Investment of about £30bn is needed to develop Scotland’s offshore wind power potential, it is to be claimed. The first Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference is being held in Aberdeen’s Marriott Hotel on Thursday.
Channel deepening in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria’s largest ever marine infrastructure project, has been completed ahead of schedule and more than $200 million under budget, according to the Victorian Government. Unveiling a 10-metre high sculpture at the Port of Melbourne today to mark project comple
The Commander of the Somali Coast Guard, General Farah Ahmed Omar, has said that piracy would not be curbed unless illegal fishing by foreign nations stopped. He explained that the illegal fishing and exploitation of Somali’s marine resources were the main factors which encouraged youths to head to
The investment of more than RM1.1 billion to upgrade Penang Port will come to naught if the port’s north channel is not deepened, said Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB) managing director Datuk Ahmad ibni Hajar… Source: The Edge Malaysia, November 25, 2009;
Wrightsville Beach could get sand in its stocking this Christmas… Source: Lumina News, November 25, 2009
The dredging of Melbourne’s shipping channels will continue for another six months and return every five years despite the controversial project being declared complete… Source: Herald Sun, November 25, 2009;
A private investment group led by Highstar Capital has agreed to invest as much as $1.3 billion to expand the Port of Baltimore as ports in the eastern U.S. push to make changes needed to serve a new generation of supersize cargo vessels… Source: The Wall Street Journal, November 21, 2009
Subtech has once again made history when they removed the last section of the sub-aqueous tunnel from beneath the Durban harbour mouth. This is the first time that a sub-aqueous tunnel has been removed in its entirety… Source: Subtech
WASHINGTON — Manson Construction Co., Seattle, won a $3,751,000 federal contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Ga., for maintenance dredging. Place of performance will be at Charleston Entrance Channel, Charleston county, S.C… Source: Targeted News Service, November 24, 2009
Kuwait yesterday assured Bangladesh to provide all necessary support for the economic development of Bangladesh and procurement of dredgers for implementing the government’s capital and maintenance dredging in the country’s major rivers… Source: The New Nation, November 25, 2009
Work on the deepening of Liepaja Port has begun, LETA was informed by the Liepaja Special Economic Zone’s public relations specialist Liga Ratniece-Kadege. The work is being carried out by Belgian company Dredging International N.V… Source: Baltic Zone, November 25, 2009;
Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants for the decentralised power generation market, has been contracted to supply a 170 MW gas-fired power plant to be installed in Antelope Station, located near Abernathy, Texas, USA. The power plant is to be located close to significant wind farm g
The Costa Deliziosa, the latest “jewel” in the fleet of Costa Cruises, the largest Italian travel group and Europe’s favorite cruise line, came through her sea trials successfully. The new ship – Costa’s 15th fleet member, built at Fincantieri’s Marghera (Venice) shipyard, was put through her paces
The UN FAO and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) have signed an agreement to conduct a value-chain analysis of international fish trade with an impact assessment of the small-scale sector. The aim is to identify ways to improve food security for local populations in developing
