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Aberdeen-based oil and gas engineering services company Cammach Group has reported turnover up by 55% to £4.8m. Cammach – based at Greenbank Business Centre, East Tullos – said it now aimed to increase that to £20m by 2014. Launched as a three-man business in 1997, the company now has 20 permanent s
More than 30 firefighters were called to tackle a fire on a conveyor belt at the Port of Tyne. The fire broke out on a 720ft (200m) section of the belt, which was being used to feed rape seed on to a loading ship on the south side of the river. The flames were extinguished […]
A ferry which operates between the Channel Islands and France has rescued a stranded windsurfer. The Condor 10 was sailing from the islands to St Malo when it responded to an emergency call from French coastguards on Monday evening. The windsurfer was found south of Ile de Cezembre in calm seas. The
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is establishing an Iridium Satellite LLC (Iridium)-based satellite phone service for motorists on the Trans-Labrador Highway. Roadpost of Mississauga, Ontario is supplying Iridium 9555 satellite phones and services through its dealer Newfound Mobility Solu
Nigeria’s high court has ruled that the government illegally revoked exploration licences granted to a South Korean oil consortium. The Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) had filed an action demanding the restoration of two offshore licences, granted in 2005. Nigeria called off the deal in Januar
The Port Klang Authority has awarded a tender to local dredging company Integrated Marine Works Sdn. Bhd. to carry out capital dredging works at the Pintu Gedung or the South Channel. The tender was awarded to IMW Sdn. Bhd. and entails a work specification of deepening the south entrance to Port Kla
The Nile Delta is under threat from rising sea levels. Without the food it produces, Egypt faces catastrophe. More: Guardian
The withdrawal of Dredge XVII would sound the death knell for Haldia as the depth of the river has dropped to 4.3 metres at Auckland and four metres at Jellingham… More: The Hindu Business
PANGNIRTUNG, NUNAVUT – Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged $25 million for a harbour refit today and promised to give northern residents a slice of future economic action… More: The Star
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced in Norfolk, Va. today $40 million for critical hydrographic survey and chart projects across the United States that strengthen the economy, create jobs, and support safe and efficient marine commerce and trade… Source: NOAA
Iwi are concerned about the environmental impact a plan to dredge Tauranga Harbour will have on centuries-old shellfish beds… More: New Zealand Herald
State owned Dredging Corporation of India(DCI) is all set to acquire three new trailer-suction dredgers from IHC, Holland for Rs 1722 crore and has received the nod from the Public Investment Board yesterday… More: Business Standard
Melbourne’s status as Australia’s largest and most competitive container port will be cemented when a major dredging project is completed later this year, the state government says. But environmental activists are asking at what cost… More: Hellenic Shipping
