A $120 million port and multimodal transport project in Myanmar will open up international trade with India’s isolated North East provinces… (portnews) [mappress] Source: portnews, October 11, 2011;
Rackwise, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Army has expanded its use of the RACKWISE® DCIM solution from offshore operations infrastructure technology with a second successful implementation for the Army Corps of Engineers in the United States. After initially choosing and successfully implementin
Dredging of the heavily silted Pampanga River in central Luzon has yet to start because of still rising floodwaters in some areas, public… By Henry Omaga-Diaz (abs-cbnnews) [mappress] Source: abs-cbnnews, October 11, 2011;
October 8 witnessed grand opening ceremony of Phase I Kribi Deepwater Project of Cameroon constructed by CHEC. The ceremony was attended by Paul Biya as the President of Cameroon and his first lady, the Minister of Economic Planning and other Cameroon government officials. Xue Jinwei as Chinese Amba
CHEC signed an EPC general contract for Cabello Port New Container Wharf Project with VBOLIPUERTOS, S.A. on October 3. The value of the contract is approximately USD 520 million, with the total construction duration of 36 months. The Cabello New container Port will be constructed in three phases. Th
The president of Ecuador has signed a decree allowing the port of Manta to be offered as a single concession and an operator is expected to… (portstrategy) [mappress] Source: portstrategy, October 11, 2011;
The storm that passed through knocked down trees and power lines. It left behind many reminders of its visit, but it also took some away… By Claire Simms (firstcoastnews) [mappress] Source: firstcoastnews, October 11, 2011;
India’s port privatization program suffered a serious setback when all major shortlisted bidders pulled out of a tender to build and operate… (joc) [mappress] Source: joc, October 11, 2011;
A proposal to dredge central Queensland’s Fitzroy River delta for a new coal export terminal is “way too risky”, according to a community… By Laura Harding (ninemsn) [mappress] Source: ninemsn, October 11, 2011;
Inland Salvage Inc. recently completed the removal of approximately 1000 tons of structural scrap steel from a sunken hopper barge and subsequent salvage of the barge which had been obstructing a loading dock on the Mississippi River near LaPlace, LA. Immediately upon being notified by the dock’s o
The Lagos State government has commenced enforcement of rules and regulations guiding mining operations and subsequent arrest of operators… By Bidemi Bakare (thenationonlineng) [mappress] Source: thenationonlineng, October 11, 2011;
The Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani laid the foundation stone of the multi-billion dollar New Doha Port… BY MOHAMMED SHOEB (thepeninsulaqatar) [mappress] Source: thepeninsulaqatar, October 11, 2011;
The World Bank has temporarily suspended its funding for the Padma bridge project following charges of corruption… (bdnews24) [mappress] Source: bdnews24, October 10, 2011;
Workers may not complete the Hernando Beach Channel dredging project by the Dec. 31 deadline… (baynews9) [mappress] Source: baynews9, October 10, 2011;
