Boskalis JV wins Santos Port dredging contract
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and joint venture partner Van Oord have been awarded a contract by The Brazilian Ministry of Transport, Ports and Civil Aviation for the capital and maintenance dredging of the port of Santos, the largest port of South America. The contract carries a total value for the joint venture of approximately EUR 110 million. In the coming months, studies will be undertaken and the design of the navigation channels and berths of the port will be reviewed. Subsequent dredging operations are expected to commence later this year with the deployment of various
Saipem: A Fleet Grows in Brazil
working off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. In October 2011 Saipem agreed on the acquisition of 100% of TPG (Terminal Portuário de Guarujá S.A.), a company, which fully owns, as a perpetual concession, an area of 35 hectares in Guarujá, within the industrial hub of the Santos Port, the largest port of South America, in the state of São Paulo. The area is strategically located, approximately 350 km (217 miles) from the Santos Basin, where the largest ultra-deepwater pre-salt fields have been discovered and where some plays are already being developed, and approximately