Africa
Siera Leone: Sunergy Awaits Approval for Pampana River Exploration
Sunergy has announced that they are awaiting approval on Pampana Exploration License, initiates cash flow business providing mining support services with existing equipment and enters into a partnership with ATA Systems of Orlando, Fla. to provide affordable manufactured housing throughout Africa. “
Top News – September 16 to 22, 2013
Dredging Allows Oluvil Port to Dock Bigger Ships (Sri Lanka) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said development goals cannot be achieved by opening old wounds or by digging for dirt. Greens: Abbott OKs Great Barrier Reef Destruction (Australia) Tony Abbott’s Great Barrier Reef policy, reporte
Dutch Companies to Boost Port Development in Ghana
A group of 30 Dutch companies will begin a week’s visit to Ghana next Tuesday to explore mutual business opportunities with their Ghanaian counterparts. Aside other areas, the visit from September 24 to September 30 will focus more on the developments in the ports and logistics sector of Ghana. Hans
Top News – September 9 to 15, 2013
Rabobank Publishes Outlook for Dredging Sector CEDA Corporate Member Rabobank has published its newest outlook for the dredging sector, and for the first time, made it available to the general public. Greens: Abbott OKs Great Barrier Reef Destruction (Australia) Tony Abbott’s Great Barrier Reef po
Djibouti Begins Construction of Two Major Ports
Djibouti President, Ismail Omar Guelleh, officially launched the construction of the Damerjog livestock port in Arta district and the multipurpose Doraleh port last week. The Somali Prime Minister, Abdi Farah Shirdon who was on an official visit to Djibouti, the former chief executive officer of Dub
Ghana: Takoradi Harbour in Development Mode
The Takoradi Port breakwater development program is scheduled to commence from September 28, 2013. This phase will include the construction works on the Takoradi Harbour breakwater extension, according to myjoyonline.com. Regarding this plan, Mr Pascal Dumez, the project manager of Jan De Nul Group,
TNPA to Host PMAESA Conference (South Africa)
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) will host the Africa Economic Maritime Integration Conference on 4 and 5 November 2013 at the International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa. The conference will feature 20 world-class speakers in the fields of economics, commerce and industry, banki
Rabobank Publishes Outlook for Dredging Sector
CEDA Corporate Member Rabobank has published its newest outlook for the dredging sector, and for the first time, made it available to the general public. Introduction The dredging sector is an important market segment in Belgium and the Netherlands. In the Netherlands 160 companies with total annual
Egypt: Suez Canal Project to Attract Foreign Investments
Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish said that the project of “Suez Canal Axis” will be developed in a way that allows accelerating the growth rate in the region as well as attracting Arab and foreign investments to take part in the implementation of the project. He said that the name o
Top News – September 2 to 8, 2013
Ravestein to Build Dredger for ETERMAR SA (The Netherlands) Ravestein has been awarded the contract for the design and construction of a backhoe dredger type Ravestein 750 B for ETERMAR SA. Van Oord: Artemis at World Port Days 2013 (The Netherlands) For the 36th time Rotterdam opens the doors to E
Ghana to Get Two New Ports
Two ports, two container ships and 18 landing sites will be constructed as part of the Eastern Corridor Multi-modal Transport project. One of the ports will be sited at Akosombo while the other will be situated at Buipe or Yapei in the north. Government on Monday signed a 314 million dollars contrac
Gabon: Libreville-Moore Development Project Kicks Off
The client of the Libreville-Moore renovation project in Gabon, issued the official go ahead on August 14 to start work on the project. In May, CHEC won the tender for the project and 3 months later, the proprietor granted permission for the project to begin. The project undertaking is at a consider