THE State Government yesterday announced a study will be under way by the end of the year to find a long-term solution for Kirra’s surf… Source: Gold Coast Bulletin, November 9, 2009;
TOKYO: Japan yesterday pledged $5.5 billion in aid over three years for Southeast Asia’s five Mekong River nations, seeking to deepen ties with the region as China’s influence grows… Source: Bangkok Post, November 7, 2009;
Filipino Senator Edgardo Angara, the Aurora Special Economic Zone (ASENA) and Rizhao Development have signed an MoU for the design and development of a seaport… Source: Baird Maritime, November 9, 2009;
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 — Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, La., won a $41,947,500 federal contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston, Texas, for the repair of the Placement Area No. 5 and 6 on the Texas City Channel under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act… Source: USACE, November 5,
Nakheel has offered investors in the stalled Palm Jebel Ali development alternative homes on other projects, casting further uncertainty over the future of the vast reclaimed island… Source: The National, November 5, 2009;
Nexans has won a contract worth approximately €39m (£35m) to supply the subsea power-export cables for Phase I of the Belgian Belwind Offshore Windfarm project, located on the Bligh Bank, 46km off the coast of Zeebrugge… Source: The Engineer Online, November 5, 2009;
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., was awarded on Nov. 3, 2009, a $10,478,880 firm-fixed-price contract for the Shore Protection Project… Source: Defpro, November 5, 2009;
A SEA captain was today accused of being drunk as he guided a massive dredger up the Tyne ahead of work on the second Tyne Tunnel… Source: Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette, November 5, 2009;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Empire State Development Corporation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently agreed to provide $3,895,500 of Bi-State Dredging Funds to the Caddell Dry Dock & Repair Company… Source: SIlive, November 4, 2009;
DP world has decided to postpone implementation of a 3rd terminal in Jebel Ali till 2013… Source: Port Technology, November 5, 2009;
SIX additional ports are to be built by the Federal Government along the lower River Niger in the Niger Delta region… Source: The Guardian, November 5, 2009;
The government has agreed to grant more than VND4 trillion (US$224 million) from the state budget for a project to upgrade the main waterway between Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta, a local official said Tuesday… Source: Thanh Nien News, November 4, 2009
Containerised traffic between Kolkata port and Bangladesh soon… Source: The Hindu Business Line, November 4, 2009;
Petroleum Institute of East Africa (PIEA) said the government’s Sh16 billion Mombasa port expansion plan entailing ocean floor dredging will allow large tankers to dock… Source: Daily Nation, November 4, 2009;
