The Kribi Deep Sea Port construction project is getting into its final phase… Source:crtv,December 29,2009 [mappress]
Marine engineers have begun a £1 million clean-up operation at a flood-hit port blocked by thousands of tonnes of debris… Source: UKPA, December 30, 2009; [mappress]
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is mulling inviting global bids for appointment of a contractor to undertake the huge pending dredging work, as the selection of the consultant for preparing the tender document and sorting… Source: InfraNews, December 28, 2009 [mappress]
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended a ceremony December 27 to begin construction on a waterway passage to the Hau River for heavyweight vessels in the Mekong Delta’s Province of Tra Vinh… Source: Saigon Daily, December 28, 2009 [mappress]
Nord Stream has received its final permit from Germany for the construction of a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea to directly link Russia with western Europe. Critics are voicing environmental concerns… Source: Deutsche Welle, December 28, 2009 [mappress]
Kochi — Shipping Secretary K Mohandas today said the proposed International Container Transshipment Terminal at Vallarpadam and LNG terminal at Puthuvypeen are expected to be commissioned by March 2010 and January 2011 respectively… Source: Business Line, December 26, 2009 [mappress]
The China Harbor Engineering Co Ltd, renowned for its role in building ports in China and in overseas infrastructure projects, has won its first award from a foreign government for environmental protection… Source: Shanghai Daily, December 26, 2009
DREDGING has been completed on time for the £260m second Tyne Tunnel scheme – boosting new industrial development in South Tyneside… Source:shieldsgazette,December 26,2009; [mappress]
Primorje Wins Bid to Extend Container Terminal in Croatia’s Main Port Ajdovscina… Source: Invest Slovenia, December 23, 2009; [mappress]
Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony today Mrs Lau said the terminal will be an iconic building in the region. Upon its commissioning, Hong Kong will have four berths for cruise vessels… Source:news.gov.hk,December 23,2009; [mappress]
Unanimous decision upholds Maryland’s denial of water-quality permit A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., upheld Maryland’s denial of a water-quality… Source: Baltimore Sun, December 23, 2009
The government plans to invite international tender to appoint a consulting firm by January next for preparing a detail design of the proposed deep seaport at Sonadia Island to be built at a cost of Tk 15,000 crore… Source: The Independent, December 23, 2009;
NOT one of the 42 cruise ships under construction in dockyards around the world will be able to use the new White Bay passenger terminal announced by the State Government because they are too tall to pass under the Harbour Bridge… Source: Sydney Morning Herald, December 22, 2009;
USACE awarded Weeks Marine with a $ 7.9 million Cutterhead / Dustpan Dredge Rental Contract for Passes of the Mississippi River, Southwest Pass Maintenance Dredge in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana… Source: www.fbo.gov
