Two thousand jobs could be created in the Highlands if an American firm invests in a project to build offshore wind turbines. The proposal is for the Nigg fabrication yard in Easter Ross, which once built oil platforms.
Plans for a $190 million Miami-Dade Water and Sewer project are washed up after officials decided they couldn’t build the “utility tunnel” in time for the Port of Miami dredging project they said earlier this month necessitated it… Source:miamitodaynews,December 17,2009;
www.portogento.com.br reports that a consortium of Jan de Nul and Dratec have won a tender to dredge two ports in the Brazilian state of Bahia. The consortium has reportedly won a US$89 million contract to dredge the ports of Aratu and Savior to a depth of 15m.
Vietnam’s Phu Quy Petroleum Exploration and Production company has announced that its 15-01/05 LDN-1X exploration well in the Lac Da Nau prospect has hit oil. Test showed that the well has a capacity of 4,200 barrels per day.
Cargotec’s Siwertell ship unloader has recently won International Bulk Journal’s best ship loading/unloading system award for 2009; out of the five systems short listed, it was judged to be the most efficient, safe and innovative. The Siwertell ship unloader offered by Cargotec has demonstrated its
THE State Government looks to have given the nod for funding of the first stage of the $100 million-plus Townsville Marine Precinct Project at the mouth of Ross River… Source:townsvillebulletin,December 16,2009;
The construction of the $4 billion Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal (WICET) at Gladstone has moved a step closer to becoming a reality, with the Queensland Government signing a mandate that gives the green light to the project… Source: The Courier Mail, December 15, 2009
Surveys underway in Tuas View Extension, which looks set to become next big port development… Source: The Business Times, December 16, 2009;
Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) has announced the overall completion of the Channel Deepening Project – ahead of schedule and at least $200 million under budget… Source: Logistics ,December 16, 2009;
Engineering consultancy DHV has won the contract to improve the navigability on 250 kilometers of the Mekong river in Vietnam… Source: New Civil Engineer, December 16, 2009
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Lakes Huron and Michigan are not losing extra billions of gallons of water daily because of navigational dredging as a Canadian group contends, a scientific panel said Tuesday… Source: Associated Press, December 15, 2009
HOUSTON, Dec. 15, 2009 – Orion Marine Group, Inc., a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced a contract award of approximately $20 million… Source: CNN Money, December 15, 2009
Acergy S.A. announced today that it has acquired the Borealis, a strategic enabler, which is expected to drive superior returns for future activity. This differentiating asset, currently being built at the Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore, is a DP3 dynamic positioning vessel equipped with a 5,000T cr
Emitting only water vapour and gliding silently through Amsterdam’s centuries-old canals, a canal boat – a popular tourist attraction – powered by fuel cells made its debut cruise. The Nemo H2, which can carry about 87 people, is the first of its kind designed specifically to run on a fuel cell engi
