KARACHI — The Rs 1.1769 billion maintenance dredging contract between the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) and M/s Van Oord (VO), which was scheduled to be signed today (Friday) is likely to be scrapped. According to sources, a special PQA board meeting will be held on Friday (today) in this regard. [mapp
Contractors have finished dredging the Shinnecock Inlet, removing more than 500,000 cubic yards of sand from the navigation channel, and the project came in $3 million under budget, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversaw the work. [mappress] Source: 27 East News, January 15, 20
The dredges scouring sand from East Pass and piping it to Okaloosa Island finished work on Thursday, according to Army Corps of Engineers site manager Terry Jangula. [mappress] Source: The Destin Log, January 15, 2010;
In a meeting held on Friday, State chief secretary Ashok Mohan Chakrabarti discussed the possibilities of building a deep sea port. [mappress] Source: Indian Express, January 16, 2010
The Tuticorin Port Trust (TPT) is planning to award projects worth Rs 1,690 crore over the next two years. The proposed investment would enable the port to increase its cargo handling capacity by another 20 million tonnes. [mappress] Source: Business Standard, Janaury 18, 2010
The Mepa board is due to decide on the reconsideration of its earlier decision not to approve the Freeport’s extension to the west. [mappress] Source: Malta Independent, January 17, 2010;
Leading marine safety equipment and servicing provider Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S has again invested in the North American market with the acquisition of fire suit manufacturer Quest Enterprises, Inc. The move will see the Quest Enterprises and Viking brands enter a new state of co-existence,
The International Fishing Fair will be held in Ancona, Italy, from May 21 to 23, 2010 in conjunction with its 70th anniversary. Meeting and workshops will be scheduled and leaders and specialists from all over Europe will be attending the event. Exhibiting companies will range from shipbuilding and
New Delhi, Jan 17 — The government will open bids next week for developing Myanmar”s Sittwe port, which is being fully set up by India, for boosting open trade with ASEAN nations at an estimated cost of Rs 500 crore. “We will open the bids on January 18 for dredging and setting up port facilities. [
The Danish National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy – Riso / DTU, together with Noliac Motion, Innowacja Polska and EC Electronics Sp., has invented a sensor systems, that will allow operators of offshore wind farms to check the wind turbines from dry land. This is made possible by incorporating s
The Government of Finland last week said that it would consider measures to help its flailing shipbuilding industry. “We have to secure the future of the shipping industry, we nee d a survival strategy that will include various measures,” Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs, Mauri Pekkarinen said.
Wilhelmsen Ships Service is supporting the work of the Nautical Technical Training Academy (NTTA) by providing a range of the company’s Unitor branded safety equipment including a brand new liferaft. The liferaft will be used in the academy’s crew training facility to teach the Basic Safety course.
Somali pirates have freed a Greek-owned oil tanker, a day after one of the largest ransoms ever paid was delivered to the ship, pirates and officials say. The Maran Centaurus, one of the largest oil tankers ever seized, was captured on 29 November with 28 crew members. A ransom of between $5.5m (£3.
Freezing conditions contributed to the success of a £1m clean up operation at a flood-hit port in Cumbria, council officials have revealed. Workington Port was blocked by tonnes of debris after the November floods which devastated the county. A round-the-clock dredging operation began on Christmas D
