Equipped with a hard hat and a neon orange vest, Ed Foxworth is used to criss-crossing the country to work on beach renourishment projects. But as a skilled laborer from Wilmington and a homeowner in Monkey Junction, he lept at the opportunity to work on Wrightsville Beach, the closest he’s worked t
The cleanup of coal ash from the Emory River in East Tennessee has been “remarkable” with more than 70 percent removed from the waterway since the spill at TVA’s Kingston coal-fired plant, a state environment official told lawmakers Tuesday. [mappress] Source: Tennessean, February 17, 2010
ALBANY, NY (02/17/2010) The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today submitted its comments and recommendations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the first phase of the dredging of the Upper Hudson River to… [mappress] Source:readmedia,February 17,2010;
Ports of Auckland faces further turbulence in container volumes despite signs of strong growth in the past two months. The company reported a 50 per cent lift in profit to $13.9 million in the six months to December 31, and was able to return a $9.9 million dividend to its sole shareholder, the rate
During last year production fell by 90 per cent and 75 per cent of all employees in the Tuzla’s shipyard industry had to leave their jobs, Hellenic Shipping reports. Half of the 46 shipyards are reported to be inoperative and only one contract with delivery in 2012 has been signed.
Following last December’s order, the only one in the world in 2009 and after a standstill of almost two years, Carnival once again chooses Fincantieri for its ships for the future. Fincantieri and the US cruise group Carnival Corporation & plc have reached an agreement to build two prototype ships f
A rig being towed to the Falkland Islands from Scotland should start drilling for oil and gas from next week, a company involved has said. The Ocean Guardian has been under tow by a tug since late November when it left Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth.
Many harbours in tide-dominated areas silt up as a consequence of asymmetric tides. To understand the process of harbour sedimentation at tidal rivers, it is important to know the amount of transport of suspended sediment. In a small and shallow harbour along a tidal river, simultaneous ADC, OBS, CT
The investment arm of trouble UAE conglomerate Dubai World, Istithmar, has reportedly put London-based port and shipping agent Inchcape Shipping Service (ISS) up for sale, hoping to nab up to US$700 million. Advent International, Cinven, Charterhouse, Montagu, TPG and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts are amo
A wind power project on an island is OK, but turbines in the lake are not.The Jefferson County Board of Legislators’ Planning and… [mappress] Source: watertowndailytimes, February 17, 2010;
Deepwater Wind Rhode Island has hired David Muse as the company’s project director, where he will oversee the planning, logistics, procurement and management of the assembly and construction of the company’s planned offshore wind farms. Muse, a registered professional engineer in Texas, has more tha
NEW DELHI: The government has removed cap on the number of players who can participate in financial bidding for port expansion projects under public private partnership (PPP) to minimise litigations and get better returns. [mappress] Source:,February 17,2010;
It is very unfortunate that rather than address the clear-enough allegations of fraud and siphoning of public fund belonging to Imo people, the state governor, Ikeddi Ohakim, who has come to be known as IkedinnaKoboko chose to flog the daylight out of a journalist, Ikeena Iwuoha who against all odds
Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said Monday Indonesia wanted Thai fishing firms to form joint venture with local companies if they wanted to continue operating in Indonesian waters. Marty told reporters that the joint operation was a key step toward eradicating illegal fishing.
