Following an investigation, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has issued notices of violation to the owner of a Montauk marina and local marine contractor for conducting regulated activities without valid permits, according to Regional Director Peter A. Scully. The en
Statoil is entering into frame agreements for insulation, scaffolding and surface treatment worth a total of NOK 12 billion, options included. The agreements relate to platforms, production vessels and land-based plants in Norway, as well as the Kalundborg refinery in Denmark. The agreements also ap
The Tigris River, heart of Baghdad and inspiration for much romantic poetry, is drying up. The European Water Association (EWA) estimates… [mappress] Source: thememriblog, July 2, 2010;
Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) will finish building within weeks the first phase of a 2.7 square km offshore port in Taweelah, part of the… By Ivan Gale [mappress] Source: thenational, July 2, 2010;
The Kerala government will invite fresh expressions of interest for the Vizhinjam International Sea Port proposed near Thiruvananthapuram… [mappress] Source: business-standard, July 2, 2010;
Woodside Petroleum Ltd expects the government’s tax deal with the resources industry to have no negative impact on its massive North West Shelf liquefied natural gas project in western Australia, it said on Friday. Friday’s tax deal will bring the project, which is producing about 16 million tonnes
Around 250 jobs will be created in the first phase of plans for a £29m expansion of the North East’s biggest port. Teesport owner PD Ports… [mappress] Source: nebusiness, July 2, 2010;
A plan to develop Cascade Point into a transport facility for mine workers is ready to go ahead, if it doesn’t get tangled up in the Juneau… By Kim Marquis [mappress] Source: juneauempire, July 2, 2010;
Consultants hired by the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority presented the final results of its dredging feasibility study at a public input … By Brian Wheeler [mappress] Source: dailyprogress, July 2, 2010;
The province hopes Ottawa will commit to funding $19.8 million for the dredging of Sydney Harbour when the two levels of government speak… By LAURA FRASER [mappress] Source: thechronicleherald, July 1, 2010;
United State’s Republican, Senator John McCain, has introduced legislation that would fully repeal the Jones Act, a 1920s law that he says “hinders free trade and favours labour unions over consumers”. The Jones Act requires that all goods shipped between waterborne ports of the United States be car
Expansion work on a third set of locks on the Panama Canal has officially begun. “Today, a new future begins for the country,” said Panama… [mappress] Source: thaindian, July 1, 2010;
The renewable energy sector requires “urgent action” to ensure that it does not miss its “potential boom era” through a lack of long-term… [mappress] Source: newenergyfocus, July 01, 2010;
Japan’s JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation plans to build an LNG satellite terminal in Kushiro City, Hokkaido. The Kushiro LNG terminal, which is scheduled to commence operations in April 2015, will have unloading facilities for LNG coastal tankers, one LNG tank with a capacity of 10,000KL and other
