Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao said today that the country is prepared to block Australian giant Woodside Petroleum’s developmen… [mappress] Source: upstreamonline, May 31, 2010
Nova Scotia’s premier is putting pressure on the federal government to decide whether it will provide funding to dredge Sydney harbour. [mappress] Source: cbc, May 31, 2010;
THAI NGUYEN — Illegal sand dredging on northern Nui Coc Lake must stop by today’s deadline or vessels and machinery would be seized and… [mappress] Source: vietnamnews, May 31, 2010;
Charges may be filed against a ship captain arrested last Saturday by police for spearheading the extraction and shipment of white sand in… [mappress] Source: cdn,May 30, 2010;
The Minister of Transport, Yusuf Suleiman, has said that the deadline for the completion of the on-going dredging of the lower River Niger… [mappress] Source: nairathisdayon, May 30, 2010;
Dredging will begin Tuesday at Oyster Point’s East Basin berthing area. [mappress] Source: sfexaminer, May 30, 2010;
Liquefied natural gas has assumed an increasingly significant role in the energy security of several nations around the world, and the value of internationally traded liquefied natural gas that can be efficiently stored and transported by ships is expected to grow by an average of 17% per year from
Shell is planning to go ahead with its 2010 exploration program in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas off northern Alaska, despite the unfolding oil-spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. In preparation for assembling its Arctic drilling fleet, Shell has started moving vessels and has mobilized every piec
Anew multimodal inland port and logis- tics gateway, aimed at servicing Gauteng and the rest of Southern Africa, is to be developed near … [mappress] Source: engineeringnews, May 28, 2010;
Several Russian oil companies have applied for drilling licenses in the Barents-, Kara- and Pechora Seas. There are currently no operational offshore oil- and gas fields in the Russian Arctic Oceans, but the interest to start exploring the northern offshore fields appear to increase. Less ice due to
Jordan is studying importing natural gas from Qatar as its electricity consumption may double in 10 years, Energy Minister Khalid Irani said… [mappress] Source: gulf-times, May 28, 2010;
The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority will consider authorizing $2.7 million for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform critical dredging of the channels adjacent to PHA’s Turning Basin and Barbours Cut docks, on Tuesday, June 1, beginning at 9 a.m. in the boardroom of the Port A
Deep Sea Supply yesterday took delivery of “Sea Marten”, a newbuilding AHTS from ABG Shipyard, India. “Sea Marten” is the 4th delivery in a series of 9 newbuilding AHTS vessels from ABG. As previously announced, the vessel will directly mobilize to Brazil and commence a 3 year time charter contract
“This is implemented mainly by limiting the number of vessels licensed to fish in Namibian waters, setting regulations regarding the types of fishing gear vessels may use and by restricting the time of year fishing can take place and seasons. The Pelagic, demersal and recreational marine fisheries c
