Various sources report that the Indian government’s plan for constructing new ports and expanding existing ones to support an expected increase in traffic is likely to create “huge demand” for capital and maintenance dredging in India.
A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container-shipping line, reported its first annual loss since at least six decades and said it will be limited to a “modest” profit in 2010 because of inadequate price increases. Maersk fell the most in almost four months in Copenhagen trading af
THE $27.8 million Albany Waterfront project is well on track with the protective outer breakwater already finished… [mappress] Source:albany,March 4,2010;
Local group says dredging of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir can proceed with no additional cost… [mappress] Source:wina,March 4,2010;
OCEAN CITY – After a month of weather delays, a $17 million beach replenishment project in Ocean City is finally moving ahead, a town official said yesterday… [mappress] Source:philly,March 4,2010;
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH – Working around the clock has paid off for the Army Corps of Engineers’ sand dredging project at Wrightsville Beach. The project is done a week ahead of schedule… [mappress] Source:news14,March 4,2010
The Town of Essex wants the developer of a multibillion-dollar offshore wind turbine project in Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair to come to a… [mappress] Source: windsorstar, March 02, 2010; Image: conservationreport, December 03, 2009
Ken Salazar, secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI), has concluded the historic preservation consultation process for the… [mappress] Source: nawindpower, March 02, 2010; Image: abc.net, December 10, 2008
Karpaz Gate Marina, an exclusive new development that will open up the stunning, undiscovered Karpaz peninsula of Northern Cyprus, is progressing well. Currently under construction and project managed by Sea-Alliance Group Ltd, a maritime services operation specialising in marina developments, Karpa
The Freedom is a brand new survey vessel build by No Limit Ships in the Netherlands… [mappress] Source: Hydro International, March 2, 2010
Although delayed for months by contract negotiations, the largest government-industry effort to bring Ohio’s beleaguered Ottawa River back to ecological health is in full swing now and is back on schedule for completion by the end of 2010… [mappress] Source: Toledo Blade, March 3, 2010
The Isle of Man Ship Registry is to charge an annual registration fee for the first time in its 25-year history. The fee has been set at £700 per merchant vessel and is not dependable on ship type or size.
Somali pirates hijacked a Saudi-owned ship with 14 crew in the Gulf of Aden this week, a Kenyan maritime official said on Wednesday. Pirates said they had also seized a fishing vessel. Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme said the 5,136 deadweight tonne al Nisr al Saud
The Faroe Islands has expressed its disappointment at Canada’s “heavy handed” decision to close its fishing ports to Danish flagged trawlers in a continuing dispute over fish quotas and territorial claims.The ban mainly affects boats from the Faroes and Greenland which, although partly independent,
