CFE - 2006 annual report - Vinci

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● Venezuela
DI further consolidated its presence in 2006 with the
execution of two maintenance-dredging assignments in
the navigation channel of the Orinoco River and realign-
ment works in the Maracaibo channel. Moreover, three
new maintenance-dredging contracts were awarded to DI
in joint venture. They cover maintenance dredging in the
Orinoco exterior, the section Matanzas–Boca Grande of the
Orinoco and the Maracaibo Lake channel.
● Far East Asia South
In Singapore, DIAP continued, in joint venture, on the
largest land reclamation project ever in the area. The
works continued during 2006 on a considerably reduced
scale with the award of a variation contract for reclama-
tion of Pulau Ular, which is being successfully executed.
The client has also instructed the execution of new priority
areas such as Chemoil, Teijin, Universal Terminal, Horizon
and the Megayard.
The rock division of DIAP (JTRC), acting in joint venture,
continued with the revetment works. The slope trimming
vessel “Rhea” and other auxiliary plant of DIAP completed
their newly allocated rock works in June 2006. The rock
works for Pulau Ular were also awarded to JTRC and are
being executed.
At the end of October 2006, the trailer “Pallieter” com-
menced works on sand re-handling for the Jurong Phase 4
joint venture for a period of 12 weeks.
● Far East Asia North
In the People’s Republic of China, a new contract was
signed with Guangzhou Dredging Company. As a result the
jumbo trailer “Nile River” was mobilised to the PRC and
will start operations in January 2007.
In South Korea, DI completed, in joint venture, an important
dredging contract within the framework of the construction
of the Pusan Container terminal. The works, to be executed
as a subcontractor to Samsung Corporation, comprised
winning sand at a distance of 100 km in deep waters
(100 m) and reclamation to create the site platform of the
container terminal.
● Australasia
In Australia, DREDECO’s activities included:
• Deepening of the shipping channel into Port Adelaide by
2 m and widening by 10 m.
• The award by the end of 2006, in joint venture, of the Port
Kembla inner harbour-dredging contract. The works
will be completed in 2007.
In Papua New Guinea, DREDECO continued a dredging and
environmental rehabilitation project on behalf of OK Tedi
Mining Ltd.
Tideway Marine and Offshore Contractors bv
Fall Pipe Rock Placement Works
In 2006, Tideway´s D.P. Fall Pipe Vessels “Rollingstone”
and “Seahorse” have been executing rock placement
services for pipeline and cable protection and stabiliza-
tion for several major offshore pipe lay contractors and oil
and gas companies. They were active in the Gulf of Mexico
and the North Sea Area.
In the North Sea, rock-dumping interventions were made
in UK, Norwegian and Dutch waters on behalf of Talisman,
Wintershall, Shell and CNR.
Landfall / Shore Approach Construction Works
Pipeline isolation and bypass operations were performed
on the Frigg pipelines system. Other projects included the
Subsea Bypass Project at Saint-Fergus; the dredging and
backfilling of a trench for a 34” pipeline crossing the Gulf of
Thailand towards the landfall near Map Ta Phut; trenching
and backfilling and landfall construction for 5 pipelines in
Kuwait; and in Spain a dredging contract for the flooding of
a casting basin for the Adriatic LNG project in Algeciras.
Scaldis Salvage and Marine Contractors nv
Scaldis Salvage and Marine Contractors, in which DEME
has a 55% stake, was active on various important salvage
and wreck removal projects and heavy-lift operations
throughout Europe, in particular, in France where Scaldis
obtained in a joint venture the wreck removal works of the
sunken container carrier “Rokia Delmas” off the coast of
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