State-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II plans to invest Rp 700 billion ($77.7 million) more in the next 12 months to revamp … By Faisal Maliki Baskoro (thejakartaglobe) [mappress] Source: thejakartaglobe, July 30, 2010;
DB Schenker Rail Polska is to invest EUR22.5 million (US$29.24 million) in the Baltic Sea Polish ports of Szczecin and Swinousjscie by expanding facilities in the addition of new wharfs and cranes by 2018 with the ports’ authority. DB Schenker Rail Polska CEO Hans-Georg Werner said the company would
Harbour Centre Port Terminal, Inc. plans to implement a P15-billion project to modernize North Harbour, its top executive said yesterday… By Neil Jerome C. Morales (bworldonline) [mappress] Source: bworldonline, July 30, 2010;
The opposition to the P18.7-billion Laguna Lake dredging project has reached the provincial level with no less than the governor here opposing the project. Rizal Gov. Casimiro “Jun” Ynares, III, who is also member of the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) and a former LLDA head, said he is ser
The Land and Survey Department here has cancelled the Temporary Occupation Licence (TOL) issued to a local operator to carry out sand … (dailyexpress) [mappress] Source: dailyexpress, July 30, 2010;
Turkish petrochemicals producer Petkim is in talks with a Dutch terminal operating company to expand and operate the port of Aliağa, which… (todayszaman) [mappress] Source: todayszaman, July 30, 2010;
The dredging of Lake Decatur is set to begin again in September, but the project isn’t standing still until then, City Manager Ryan McCrady… By Kenneth Lowe (herald-review) [mappress] Source: herald-review, July 30, 2010;
The construction work of the first phase of the Hambanthota Port project is almost complete… (news) [mappress] Source: news, July 30, 2010;
A $13 million settlement has been reached between four parties and the United States to expedite cleanup of the contaminated Blackburn and Union… (prnewswire) [mappress] Source: prnewswire, July 30, 2010
A new report released today on the 100th day of the BP oil disaster details short- and long-term strategies for the Obama administration to make coastal Louisiana less vulnerable to future oil spills and hurricanes, including negotiating with BP for a $5 billion down payment on expected payments for
Dredging work on the main access channel to the port of Beira in Mozambique’s Sofala province, with the aim of allowing ships with a draught… (macauhub) [mappress] Source: macauhub, July 29, 2010;
The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) will submit to the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) its documents on a P600-million … By Elias O. Baquero (sunstar) [mappress] Source: sunstar, July 29, 2010;
The Cohoes Common Council in a 5-1 vote, passed a resolution of support for the navigational dredging of the Champlain Canal… By Randy S. Koniowka (blog.timesunion) [mappress] Source: blog.timesunion, July 29, 2010;
Louisiana National Guardsmen with the 225th Engineer Brigade collected 28 bags or approximately 700 pounds of oily debris on the state built E-4 berm at the Chandeleur Island chain. This comes on the heals of another 500 pounds of oily debris that was previously discovered, totaling 1,200 pounds of