It is very unfortunate that rather than address the clear-enough allegations of fraud and siphoning of public fund belonging to Imo people, the state governor, Ikeddi Ohakim, who has come to be known as IkedinnaKoboko chose to flog the daylight out of a journalist, Ikeena Iwuoha who against all odds
NEW ORLEANS — Port officials from Savannah, Ga., to Mobile, Ala., to Long Beach are moving full steam ahead to expand and modernize their ports. [mappress] Source: USA Today, February 17, 2010
FREMANTLE harbour dredging will be suspended for two months from May as key equipment is required for the $30b Gorgon gas development – delaying the project into Spring. [mappress] Source: Perth Now, February 17, 2010
At least five sand-dredging boats have begun mining operations off the coast of Koh Seh (Horse Island) in Preah Sihanouk province, an official said Tuesday, in an apparent violation of a sand-export ban ordered by Prime Minister Hun Sen on two occasions last year. [mappress] Source: The Phnom Penh N
Description of Work: – The work includes construction of breakwaters, an entrance channel and mooring basin… [mappress] More info: fbo.gov
THE NSW government has unveiled plans for the development of Port Kembla’s Outer Harbour. [mappress] Source: Shipping Industry, February 17, 2010
Green Bay this year has a harbor that needs to be dredged, an island that could be developed and a federal government coming up short with money for both projects… [mappress] Source:dailyreporter,February 17,2010;
MUMBAI: DP World, the world’s third-largest container terminal operator, will complete the first phase of the Rs 3,000-crore Vallarpadam terminal project in Kochi by June and is expected to commission it by this year-end. When the International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT)… [mappress] Sour
CATEECHEE, S.C. (AP) – A landfill is ready to store dangerous chemicals to be removed from a South Carolina river that feeds into Lake Hartwell, but some local residents are worried about the project… [mappress] Source:wmbfnews,February 16,2010;
Srinagar, Feb 16: After a long delay Government has finally procured the state-of-the-art machines for conservation of Dal Lake which is in its last throes due to extensive siltation and pollution… [mappress] Source: Greater Kashmir, February 17, 2010
IT’S showtime at last after the longest, most hyped build-up in Essex industrial history. Eleven years have rolled by since plans for a giant new container port on the Essex shore of the Thames Estuary were first announced… [mappress] Source: Echo, February 16, 2010
ALBANY — A panel of independent experts this week will begin sorting out two massive technical reports on the first year of PCB dredging from the Hudson River to offer a possible road map for the project’s future. [mappress] Source: Times Union, February 16, 2010
KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust has embarked upon a record number of development projects and is utilising over 80 per cent of its Rs10 billion annual budget on these projects, official sources said on Monday. [mappress] Source: Dawn, February 16, 2010
SLUDGE-LIKE sediment containing lead, copper, chromium and mercury is washing up onto river-side rocks in East Fremantle, activists say. [mappress] Source: Perth Now, February 16, 2010
