In the first six months of 2010, 70 vessels in the 10,000 to 15,000 TEU category called at the port of Rotterdam. This is a third more as compared to the 52 of the first half year of 2009. Early April one of the Ultra Large Container Carriers realized the largest call size ever in […]
A consortium comprised of Dutch firms Van Oord and Boskalis will complete a 97.9mn-real (US$55.7mn) dredging project for Brazil’s Sao Francisco do Sul port in Santa Catarina state within 12 months, a spokesperson from the special ports department (SEP) told. SEP gave the order for work to start on J
BP has successfully installed a new sealing cap on the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well, company officials say. It is hoped the new cap will stop the leak and capture all the oil before it can pour into the sea. But BP warned the cap system had never been deployed at such depths and […]
Residents from fishing communities along the eastern seaboard of East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia have called on the central government to do more to mitigate the impact of an oil spill that threatens their livelihood, according to reports in the Jakarta Globe. The spill was caused by a blowout at th
TGS has commenced a new multi-client 3D survey in partnership with PGS. This project, ESB10, covers an 1,100 km2 area in the East Shetland Basin area immediately west of the United Kingdom/Norway border. Ramform Viking, operated by PGS, is acquiring this multi-client high density 3D survey, utilizin
Rio Tinto this morning announced $226.8 million worth of funding to expand its iron ore operations in the Pilbara, Western Australia… By Michael Mills [mappress] Source: miningaustralia, July 14, 2010;
Spain has cut its July LNG shipping schedule further, despite stronger demand for power generation than previously expected… [mappress] Source: argusmedia, July 14, 2010
Chevron Corporation today announced a new exploration drilling success in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia, Australia’s premier hydrocarbon basin. The Sappho-1 exploration well is located in the WA-392-P permit area approximately 87 miles (140 kilometers) northwest of Onslow. The well
The Ispat Industries-owned Geetapuram Port, which recently got the go-ahead from Maharashtra to handle third-party cargo, has announced a … [mappress] Source: business-standard, July 14, 2010;
USD 350 million is being invested in the Port of Luanda, one of Africa’s most congested, in an effort to restructure the harbour and its facilities. This was disclosed at a meeting between port and government officials and a visiting US delegation to Luanda, which included US Assistant Trade Represe
The price N.J. taxpayers pay to replenish beaches with freshly dredged sand has skyrocketed over the past two decades because of weak … [mappress] Source: nj, July 14, 2010;
The company that wants to build a $1 billion liquefied natural gas terminal in Calais surprised state officials Tuesday by asking them to po… [mappress] Source: Kennebec Journal, July 14, 2010;
Brazil’s transport infrastructure department (DNIT) will spend an estimated 520mn reais (US$296mn) to dredge Para state’s Tocantins river… By Daniel Bland [mappress] Source: Business News Americas, July 14, 2010;
The third phase of the St. Johns River harbor deepening project in Jacksonville Harbor (Florida) is now complete, ahead of schedule. Contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District have deepened 5.3 miles of the river from mile 14.7 to mile 20, from a depth of 38 feet to 40 fe
