The first phase of a multi-billion dollar plan to build a new port in Doha will be up and running by November 2014, a senior project official has announced… [mappress] Source:arabiansupplychain,January 27,2010;
With private players deliberating on investing in infrastructure projects in the aftermath of the global slowdown, nearly half of the projects for capacity expansion at ports, scheduled for awarding this year, are likely to spill over into the coming financial year (2010-11)… [mappress] Source: Busi
BROOKSVILLE — While Hernando County has already paid its dredging contractor a third of the contract amount, only 6 percent of the work had been completed before the project at Hernando Beach was recently brought to a halt because of environmental problems… [mappress] Source: St. Peterburg Times, Ja
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure is likely to take up the matter of allowing Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) to buy three dredgers at a cost of more than Rs 1,700 crore this week. DCI proposes to purchase the dredgers through international… Source: The Financial Express, Januar
THE government is going to formulate a policy to stop haphazard sand extraction from different rivers as unplanned sand extraction is harming the country’s aquatic resources… [mappress] Source: The New Nation, January 23, 2010;
In the trial court, Timothy Corbin, a commercial fisherman was awarded damages against the Subaqueous Services, a dredging company, after his boat collided with unmarked dredge pipeline. The dredging company appealed on three issues… Source: Newsome, January 21, 2010
Shadow Minister for Main Roads and Transport and Member for Maroochydore, Fiona Simpson has welcomed the news that a permanent pipeline will be constructed at the mouth of the Mooloolah River to allow for regular dredging… [mappress] Source: My Sunshine Coast, January 25, 2010:
The new marina Sandspit Yacht Club Marina Society hopes to build at Sandspit would provide berthing for 157 boats at the Matakana River’s lower end, with a 35 year occupation of the marina… [mappress] Source:nbr.co.nz,January 26,2010
ConocoPhillips has agreed to let Statoil take a stake in an exploration areas in the Chukchi Sea offshore Alaska where initial drilling is planned in two years time. The US-based oil major has said Statoil is taking a 25% stake in its leases held with 50% equity in the Chukchi Sea which were acquire
HIGHLAND BEACH — A tug boat sent to rescue a drifting dredging barge this morning instead collided with it, leaving a gash in the tug’s hull and forcing the captain to beach the craft rather than have it sink, the U.S. Coast Guard reports… Source: The Palm Beach Post, January 25, 2010
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has secured a contract to provide ships agency services to Van Oord at Maasvlakte 2, the major port expansion project in Rotterdam. Up to 14 vessels operated by van Oord will be supporting the project and Wilhelmsen Ships Service will be managing the formalities of co-ordina
Local tuna players are feeling the pinch of the closure of the high seas in portions of the Pacific Ocean, with one fishing company informing the Labor department that it was stopping work for six months, a top Labor official confirmed on Monday. Ma. Gloria A. Tango, DoLE-Central Mindanao director,
Cargotec has secured two new MacGregor Onboard Care all inclusive contracts. One is a continuation of a three-year agreement with the Naples-based RoRo shipowner, Grimaldi Group. This contract was signed at the end of 2009 for a total of 27 vessels and includes an option for a further two-year exten
On 25th January 2010 the Executive Board and the majority of the Supervisory Board of SMIT have decided to recommend the offer from Boskalis to its shareholders. Whilst Mr Cordia supports the non-financial aspects of the merger between Boskalis and SMIT he is unable to agree with the price of the of
