of bridges, dredging works, berthing areas and the removal of existing undersea pipelines.
One of the major challenges of the Manifa project was the enormous expanse of the working area: the whole working area was more than 80 km long.
During peak periods, no less than 3,000 workers and supervisors were working on the project.
Close to the working area, Jan De Nul Group built the Manifa Habitat with residential accommodation for more than 2,000 persons.
In all, about 12 million tonnes of rock were transported to the Manifa site.
Every day, 600 trucks and trailers were unloaded at the material storage area and the jetties.
Several stone quarries were developed, 5 m below the desert sand.
The most distant location was at about 500 km inland.
A traffic management plan was drawn up in consultation with Saudi Aramco and Saudi authorities to accompany the trucks safely to the site.
For Saipem, dredging and rock installation works were carried out at the new gas exportation port near Arzew (Algeria).
The trailing suction hopper dredger ' Pinta ' first removed the unsuitable soil below the foundations of a caisson break-water and carried out dredging works at a construction site terminal for unloading rocks.
Subsequently, a rock foundation was made by the fall pipe vessel ' La Boudeuse '.
This required the extremely accurate installation of a finishing layer to create a level foundation bed for the caissons to be installed.
At the same time, rocks were placed on the slopes of the foundation as scour protection.
This created a new breakwater to protect the port.
In 2011, the offshore division of Jan De Nul Group will amongst other be active in Papua New Guinea for dredging a trench for the installation of a pipeline in the Omati river.
For this project, Jan De Nul Group will use the vessels ' Sebastiano Caboto ' and ' Galilei '.
In the North Tapti gas field in India, 24 km of trenches will be dredged in between drilling islands and at the east coast of Russia, in Sahkalin, dredging works for a harbour dock with access channel will commence.
The success of the offshore division was highlighted once again by the recent award of the Gorgon project in Australia.
This project, with a value of more than 100 million Euro, will start in 2012 and mainly entails rock installation works for the development of one of the biggest gas fields of the world.
Diego Naessens
When the ' Simon Stevin ' finally left for its first assignments in Australia, the whole dredging industry looked at it with Argus ' eyes: Jan De Nul Group may have built the largest stone dumping vessel ever, it remained to be seen if the fully automated fall pipe would actually work?
On its maiden trip, the vessel had to dump stones for a crossing of two pipelines.
That is already high-precision work in the best of circumstances, but in this project the margin of error was really minute.
The ' Simon Stevin ' had brought along only just enough stones, so extreme precision was required.
Engineer Diego Naessens: " The ' Simon Stevin ' can load 33,600 tonnes of stones in one go and can work in depths up to ca. 2,000 metre.
It works faster and is more productive than all other vessels because the fall pipe works fully automatic and has the largest diameter in the world.
In addition, it has the world's biggest ROV (remote operation vehicle) and it can work in bad weather conditions, thanks to a form of mobile table that keeps the pipes straight towards the sea at any time.
But when the ' Simon Stevin ' left for Australia, it still hadn't up to that time dumped a single stone.
So we were anxious, because if a failure or technical defect occured, the whole world would see it.
There were, to begin with, ' logistic challenges ' to say the least.
We needed no less than 33,600 tonnes of stones for two projects, that is the equivalent of at least 800 fully loaded trucks.
As loading the vessel in Singapore hadn't been possible, the ship had to make a detour via Dubai.
There, a real downpour descended on us - whereas it only rains there 2 or 3 days per year.
The whole stone quarry was flooded, the storm was so intense that we couldn't return with the ship from the stone quarry to the shore.
It was nerve-wrecking, for we knew that the stones had to be available soon.
Luckily we made it: we were able to fully load the ship in the preset four days.
On our way to Australia, everyone of course was very eager to start working.
For the crossing, strict tolerances applied: we would have to remove all stones that we had dumped on top of the mapped out line.
In the end, we were able to work very precisely.
The stones were on average 15 cm thick and still we achieved an average accuracy of 5 cm.
Not many will match that!
Afterwards, with our ROV we made a video about the works under water for our clients.
For me, it was great to look at my work with my own eyes.
Most clients are usually very sparing with compliments, but this client sent us a letter to congratulate us on the successful project.
That to me is the best possible evidence: the ' Simon Stevin ' is number one and absolutely worthy of it. "