With an order of battle which includes more than 50 frigates and destroyers, and some 16 modern diesel-electric submarines, the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) is one of the world’s largest naval forces. The JMSDF is well-equipped with indigenously-constructed ships, and has ready access t
The process for dredging Mombasa port channel to accommodate huge vessels has started. A wider channel will position the port for transshipment which faces a threat from other emerging African facilities. Tenders to identify a firm that will carry out the process as well as assist in raising the Sh7
Noordhoek Survey is pleased to announce that the newly delivered DPII ROV Survey SV NOORDHOEK PATHFINDER has successfully completed both its verification trials and its first assignment. The vessel was delivered on schedule and has performed flawlessly during this first survey, meeting all of Noordh
MANY of Port Phillip Bay’s most loved beaches need urgent repair, with a mayor predicting that Elwood beach could disappear unless major work was undertaken… [mappress] Source:age,April 12,2010
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s outlook report highlighted how dredging at Hay Point in 2007 created ‘‘significant environmental impacts’’ at the dredge and disposal sites and affected coral up to 12km away… [mappress] Source:weekendaustralian,April 12,2010
The disposal of untreated silt from the Pasig River to a reclamation area of Renong Berhad and the Public Estates Authority (PEA) in Bacoor, Cavite runs afoul of the 1972 London Treaty on Marine Pollution… [mappress] Source:mb,April 12,2010;
Machilipatnam port construction work will begin soon at Gilakaldindi, said the minister for animal husbandry, Mr K. Parthasaradhi, on Sunday… [mappress] Source:deccanchronicle,April 12,2010;
GALVESTON — A year ago, something happened at the Virginia Port Authority that sent ripples across waterfronts everywhere… [mappress] Source:galvestondailynews,April 12,2010;
MILLIONS of dollars in State Government funding for dredging is needed to save the Gold Coast’s popular bar crossings from dire straits which could result in loss of life… [mappress] Source:goldcoast,April 12,2010;
The Manila North Harbor Port Inc. (MNHPI), the consortium of the Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and Harbour Centre Ports Terminal Inc. (HCPTI), which bagged the North Harbor modernization project, will earmark P14.5 billion for the construction of world-class… [mappress] Sourc
State seaport operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) II, in cooperation with state housing developer PT Pembangunan Perumahan (PP), will begin the construction of a new port in Kalibaru, North, Jakarta, in the third quarter… [mappress] Source:thejakartapost,April 11,2010;
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A money crisis threatens to close Cleveland’s port to millions of dollars of commercial shipping by 2015, a top administrator with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers warned in a recent letter to Gov. Ted Strickland… [mappress] Source:bcleveland,April 11,2010;
The Port of Everett has completed critical maintenance dredging at its 10th Street Boat Launch, the state’s largest public boat launch facility… [mappress] Source:portofeverett,April 11,2010;
Fisheries and Information Technology Minister Anand Vasanth Asnotikar said that the State Government has decided to take up the proposal of the third phase of expansion of Malpe fisheries port at an estimated cost of Rs 53 crore… [mappress] Source:bellevision,April 11,2010;
