The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey yesterday issued an announcement on the Panama Canal Expansion program. “We’re pleased that the Panama Canal Authority is back on track to complete its widening project by early 2016, allowing larger, more environmentally friendly ships to call on our po
APM Terminals, the leading global port operator based in The Hague, is currently present in 12 out of the top 20 countries predicted by United Nations to become the biggest countries by population in 2020. “In 2013, APM Terminals invested over USD 1 billion in port infrastructure developments and up
A ceremony took place on Friday 28 February in Godmanchester, marking the official completion of Godmanchester’s flood risk management scheme. The ground was first broken on Friday 25 May 2012 by Jonathan Djanogly, MP for Huntingdon, and Steve Wheatley, Chair of the Regional Flood and Coastal Commit
In the framework of the forum “Russian-Dutch business meetings” organized by the Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry together with the Netherlands Consulate-General in St. Petersburg and Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of the Nederlands on 19 February 2014 the
Around Rs.21,000 crores have been invested in 30 projects during the current year, achieving the target set by the Prime Minister’s Office for the Port sector. Capacity addition is around 217 million tones. Giving details of the achievements of his ministry, the Minister for Shipping Shri G. K. Vasa
The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Wan Chai North Outline Zoning Plan (OZP). “The approved OZP provides a statutory land use framework to guide development and redevelopment in the Wan Chai North area,” a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said. The Planning Scheme Area covers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is extending the comment period until March 28, 2014 on the proposed maintenance dredging of the Mystic River Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in Groton and Stonington, Conn. This will allow people more time to comment. The state of Connecticut
CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. has recently won three hydraulic projects, with a total contract value of 195 million yuan. Located at Yonganzhou Town, Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, with a construction period of 9 months, Phase 2 coal unloading terminal project of Guodian Taizhou Power Pl
CHEC has recently won the bid for the channel dredging project of Port of Douala in Cameroon, with a contract value of some 28 million euros and a construction period of 24 months. This is the first project signed by the Central Africa Regional Management Center in 2014. As Cameroon’s largest port a
Port of Praia expansion works worth 72 million Euros, will be inaugurated in March, reports macauhub. A consortium of three Portuguese construction companies realized the second phase of the work to expand and modernize the port of Praia. Dredging of the manoeuvre basin and installation of a navigat
The Port Authority of Jamaica and China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) have arrived at an Initial Framework Agreement that provides the general terms and conditions under which discussions will continue regarding the proposed development of Portland Bight/Goat Island. Minister of Transpo
The next big VIP Project, identified in Southampton City Council’s City Centre Master Plan, is starting. Early research, which will help to identify and shape the plans for Itchen Riverside, will start next week with a survey of businesses within the project area. The River Itchen area is a vitally
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, prepared a plan for the Delaware River dredging project. This cleanup program, worth between $25 mln and $100 mln, will require dredging within the Delaware River main navigation channel and placement of dredged material on Broadkill Beach, Del
The Port of Wells dredging project is scheduled to start on 23rd March 2014. The port’s dredger “Kari Hege” will be engaged in dredging operations in the main channel north of number 4 buoy, between buoys 4 and 2. All material dredged from these areas will be placed on the berm, marked by the port [