Work could begin on the $1.9 million federal Bass Harbor dredging project a month earlier than expected… by Mark Good (fenceviewer) [mappress] Source: fenceviewer, August 15, 2010;
County commissioners have agreed to spend $16.7 million for a years-long project to dredge Lake Seminole… By Anne Lindberg (tampabay) [mappress] Source: tampabay, August 15, 2010;
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will lead another dredging and clean-up drive in eight Metro Manila waterways starting… By ANNA LIZA T. VILLAS (mb) [mappress] Source: mb, August 15, 2010;
Corus today unveiled plans to construct a new £31.5-million manufacturing plant in Teesside which would potentially create 220 jobs. Preliminary engineering work is underway at the Corus Redcar site to develop a new facility to produce steel foundation structures – called monopiles – used to secure
Diversified business conglomerate MARG would invest close to Rs 1,500 crore on the second phase of Karaikal port, a top company official … (yahoo) [mappress] Source: yahoo, August 13, 2010;
Nautical Petroleum announces that the 9/02b-D appraisal well on North Sea Block 9/2b spudded on 12 August 2010. The drilling activity is being performed by the Ocean Nomad semi submersible rig and the full programme is expected to take approximately 45 days. A further announcement will be made once
Tax incentives for ship operators and a focus on training Australian seafarers were among a raft of measures announced by Federal transport minister Anthony Albanese today in an effort to revitalise the national shipping industry. Speaking at the Australian Ship Owners’ Association mid-winter lunche
The United States has opened up another large area of the Gulf of Mexico fishing grounds, indicating that the threat to seafood stocks from the BP oil rig disaster is not as bad as first feared. However, scepticism remains in certain quarters with claims that the dispersents used to clean up the oil
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has ordered a 71,300-ton cruise ship for its AIDA Cruises brand, which caters exclusively to the German-speaking market. The newbuild order is subject to financing and other customary closing conditions. It marks the seventh new ship that the Ger
Seadrill and Odfjell are competing for a Petrobras deal. Petrobras is considering offers for the drilling capacity at the Papa Terra field offshore Brazil, which were delivered this week. Aban Offshore has already bagged a five year deal for Aban Abraham, but many companies are competing for a simil
Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding posted an operating profit of USD 123 million for the first half of 2010, compared with USD 114.7 million for the corresponding period in 2009. Total income amounted to USD 1.36 billion, compared to USD 1.24 billion last year. The increased profit was mainly due to an increa
CSBC Corp., Taiwan’s biggest shipbuilder, said profit may fall this year as it works through low-margin orders placed by government-owned companies during the global recession. “There’s no money to be made from these contracts,” President Paul Tang said in an interview in his Taipei office Tuesday.
The state Canal Corp. worked Wednesday to begin dredging the Utica Harbor in North Utica. The project will take about 3 months – including more than a month at the harbor’s “neck” and several more months of digging out the contaminated sediments at the harbor floor, Canal Corp. officials said.
The country’s busiest harbour, the Mumbai port, resumed operations on Thursday, after being forced to close down for five days because of the oil spill off the city coast. The Indian Navy escorted 19 ships in and out of the channel. Mumbaiites now need not worry about the city running out of fuel, w
