The Energies Technologies Institute announced today that it plans to open the world’s largest open access indoor test facility for offshore [mappress] Source: greenwisebusiness, February 16, 2010;
Description of Work: – The work includes construction of breakwaters, an entrance channel and mooring basin… [mappress] More info: fbo.gov
THE NSW government has unveiled plans for the development of Port Kembla’s Outer Harbour. [mappress] Source: Shipping Industry, February 17, 2010
Green Bay this year has a harbor that needs to be dredged, an island that could be developed and a federal government coming up short with money for both projects… [mappress] Source:dailyreporter,February 17,2010;
MUMBAI: DP World, the world’s third-largest container terminal operator, will complete the first phase of the Rs 3,000-crore Vallarpadam terminal project in Kochi by June and is expected to commission it by this year-end. When the International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT)… [mappress] Sour
CATEECHEE, S.C. (AP) – A landfill is ready to store dangerous chemicals to be removed from a South Carolina river that feeds into Lake Hartwell, but some local residents are worried about the project… [mappress] Source:wmbfnews,February 16,2010;
Srinagar, Feb 16: After a long delay Government has finally procured the state-of-the-art machines for conservation of Dal Lake which is in its last throes due to extensive siltation and pollution… [mappress] Source: Greater Kashmir, February 17, 2010
IT’S showtime at last after the longest, most hyped build-up in Essex industrial history. Eleven years have rolled by since plans for a giant new container port on the Essex shore of the Thames Estuary were first announced… [mappress] Source: Echo, February 16, 2010
ALBANY — A panel of independent experts this week will begin sorting out two massive technical reports on the first year of PCB dredging from the Hudson River to offer a possible road map for the project’s future. [mappress] Source: Times Union, February 16, 2010
The Philippines authorities have detained 11 Malaysian fishing trawlers in the Sulu Sea, near the maritime borders of both countries. The Sandakan-based trawlers, with more than 50 crewmen, were detained during a Philippines National Police (PNP) operation from 10pm on Sunday to dawn yesterday.
Following the completion here of APL Bahrain, a 259.8-meter-long container ship which is said to be the biggest vessel to be built in the country, shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries Corp. Philippines Inc. (HHICP) announced it will next build the biggest container ship in the world.
KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust has embarked upon a record number of development projects and is utilising over 80 per cent of its Rs10 billion annual budget on these projects, official sources said on Monday. [mappress] Source: Dawn, February 16, 2010
Leading global yacht chartering companies believe the Middle East has a strong potential to become a preferred luxury yacht chartering hub, thanks to expansion of the region’s superstructure, particularly marinas, and a growing vessel support network.
The uneasy truce established between the Port of Los Angeles and Gambol Industries – which has a plan for a shipyard that the company says will bring up to 1,000 family-wage jobs to the port – is about to run out.
