On 22 April the port of San Pedro (Côte d’Ivoire) paid a visit to the port of Antwerp, followed by a reception at Antwerp town hall hosted by port alderman Marc Van Peel. Port of Antwerp International signed a partnership agreement with San Pedro in 2011 to help develop this West African port. On 28 [...]
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Associated British Ports’ Group Sustainable Development Team has commissioned ABPmer to develop an online interactive data viewer that will enable users to dynamically view, search, query, annotate, and print port specific infomaps. This system, based on ESRI ArcGIS Server and Geocortex, will initially be populated with environmental information such as designations, flood risk projections, and [...]
Deltares will be joining forces with the engineering firm Witteveen en Bos to develop the ‘2035 Master Plan’ for the harbour of Beira in Mozambique. With a population of more than 400,000, Beira is the second largest city in the country. It is located in the estuary of the Pungue River. Beira will face numerous [...]
![Croatia: Split to Develop Port with EBRD Loan]()
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) provides a $24 million loan to finance Split Port development, according to Bloomberg. The Port of Split is a port in the central Dalmatian city of Split, Croatia. As of 2011, the port ranks as the largest passenger port in Croatia and the third largest passenger port in [...]
![Official Unveils Itaqui Port Develoment Plan (Brazil)]()
Daniel Vinent, the port’s Director of Planning and Development, introduced plans for the capital development project at the Itaqui port. This program includes spending of $3.2 billion to overhaul the port operational infrastructure, according to thebulletinpanama.com. The plan includes: – refurbishing existing berths, – building 16 new ones, – dredging. Vinent also stated that the [...]
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Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan, the Sabah Deputy Chief Minister, said that RM368.51 million has been allocated to develop infrastructure in Sabah next year, reports bernama.com. The amount will be distributed to four departments: – Public Works Department (RM186.9 million), – Waterworks Department (RM164.9 million), – Port and Wharf Department (RM13.5 million) – Railway Department [...]
Thai and Myanmar leaders have introduced plans to form a joint committee to supervise the construction of the Dawei deep-sea port in Myanmar. According to bernama.com, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in her meeting with Myanmar President Thein Sein discussed the Thai-Myanmar cooperation on the development of the Dawei deep seaport and other development projects [...]
The New Bedford Harbor Development Commission is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to conduct work in waters of the United States in conjunction with developing a new boating facility in New Bedford Harbor in New Bedford, Mass. The New Bedford Harbor Development Commission proposes to develop a [...]
The Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), located in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, has launched a marketing campaign to promote the strategic advantages of developing a container shipping port terminal in Sydney harbor. The announcement comes after CBRM recently agreed to purchase approximately 500 acres of greenfield waterfront land for the purpose of building a [...]
![Indonesia: Sunter Lake Dredging Project to Develop Water Sports]()
The dredging of 13 rivers in Jakarta is not just for minimizing flood, but also to develop water sports. According to Berita Jakarta, the Sunter Lake in North Jakarta, one of the 13 rivers that will be dredged, is going to be used for rowing and water skiing venue which will be built in 2013. [...]
