The long dredging of the lower River Niger, which is expected to pass through 152 riverine communities at a huge N36 billion, is half completed, Ahmed Aminu, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), disclosed on Wednesday. Mr. Aminu told a House of Representatives tea
Norway will be a key player when General Electric focus on offshore wind, the company says at a press conference today. The American company will establish a technology development centre for offshore wind in Oslo, and expand the production of turbines in Verdal.
Plans for a £500m deep sea container terminal at Avonmouth Dock near Bristol have been approved by the government. The terminal will be built partly on land reclaimed from the River Severn and will enable Bristol to take some of the world’s biggest container ships.
Ship owners look to take advantage of lower prices and an expected boost of commodities trade in the years to come, with India rapidly entering the dry bulk foray, thanks to its massive needs of coal for power generating purposes.
Siemens Industry, Inc. (NYSE: SI) announced today it will be providing power metering equipment and services for the U.S. Navy’s Southwest Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project by teaming with AMERICAN SYSTEMS.
The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released new figures showing that the country exported 70.6 percent more vessels in February 2010 than in February 2009. The Ministry’s figures showed that China’s ship exports for February 2010 were worth nearly US$3.8 billion.
Statoil has completed heavy offshore lifting of two wellhead platforms on the Peregrino oil field offshore Brazil. The development is the group’s largest offshore project outside the Norwegian Continental Shelf. “The Peregrino project is well prepared and eager to continue with carrying out the rema
The Dubai Government will help Dubai World in restructuring its US $22 billion debt by paying off short-term loans, according to Abu-Dhabi based newspaper Al Ittihad.Dubai World includes major property developers Nakheel and Limitless. [mappress] Source:uaenews,March 25,2010
ROCHESTER– Despite it’s beauty, a newly formed lake improvement district says there’s an ugly problem lying beneath Lake Zumbro. [mappress] Source:kttc,March 25,2010
The Kuwaiti Fund for Economical Development is today signing an agreement with the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation in Yemen in order to fund the Socatra port project with $50 million. It’s expected that Mr. Abdulwahab Ahmed al-Badr, the General Manager of… [mappress] Source:yobser
NEW national planning guidance on the future development of our ports could have important implications for the North East. [mappress] Source:thejournal,March 25,2010;
Although the ministry of shipping said that INR 267 crore would be released as dredging subsidy to the Kolkata Port Trust which administers the Kolkata and Haldia ports. Ministry officials indicated that this could be last time such a subsidy would be disbursed. [mappress] Source:bs,March 25,2010;
THE EPA appeals convener visited Albany last Friday to review public submissions made against the Albany Port redevelopment.Albany Port wants to dredge 12 million cubic metres of sediment to widen and deepen the existing shipping channel into Princess Royal Harbour and extend the shipping channel in
KOCHI: The Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal(ICTT) will be ready for commissioning in June, according to the Dubai Ports World (DPWorld) which is constructing the terminal. [mappress] Source:expressbuzz,March 25,2010;
