Local contractor Tulloch Developments has completed piling works for the 151-metre long berth at Mair’s Yard where an extensive area of land has been reclaimed. The work follows a Scottish Government’s allocation in 2012 of £965,283 from the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) towards the cost of the £3 million-plus quay project. The minimum six metres’ [...]
During a recent South Carolina Ports Association (SCPA) meeting the twelfth straight month of year-over-year growth was noted. Container volume for the first eight months of the fiscal year are up more than 11 percent to 1,024,121 TEUs handled from July to February, up from 920,547 TEUs during the same period last year. Before convening [...]
From its humble beginning of container operations since the early 1970s, Port Klang recently celebrated the handling of the 100 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) at Northport (M) Bhd. “We also began this year with a milestone achievement of surpassing the 10 millionth TEU mark. Northport handled 1.74 million TEUs or 47% of Port Klang’s [...]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Baguio District Engineering Office assured the public that the road renovation project along Session Road will be done in time for the Baguio Flower Festival next month. Baguio City Engineer Ireneo Gallato, in a kapihan forum last week, assured that even if there is a 60-day contract [...]
The construction of Maasvlakte 2 is still on schedule and the first phase is close to completion. After the ‘back door’ was closed on 11 July 2012, contractor PUMA (Boskalis and Van Oord) will open the ‘front door’ next weekend. That is when the Yangtzehaven cut-through will start. The temporary inland lake that was created [...]
Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) in a statement yesterday confirmed that the proposed Port City Development Project will be implemented on schedule with construction work to commence during the latter part of this year. As earlier reported in The Island Financial Review, the project is expected commence in October and the entire investment is estimated [...]
The fast-track sealing works inside the eastern bund wall at Fisherman’s Landing reclamation area have been completed ahead of schedule. The Transitional Environmental Program (TEP) was approved on 25th June to allow for works to be undertaken up to the 6th August, however the works were surveyed and deemed a success on August 4; two [...]
Dredging work is one of the most important steps for the Panama Canal enlargement so as to allow deep draft ships to transit of the Atlantic, Pacific and through Lake Gatun. According to thebulletinpanama.com, this work is nearing completion, showing progress of 86%, 97% and 72% respectively. “The dredging activities are going along normally and [...]
Jim Pelliccio, president of Port Newark Container Terminal released the following statement regarding the plan to raise the Bayonne Bridge ahead of schedule: This vital project will resolve previous vessel clearance limitations caused by the present height of the Bayonne Bridge and enable PNCT to further expand our port operations, while stimulating the local and [...]
Progress on the sealing of the northern section of the front bund wall at Fisherman’s Landing is on schedule. The 8.8km bund wall created to reclaim 274 hectares at the northern end the current Fisherman’s Landing site was completed in August 2011, since then 4 million cubic metres of dredge material have been stored inside [...]
