London-listed Serica Energy has arranged a new round of credit to finance development of the UK North Sea Columbus gas field and its Kambuna gas condensate field in Indonesia which came onstream in August.
IMS Dredges, a Division of Liquid Waste Technology, LLC exceeds all past sales records with two months to go in 2009… Source: IMS Dredges
Thanks to an almost full fleet utilization in the third quarter, DEME (AvH 50%) has realized a turnover and operational cash flow in line with the expectations… Source: Ackermans & van Haaren;
TEAM, a leading designer and manufacturer of sophisticated Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) for cruise and ferry terminals officially placed a sophisticated HYDRA PBB into operation at the Alabama Cruise Terminal in Mobile on Nov. 11, with the arrival of the Carnival Fantasy.
Representatives of the Somali community in Britain have appealed to the pirates holding a Kent couple to free them on humanitarian grounds. Messages were recorded for broadcast on the BBC World Service and Eastern TV Network after a meeting in Birmingham.
Construction of a new set of locks for the Panama Canal will begin in January, the consortium that holds the concession for the expansion project said. “We’re at the beginning and there are a lot of bureaucratic hurdles, presentations to make, permits to acquire. The real work begins in January,” An
Chinese shipyards received a total of 2.2 million DWT of newbuild orders in October 2009, according to the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. This was a decline of 63 percent compared with the 5.9 million DWT ordered in September. The total orderbook at the end of October was 1
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Under the Government initiatives to set up a modern port system in the country, many ports are being constructed throughout the coastal belt… Source: Ceylon Daily News, November 14, 2009;
Delaware’s beaches have been hammered over the past few days as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida brought soaking rain, strong wind, and high tides to the coast… Source: WHYY, November 23, 3009;
State Minister for Environment and Forest Dr Hasan Mahmud has sought Japanese assistance in river dredging in Bangladesh to allow uninterrupted flow of water for stopping shrinkage and erosion of the river… Source: The New Nation, November 14, 2009
Who wants to know how a peasant is laughing with pain in the teeth, was yesterday afternoon at Hotel Okura Amsterdam to come. As Smit International and Boskalis announced a Rotterdam (!) Port merger. CEO Ben Vree, Smit presented his best to the photographers… Source: NRC, November 13, 2009
Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei might have just found a solution to “better control” flood situations, as a new, efficient and economical dredge has arrived in the Sultanate to deepen and de-silt rivers, lakes, coastal areas and marinas… Source: BruDirect, November 14, 2009
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