Zidell the longtime Portland barge builder, is pursuing one of the biggest Willamette River cleanup plans to date, a $20 million project that would address decades of contamination, improve 3,000 feet of rubble-strewn shoreline… Source:oregonlive,December 21, 2009;
Unanimous decision upholds Maryland’s denial of water-quality permit A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., upheld Maryland’s denial of a water-quality… Source: Baltimore Sun, December 23, 2009
The fully owned subsidiary of A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, Mærsk Olie og Gas A/S (“Maersk Oil”), has today through a US subsidiary entered into an agreement with Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. (“Devon”) for Maersk Oil’s purchase of Devon’s interests in the Cascade, Jack and St. Malo fields in the
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch is planning a $100 million project to deepen the harbour channel by four metres… Source:stuff.co.nz,December 23,2009
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is optimistic that construction of the second container terminal will start on schedule despite uncertainty surrounding the dredging of Likoni channel… Source: Africa Business Daily, December 23, 2009;
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) received four bids today, moving the ACP one step closer to awarding the fourth dry excavation (PAC-4) contract under the waterway’s Expansion Program. Now, the ACP will thoroughly analyze the technical and financial submissions and award the contract in the coming w
The board of Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) will meet in February to consider a report by investment bank Antipodes on a possible merger with Port Otago Ltd. The port is not releasing the report, which was received by both boards today. “LPC will be appointing an adviser to work with managemen
Vessel traffic into the Lagos Ports has been on the increase since 2007, when the Federal Government concession the port and transferred marine services, one of the primary responsibilities of the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) to the international shipping community, to the private sector.
Chrisar Software Technologies (Chrisar), an IT company specializing in software systems engineering and signal processing in the marine environment, chose Applied Satellite Engineering (ASE) to develop a satellite data solution for a whale reporting program that uses the global satellite network ope
VESSEL traffic into the Lagos Ports has been on the increase since 2007, when the Federal Government concession the port and transferred marine services, one of the primary responsibilities of the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) to the international shipping community, to the private sector… Source: T
Nantong Masada Ship Machinery Co., Ltd., a Chinese company located in Nantong*, Jiangsu Province, to which Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) licensed its marine deck crane technology, has completed production and delivery of its first MHI-licensed product. Delivery was taken by Jiangsu Hantong
The government plans to invite international tender to appoint a consulting firm by January next for preparing a detail design of the proposed deep seaport at Sonadia Island to be built at a cost of Tk 15,000 crore… Source: The Independent, December 23, 2009;
The construction of a slurry pipeline from Peruvian company Cuervo Resources’ proposed Cerro Ccopane Iron Ore Project to the Peruvian coast has been found to be the most economic according to a study by Sandwell Engineering… Source: Pipeline International, December 23, 2009
Bangalore: Private port operator Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd (GPPL) plans to raise at least Rs500 crore through an initial public offering (IPO), according to two bankers briefed on the matter. The share sale is planned for 2010, the bank officials said on condition of anonymity… Source: Livemint, Dece
