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Over the last 10 days, the attention of the world has been captured by the fate of the Ever Given. On March 23, due to high winds and a dust storm, the ship lost the ability to steer and run aground in the Suez Canal. The waterway is located in Egypt and connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. About 10 percent of all global trade flows through here, so you can imagine the effect on the economy and the people depending on it – including the many sailors that were left waiting in their vessels for the Ever Given to be moved. Observations from space highlighted how many ships were waiting ...

The cost of the Suez Canal blockage A huge container ship that has been wedged in the Suez Canal since Tuesday has finally been freed from the shoreline. Peter Berdowski, chief executive of Dutch salvage company Boskalis, said the Ever Given had been refloated at 15:05 (13:05 GMT) on Monday, “thereby making free passage through the Suez Canal possible again”. However, it is not clear yet when full traffic in the canal can resume. The blockage has been the source of much worry and frustration for the global shipping industry. We take a look at the key numbers that have been involved in the...

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Direct News Source Papendrecht, 15 December 2020 Boskalis has received a Letter of Confirmation of Acceptance of Bid for the Land Development Design and Construction of the Manila International Airport (MIA) in the Philippines. The Letter of Confirmation was issued by San Miguel Aerocity Inc (SMAI), a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation (SMC), one of the largest and most diversified companies in the Philippines. SMAI is the concession holder of MIA, which is a greenfield development aimed at serving the growing air traffic demands in the Greater Capital Region of Manila and will complement t...

Share Tweet San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) P740-billion “game-changing” Manila International Airport project in Bulacan is set to take off in the first quarter of 2021, after it awarded global firm Boskalis a USD 1.73-billion contract to restore land at what will be the largest, most modern international gateway in the Philippines SMC president and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang said that Dutch firm Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., through its wholly-owned subsidiary Boskalis Philippines Inc., was chosen to undertake land...