Hanoi will spend more than US$450 million until 2015 to clean up a local river.The VND8.7 trillion ($457.29 million) project will dredge and tidy up the Nhue River, upgrade drains and build pumping stations… [mappress] Source:thanhniennews,April 9,2010;
A settlement with Honeywell International Inc. estimated to be worth more than $10 million will ensure that cleanup of the remaining areas of the Allied Chemical and Ironton Coke Superfund Site in Ironton, Ohio, will move forward, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency annou
Cochin Port Employees’ Organisation (CPEO) has written to the Union Ministry of Shipping to make available the services of government-owned Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) to carry out capital dredging work in Kochi for the International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT), the Hindu reported
Declaring it a project of regional and national significance, U.S. Congressman Mike McIntyre on Thursday, April 1, lauded the New Hanover County beach renourishment efforts in 2010 as a bolster to the economy and a bulwark of coastal vitality… [mappress] Source:luminanews,April 9,2010;
Eying the vast potential for establishing wind farms at sea, companies along Norway’s west coast are making the leap from offshore oil to… [mappress] Source: ow, April 07, 2010;
Consultancy Royal Haskoning has provided an update on the proposed development of a new port at Baku in Azerbaijan, and says dredging work there should commence later this year… [mappress] Source:worldnews,April 8,2010;
Led by regional powerhouse Brazil, ports on the East Coast of South America are enjoying the early years of what looks set to be a period of enviable prosperity… [mappress] Source:americananews,April 8,2010;
Malaysia is according top priority to the Port of Penang for new dredging works.“The proposed dredging scheme will be made a priority in the Tenth Malaysia Plan,” Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said… [mappress] Source:worldnews,April 8,2010;
The work includes bucket dredging of mud and silt material into barge or scow at the indicated areas of Norfolk Naval Shipyard and the Southgate Terminal Annex. Deposition of material shall be by self-dumping scow or barge to the Rehandling Basin of U.S. Army Corps… [mappress] Source:fbo.gov,April 8
KOCHI: Union Shipping Secretary K Mohandas visited the construction site of the International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam to assess the progress of construction, on Monday… [mappress] Source:expressbuzz,April 8,2010;
DOVER — The city’s dredge cell is expected to finally be closed next year — after four years and $1.5 million more than expected when the project began. Environmental Projects Manager Dean Peschel updated the City Council on the project Wednesday night and said the city has already secured… [mappres
Talisman Energy has received a consent to drill an exploration well in the North Sea. The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has approved Talisman’s latest exploration drilling in the southern North Sea with Transocean Winner. The company will spud exploration well 15/12-23 later this month. Th
South Korea says a super-tanker hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean has anchored about 7km (four miles) off the coast of Somalia. The foreign ministry in Seoul said the 300,000-ton ship, laden with crude oil, arrived late on Wednesday. The South Korean news agency Yonhap reported that the owner
Energy service giant Schlumberger has acquired a company with specialised expertise in complex geology including sub-salt, compressions, and shale-play types. Schlumberger is acquiring Igeoss, headquartered in Montpellier, France, and in Houston, Texas, which provides geomechanical methods and tools
