The Dubai Government will help Dubai World in restructuring its US $22 billion debt by paying off short-term loans, according to Abu-Dhabi based newspaper Al Ittihad.Dubai World includes major property developers Nakheel and Limitless. [mappress] Source:uaenews,March 25,2010
ROCHESTER– Despite it’s beauty, a newly formed lake improvement district says there’s an ugly problem lying beneath Lake Zumbro. [mappress] Source:kttc,March 25,2010
The Kuwaiti Fund for Economical Development is today signing an agreement with the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation in Yemen in order to fund the Socatra port project with $50 million. It’s expected that Mr. Abdulwahab Ahmed al-Badr, the General Manager of… [mappress] Source:yobser
NEW national planning guidance on the future development of our ports could have important implications for the North East. [mappress] Source:thejournal,March 25,2010;
Although the ministry of shipping said that INR 267 crore would be released as dredging subsidy to the Kolkata Port Trust which administers the Kolkata and Haldia ports. Ministry officials indicated that this could be last time such a subsidy would be disbursed. [mappress] Source:bs,March 25,2010;
THE EPA appeals convener visited Albany last Friday to review public submissions made against the Albany Port redevelopment.Albany Port wants to dredge 12 million cubic metres of sediment to widen and deepen the existing shipping channel into Princess Royal Harbour and extend the shipping channel in
KOCHI: The Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal(ICTT) will be ready for commissioning in June, according to the Dubai Ports World (DPWorld) which is constructing the terminal. [mappress] Source:expressbuzz,March 25,2010;
Rep. Loretta Sanchez has put in a request for $6 million in federal funding to clean up Newport Harbor, Councilwoman Leslie Daigle said Wednesday. [mappress] Source:dailypilot,March 25,2010;
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NI-WA) yesterday said that the multi billion naira Lower Niger Dredging Project has reached fifty per cent completion and that the River Niger will be ready for all year navigation soon. [mappress] Source:thisdayonline,March 25,2010;
Work consists of Maintenance Dredging in Naval Weapons Station Channel, Goose Creek Boat House and TC Dock. Approximately 1,154,000 cubic yards of unclassified material from Naval Weapons Station Channel shall be deposited in the Yellow House Creek Disposal Area… [mappress] Source:fbogov,March 24,20
Shipping Minister G K Vasan on Tuesday said the government was not looking at selling stake in Shipping Corp of India Ltd and Dredging Corp of India Ltd as of now.The government currently holds 80 per cent in Shipping Corp and 78 per cent in Dredging Corp.Shipping Secretary K. Mohandas had… [mappres
In an effort to increase its investments in wave and tidal energy, the dredging group DEME has established an affiliate, DEME Blue Energy. DEME has been a highly visible and active partner in the sea wind farm industry, but as a dredging group it is more at home with the waves than the wind… [mappre
Keeping the Houston Ship Channel navigable on an ongoing basis is of utmost importance to Houston, the state of Texas and the nation. Not only is the world’s second-largest petrochemical complex located here, but the U.S. economy depends on the critical flow of waterborne commerce over the port’s do
MANATEE — Inconsistencies with how Manatee County has handled 11 canal dredging projects over the past 16 years prompted county staff to ask the board of commissioners to create an ordinance.At a commission work session Tuesday, Ron Schulhofer, director of the county public works department… [mappre
