In a catastrophic accident on Saturday three steel shipping containers fell from the decks of the MV “Linda”, an 11,000 tonne Finnish owned freighter. The accident happened after the bottom container in a stack of four folded and shed the others into waters south of the island of Gotland.
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has signed a contract with Singapore based Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd for the construction and completion of a new fall pipe vessel. The vessel with an overall length of 159 meters is expected to be completed late 2011 and will be deployed in oil and gas offshore proje
Sri Lanka will appoint a dredging contractor to bring up three million cubic metres of sea sand to supply the domestic market which is running out of river sand and also for export. [mappress] Source: Lanka Business Online, February 8, 2010;
Damen in The Netherlands has won a contract from SeReAnt to design and build a special cutter suction dredger for the AMORAS project at the Port of Antwerp in Belgium. The dredger will be customised to meet the precise needs of the dredging and sludge treatment processes for the AMORAS project, and
The Philippines: Korea-based shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries has recently completed the ‘APL Bahrain’ at its facility at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales. International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) serviced the ‘APL Bahrain’, the largest vessel to dock in the Philippines, on the ve
KARACHI — Transparency International Pakistan (TIP), which is endeavouring hard to ensure ‘zero tolerance’ on corruption and procurement, has come out hard on Port Qasim Authority’s clarification with regard to the alleged “misprocurement by PQA… [mappress] Source: Business Recorder, February 8, 201
Guam may have been identified last week as an upcoming hub for U.S. national security in the Asia-Pacific region, but one Guam group feels dredging of the Apra Harbor for military projects isn’t necessary to fulfill that goal. [mappress] Source: Pacific Daily New, February 8, 2010;
Mumbai: With India expected to emerge as a global trade hub over the next few years, an effective port infrastructure is vital to scale up the country’s trade development, global consultancy firm Ernst & Young today said in a report. [mappress] source: DNA, February 7, 2010;
GUWAHATI – Dr M Rajin Anwar of Y A Company recently led four Japanese experts for a discussion with Assam Chief Minister relating to embankment protection by the latest Japanese technology. [mappress] Source: Assam Tribune, February 6, 2010
Five environmental groups have appealed a federal court’s refusal to block the start of a more-than $300 million main channel deepening along the Delaware River. [mappress] Source: Delaware Online, February 5, 2010
Adopting sustainable practices is a passport to future growth. Source: World Trade, February 6, 2010
The Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma Area Office has a requirement for the design, construction, testing and delivery of a dredge and all associated machinery and support equipment for delivery to the Laguna Field Office near Yuma, Arizona. [mappress] More info: fbo.gov
In the port of Antwerp the split barge B.34 was loaded onboard the Red Cedar. [mappress] Source: Maasmond Maritime, February 7, 2010
Work will soon begin to install the equipment necessary to begin the placement of material from dredging of the channel on South Padre Island beaches. [mappress] Source: Spislandbreeze, February 4, 2010
