DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)–Plans to invest almost $40 billion to triple port capacity across the oil-rich Persian Gulf region are sailing against stiff global economic head winds, according to industry experts… Source: Zawya Dow Jones, November 3, 2009;
The announcement that plans for a new major deep water port in Mexico have been renewed is bound to stir controversy locally if the project actually materializes… Source: YumaSun, October 31, 2009;
Construction of the first of The World islands, situated off Dubai’s coast, is expected to start as early as next month, while its other site developments await final clearances and permissions from the regulatory body, Trakhees… Source: New Civil Engineer, November 2, 2009;
After two decades of lobbying, several lawsuits and a presidential visit, the long-sought Columbia River channel deepening project will end with a bang… Source: Columbian, October 31, 2009;
National Marine Dredging (UAE) wins Zadco islands reclamation deal as part of a scheme to boost production at the Upper Zakum field to 750.000 barrels a day. Source: MEED, November 1, 2009;
The main engine room of a sand dredger, “SMLT Antigoon” which was registered in Marseilles, caught fire while en route to Singapore from India yesterday… Source: MySinchew, November 2, 2009;
CRSL has recently published the latest edition of its register Dredgers of the World… Source: Offshore Shipping Online, October 30, 2009;
A proposal aimed at dredging 65 million cubic meters of silt and soil from Taiwan’s riverbeds and reservoirs within a year to reduce the risk of flooding will be discussed at an Executive Yuan meeting in the coming week, Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said Sunday… Source: The China Pos
A huge project to replenish eroded beaches in Mexico’s main Caribbean coastal resorts, including Cancún, has been suspended after legal action by environmentalists… Source: The Guardian Int., November 2, 2009;
Challenging the established aquatic allure of Amsterdam and Venice is the aim of an ambitious plan set to transform the waterways of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province… Source: China Daily, October 31, 2009
GIANT metal buckets designed and manufactured in the North East and exported to mining and construction companies worldwide are helping a family business to hold its own in the teeth of the recession… Read more: nebusiness
$46.3 million project awaits President Barack Obama’s signature… Read More: Jacksonville News
TWO big coal ventures, rail line development and a liquefied natural gas project are set to prompt massive expansion of the Abbot Point port, an economic development conference in Townsville was told yesterday… Read more: Townsville Bulletin
The dredging of the EKT dock will see the refinery utilise two docks simultaneously once its main dock is repaired. “This would significantly reduce our demurrage costs,” Winston Watson, general manager of Petrojam, told the Business Observer yesterday… More: Jamaica Observer
