Dredging International (Australia) Pty Ltd and Van Oord Australia Pty Ltd have been awarded the Western Basin Main Works Dredging – Parcel 5 contract in the Port of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. The client of this AUD 260 million. (€ 190 million) contract is the Queensland Gladstone Ports Corpor
The Topix dropped for a second day after Nippon Yusen K.K. said it may slow its container ships to save fuel amid higher oil prices. Hitachi Ltd. (6501) advanced after it agreed to sell its hard disk-drive business. Shipping companies led declines after Nippon Yusen, Japan’s largest fleet operator b
Public policy and private interests are on a collision course in Panama City. By J. Michael Brown (panhandleparade) [mappress] Source: panhandleparade, March 8, 2011
Iraq plans to float a tender for building a multibillion-dollar port south of Basra by the end of this year, its transportation minister said on Monday. Iraq is in talks with investors from Australia, France, Germany, Italy and the UAE to help finance the project, known as Grand Faw port, which will
Maryland’s first wind turbine blade manufacturer could be running in two years, spitting out three 130-foot long turbine blades daily from a plant in Salisbury. AC Wind plans to spend upward of $10 million retrofitting a former US Marine boat plant to begin molding fiberglass wind turbine blades, co
Countries bordering the North Pacific Ocean have struck a deal that environmentalists said Monday will help protect 16.1 million square miles of ocean floor from a destructive technique called bottom trawl fishing. The agreement calls for the creation of an organization to manage sea bottom fisherie
BMT Fleet Technology, of Ottawa, Ontario has announced its collaboration with the University of Victoria to design and deliver North America’s first ever hybrid, electric research ship. The vessel, formerly known as CCG Tsekoa II, will be used by the University as a research facility off the British
VSD, LLC (VSD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding Feb. 28 with His Royal Highness Prince, Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrhman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on behalf of Ezz Al Khair Establishment to form a joint venture between VSD and Ezz Al Khair Establishment. The joint venture will allow a formal business relati
Contaminated soil will be removed from the Hudson River and along its shore as part of a cleanup at a former manufactured gas plant… By Khurram Saeed (lohud) [mappress] Source: lohud, March 8, 2011
The Muskegon Channel is at the front of the line for 2011 dredging thanks to a 1,000-foot freighter getting hung up on a sandbar in the… By Dave Alexander (mlive) [mappress] Source: mlive, March 8, 2011
A significant milestone for the Pluto LNG Project was achieved on Sunday, 6 March 2011 as gas from the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline was introduced to the Pluto onshore plant. ‘Gas in’, as the process is known, marks the change in status of the Pluto LNG Park from a construction site to [&
With prices ranging from $7.2 million to $12.8 million, four firms spent hours Monday trying to convince the Hernando County Commission… By Barbara Behrendt (tampabay) [mappress] Source: tampabay, March 8, 2011
Trustees are renewing talk about dredging Andover Lake. By Lisa Hammer (qconline) [mappress] Source: qconline, March 8, 2011
Weather permitting, the dredging of Wesley Lake will be completed by the end of this week or early next week. So says Peter Avakian, the… (wordpress) [mappress] Source: wordpress, March 8, 2011
