President Mauricio Funes inaugurated the port of La Union on the Gulf of Fonseca, which El Salvador shares with Honduras and Nicaragua… [mappress] Source: laht, June 25, 2010;
Planning permission for Hayle’s £220 million harbour redevelopment scheme could finally be granted within weeks – more than a year after… [mappress] Source: thisisplymouth, June 25, 2010;
Sand worth millions of ringgit is being illegally “floated” out of the country daily via Sungai Johor here. [mappress] Source: Star, June 25, 2010;
Dredging has begun at the mouth of the Myall River in a bid to deepen the silted-up navigation channel. [mappress] Source: nbntv, June 25, 2010;
Port operator Integrax Bhd hopes to decide on its RM200mil port expansion to facilitate Vale International SA, a Brazilian mining giant that… [mappress] Source: biz.thestar, June 24, 2010;
The Australian Government has approved the Albany Port Authority’s plans to dredge deeper access to Princess Royal Harbour. It is one of the last obstacles in the way of Grange Resources proceeding with its proposed Southdown magnetite iron ore project at Wellstead. Only State Government approval fo
Long Beach City Council approved a $4.1 million four-year study of the Long Beach breakwater, with hopes of possible reconfiguration to the… [mappress] Source: daily49er, June 24, 2010;
The United States Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District, in close coordination with its federal partners, the State of Louisiana and… [mappress] Source: hurricane-katrina, June 24, 2010;
The state government has ordered river sand-mining operations at the ecologically sensitive Kinabatangan River in Sabah halted after a hue… [mappress] Source: freemalaysiatoday, June 24, 2010;
Construction companies and workers across New South Wales have reaped the rewards from the State Government’s A$1bn (US$876m) Port Botany… [mappress] Source: ports, June 24, 2010;
A week before HDR Engineering presents its dredging feasibility studies in a June 30 public meeting, the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority… [mappress] Source: c-ville, June 24, 2010;
The first berth of the second phase project of Egypt’s Port Said East Container Terminal has been completed, the Chinese builder said… [mappress] Source: newsystocks, June 24, 2010;
The Colombo Port Expansion Project will be a boost to the Sri Lanka’s shipping industry. [mappress] Source: dailynews, June 24, 2010;
India has invited bids to expand its port capacity to 1.2 billion tons. The bids are for 25 port projects worth $5.4bn. The Indian Government is also implementing the National Maritime Development Programme at an investment of $21bn out of which $12bn will be spent on ports. The expansion plans are
