Bangladesh will seek Tk 70,000 crore from the international community at the Copenhagen conference to deal with the impacts of climate change, said the chief of a parliamentary committee yesterday… Source: The Daily Star; December 4, 2009;209
Ottawa River cleanup nears! Crews are days away from mobilizing for the Ottawa River’s historic $43 million restoration effort… Source:toledoblade.com;December 03, 2009;
DHAHRAN — Saudi Aramco has issued an overview of measures taken to safeguard the marine habitats close to its shallow-water Manifa field development in the Arabian Gulf… Source: Offshore, December 3, 2009
In September 2009, the suction dredger Gateway was launched at the IHC Merwerde Offshore and Marine Shipyard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam. The dredger, completed for Royal Boskalis Westminster N.v., has been fitted out with Vulkan couplings… Source: Synfo, December 03, 2009
OC emergency dune repair planned in next 30-60 days OCEAN CITY — Resort officials say shoreline damage caused by the mid-November nor’easter will double the estimated cost of Ocean City’s 2010 beach replenishment effort from $10 million to about $20 million… Source: Delmarvanow, December 3, 2009;
Grassroots efforts to block a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal proposed for Mt. Hope Bay have redoubled in the wake of a federal appellate court decision slamming the door on the R.I. agency that reviews applications to dredge in the state’s coastal waters… Source: The Jamestown Press, December
CEO of Orion Marine Group Inc. (ORN) James Michael Pearson sold 19,897 shares of ORN on 11/23/2009 at an average price of $19.48 a share… Source:Gurufocus, December 3, 2009
THE Egyptian government is proposing a new entrance channel to the Suez Canal, in the hope of easing access to Port Said’s container terminal, according to sources in the country… Read More: Lloyd’s List
A Beirut developer planning an $8-billion artificial island off Lebanon says it is not worried by the debt debacle of Nakheel, the real estate developer behind Dubai’s similar man-made Palm Islands that revealed last week it needs more time to pay it debt… Source: Maktoob, December 3, 2009
Oil exports to Asia drive expansion plans at B.C. ports in Vancouver and Kitimat VANCOUVER — In the past six months, the concept of Canada shipping crude oil to Asian markets has warmed considerably… Source:Vancouver Sun, December 1, 2009;
The Project consists of maintenance dredging of Mission Bay – Entrance and Main channel and possibly Mariners Cove… More: www.fbo.gov;
Saipem’s semi-submersible pipelay vessel, Castoro Sei, is undergoing repair and modification works in the Netherlands… Source: Pipelines Int., December 1, 2009;
The river Kosi, known as shok (sorrow) of Bihar, is also infamous for its heavy silt deposits, one of the worst in the world… Source: The Telegraph, December 12, 2009;
The financial turmoil in Dubai is not going to affect the DP World projects in India, including the proposed minor port in Bengal’s Kulpi… Source: Times of India, December 1, 2009
