Grassroots efforts to block a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal proposed for Mt. Hope Bay have redoubled in the wake of a federal appellate court decision slamming the door on the R.I. agency that reviews applications to dredge in the state’s coastal waters… Source: The Jamestown Press, December
CEO of Orion Marine Group Inc. (ORN) James Michael Pearson sold 19,897 shares of ORN on 11/23/2009 at an average price of $19.48 a share… Source:Gurufocus, December 3, 2009
THE Egyptian government is proposing a new entrance channel to the Suez Canal, in the hope of easing access to Port Said’s container terminal, according to sources in the country… Read More: Lloyd’s List
A Beirut developer planning an $8-billion artificial island off Lebanon says it is not worried by the debt debacle of Nakheel, the real estate developer behind Dubai’s similar man-made Palm Islands that revealed last week it needs more time to pay it debt… Source: Maktoob, December 3, 2009
Oil exports to Asia drive expansion plans at B.C. ports in Vancouver and Kitimat VANCOUVER — In the past six months, the concept of Canada shipping crude oil to Asian markets has warmed considerably… Source:Vancouver Sun, December 1, 2009;
The Project consists of maintenance dredging of Mission Bay – Entrance and Main channel and possibly Mariners Cove… More: www.fbo.gov;
Saipem’s semi-submersible pipelay vessel, Castoro Sei, is undergoing repair and modification works in the Netherlands… Source: Pipelines Int., December 1, 2009;
The river Kosi, known as shok (sorrow) of Bihar, is also infamous for its heavy silt deposits, one of the worst in the world… Source: The Telegraph, December 12, 2009;
The financial turmoil in Dubai is not going to affect the DP World projects in India, including the proposed minor port in Bengal’s Kulpi… Source: Times of India, December 1, 2009
HONG KONG – CHINA has approved plans by Macau to reclaim an area of land equivalent to 500 football pitches in a bid to ease a shortage of space in the Asian gambling hub, the territory’s government said on Tuesday… Source: South China Morning Post, December 1, 2009;
Shandong province in east China plans to create man-made islands at Longkou Bay, Longkou… Source: China Daily, December 1, 2009;
The work consists of furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction-type hopper dredge on a rental basis for the removal and satisfactory disposal of shoal material in the Calcasieu River Bar Channel, Cameron Parish, Louisiana… Source: fbo.org
The Portland District Corps of Engineers intends to award a contract for dredging at the U.S. Coast Guard Facility at Tongue Point, Oregon… Source: fbo.gov;
A joint public-private project to dredge channels in the Three Bays area wrapped up this week… Source: Cape News, November 30, 2009
