It is reported that the design and construction of the USD 50 million iron ore facility at Port Pirie in South Australia has taken another… (steelguru) [mappress] Source: steelguru, January 27, 2011;
A study is underway to try to find out why the city’s deep-water port must be dredged annually while other similar ports around the world… By Sandra Davis (canadaeast) [mappress] Source: canadaeast, January 27, 2011;
A group of Montauk residents on Tuesday filed a $25 million lawsuit against East Hampton Town, Suffolk County and New York State, claiming… By Will James (27east) [mappress] Source: 27east, January 27, 2011;
Van Oord has been awarded the dredging contract for the Iraq crude oil export expansion project off the coast of Iraq in the Arabian Gulf. The client is the South Oil Company of Iraq. Van Oord will be working for main contractor Leighton based in Australia. The contract value for Van Oord amounts to
Van Oord and the green investment company Typhoon Offshore B.V. signed a letter of intent for the construction of the BARD-Netherlands offshore wind farm. The wind farm (600 MW output capacity) will consist of two adjoining wind farms with a capacity of 300 MW each, located 55 km north of the island
Multinational consortium Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC) plans to invest US$750 million by 2043 in order to increase the cargo … (macauhub) [mappress] Source: macauhub, January 26, 2011;
The first two of an eventual total of six Super PostPanamax Ship-To-Shore (STS) cranes are being delivered this week to Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) in the Cai Mep – Thi Vai port complex located approximately 80kms southeast of Ho Chi Minh City. Six Rubber Tyred Gantries (RTGs) will complet
The County Commission took the first steps Tuesday to take over control of the Hernando Beach Channel dredging project by rejecting the sole… By Barbara Behrendt (tampabay) [mappress] Source: tampabay, January 26, 2011;
DP World has announced it handled 49.6 million TEU across its 50 operating terminals in 2010, an increase of 14 percent against the prior… (bairdmaritime) [mappress] Source: bairdmaritime, January 26, 2011
New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. (I, D, WF-Sag Harbor) announced that he will be taking several actions to pressure the U.S. … (hamptons) [mappress] Source: hamptons, January 26, 2011;
Dredging at Mornington harbour has angered environmentalists who describe the spoil on Mothers Beach as “filthy muck” which should have been… BY JO WINTERBOTTOM (peninsulaweekly) [mappress] Source: peninsulaweekly, January 26, 2011;
Gold dredging that disturbs fine-grained, mercury-laden sediment in California’s South Yuba River can allow higher amounts of mercury to … (usgs) [mappress] Source: usgs, January 26, 2011;
A contract to dredge a shoal that has given boaters fits at Wiggins Pass won approval Tuesday despite a challenge led by Collier … By ERIC STAATS (naplesnews) [mappress] Source: naplesnews, January 26, 2011;
Gov. Rick Scott learned more about the ports in Jacksonville on Tuesday. Scott toured the ports with Mayor John Peyton and JaxPort’s new CEO… (msnbc) [mappress] Source: msnbc, January 26, 2011;