India has invited bids to expand its port capacity to 1.2 billion tons. The bids are for 25 port projects worth $5.4bn. The Indian Government is also implementing the National Maritime Development Programme at an investment of $21bn out of which $12bn will be spent on ports.
The Australian Government has approved the Albany Port Authority’s plans to dredge deeper access to Princess Royal Harbour. It is one of the last obstacles in the way of Grange Resources proceeding with its proposed Southdown magnetite iron ore project at Wellstead. Only State Government approval fo
The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) will decide by the end of July on its strategic partner for the terminal for liquefied natural gas… [mappress] Source: cyprus-mail, June 24, 2010;
Dockwise Ltd. today announces 10 awards for Heavy Marine Transport projects and two for engineering assignments related to a float-over for CNOOC and to Wheatstone. Total revenues for these various commitments are expected to exceed $35 million USD. The relationship between the China National Offsho
Long Beach City Council approved a $4.1 million four-year study of the Long Beach breakwater, with hopes of possible reconfiguration to the… [mappress] Source: daily49er, June 24, 2010;
Shipbuilders STX France Lorient has signed a letter of intent with Irish tidal energy company OpenHydro for the design and construction of an installation barge to deploy OpenHydro’s 16-metre tidal turbines. Delivery of this vessel is scheduled for March 2011.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District, in close coordination with its federal partners, the State of Louisiana and… [mappress] Source: hurricane-katrina, June 24, 2010;
This purpose-built waste processing center provides an unparalleled level of environmental compliance from the rig to final disposal. Baker Hughes opened its Eco-Centre™ waste management facility in Peterhead, Scotland, today, providing the North Sea oil and gas industry with the highest level of en
AWE Limited advises that the Tui SW-2 exploration well has been suspended as a future gas injection well. Since the last report, the 7” liner was run and cemented and the well was suspended as a future gas injector. At 0600 hours (NZ time) today, anchor handling operations were in progress. The rig
The state government has ordered river sand-mining operations at the ecologically sensitive Kinabatangan River in Sabah halted after a hue… [mappress] Source: freemalaysiatoday, June 24, 2010;
Construction companies and workers across New South Wales have reaped the rewards from the State Government’s A$1bn (US$876m) Port Botany… [mappress] Source: ports, June 24, 2010;
Petronet LNG does not plan to tap spot market for liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports at least till December due to a lack of pipeline infra… [mappress] Source: moneycontrol, June 24, 2010;
A week before HDR Engineering presents its dredging feasibility studies in a June 30 public meeting, the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority… [mappress] Source: c-ville, June 24, 2010;
Australian LNG exports will increase by 13 per cent to 17.5 million tonnes (MMt) in 2009–10 and then by 3 per cent to 18 MMt in 2010–11, acc… [mappress] Source: gastoday, June 24, 2010;
