Dredging
Vietnam: Funding for dredging Hue’s Phat Lat Canal granted
HUE — The dredging of Hue’s Phat Lat Canal, which has been blocked for years by debris, will help improve the flow of An Cuu and Nhu Y rivers… Source: VNS, December 30, 2009;
Maryland Port Administration (USA) halts dredge dumping at Hart-Miller Island
The Maryland Port Administration has ceased dumping sediment dredged from Baltimore’s harbor at Hart-Miller Island… Source: Baltimore Business Journal, December 29, 2009; [mappress]
Netherlands Yard De Donge has designed and built a powerful dipper dredger
In the past dipper dredges have often been cobbled together with machinery designed to work in a terrestrial environment. When working in a marine environment their useful life is severely limited by the saltwater environs. Now the Netherlandss Yard De Donge… Source: MarineLink, December 29, 2009 [m
USA: another Delaware River port is planned just three miles from the newly created Port of Paulsboro
The Gloucester County Improvement Authority is planning another Delaware River port just three miles from the newly created Port of Paulsboro, where major construction has not yet begun… Source:nj.com,December 29,2009; [mappress]
Work is going ahead to expand the Russian Black Sea port of Sochi for Winter Olympics
Work is going ahead to expand the Russian Black Sea port of Sochi… Source:worldnews,December 29,2009; [mappress]
Indian government seems to be in no hurry when it comes to capacity addition in the ports sector
The central government seems to be in no hurry when it comes to capacity addition in the ports sector for the current five year plan even as the top offices have been pushing for more pro-active action in roads and highways and power… Source:indianexpress,December,30,2009; [mappress]
Gulf of Mexico ports (USA) hope for hundreds of millions of dollars in expansion projects
NEW ORLEANS — With the recession showing signs of ebbing, Gulf of Mexico ports hope hundreds of millions of dollars in expansion projects proposed before the downturn will help them capture more trade as the world economy recovers… Source:latimes,December 29,2009 [mappress]
Cameroon: Kribi and Limbe Sea port construction projects imminent
The Kribi Deep Sea Port construction project is getting into its final phase… Source:crtv,December 29,2009 [mappress]
Manu Pekka Dipper Dredger starts clean-up of Workington’s port (UK)
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]
Dredged sediment to be dumped off Great Barrier (New Zealand)
Marina waste will be dumped on the continental shelf near Great Barrier Island in a trial given the go-ahead by Maritime New Zealand… Source: The New Zealand Herald, December 28, 2009; [mappress]
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (India) mulls on bid to re-start dredging work
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]
Vietnamese Prime Minister kicks off Mekong waterway project
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]
Adgas inks $1b deal with Korean firm
Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company (Adgas) on Mondaysigned an agreement for a $1 billion (Dh3.67 billion) project with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co for the engineering, procurement and construction of an integrated gas development plant on Abu Dhabi’s Das Island… Source:g
CNOOC Arm to Build Big Deepwater Maritime Engineering Base
Chinese engineering contractor Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd. (SHSE: 600583) will build a large deepwater maritime engineering base in Zhuhai, a southern Chinese city, enhancing its deepwater oil and gas exploitation capacity and enabling it to gain more deepwater resources in South China Sea… S