Ras Al Khaimah is going to open its first dry dock facility within a few months, an official has said. “Al Jazeera Dry Dock is going to be functional by March-April 2010… Source:Emirates Business, December 20, 2009;
The Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Prince Adesegun Oniru disclosed this at a meeting with management staff of the office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Mineral Resources Development in his office at Alausa, Ikeja… Source: Sun News,December 19,2009;
THE Australian Maritime College’s (AMC) Maritime Transport Policy Centre (MTPC) and the AMC’s National Centre for Marine Conservation and Resource Sustainability have teamed up to research on what impact climate change will have on Australian ports… Source: Shipping Industry, December 17, 2009
Lean times lie ahead for companies on the hunt for maintenance dredging work, with the real effect of the economic downturn not hitting their balance sheets until next year and beyond… Source: Port Strategy, December 18, 2009;
GREEN BAY, Wis. — A federal judge in Green Bay has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to make 20 companies and governmental units share in the massive costs of cleaning up the lower Fox River… Source: Associated Press, December 17, 2009
Hauraki Gulf tribes and environmental groups are unhappy about a plan to dump dredged spoil on the continental shelf near Great Barrier Island… Source: New Zealand Herald, December 18, 2009
The consequences of failure to address maintenance dredging issues effectively is probably being felt nowhere more severely than in America’s Great Lakes… Source: Port Strategy, December 17, 2009
Almost half of the funds for Pakistan will be spent on irrigation and water infrastructure projects, report states… Source: USAID;
TAIPEI, Taiwan — As the useful lives of southern reservoirs are threatened by the accumulation of typhoon-induced silt deposits, the Water Resource Agency (WRA) and related officials have put their heads together to find the best method for excavating sediment from the dams, and in turn provide sust
The construction of the $4 billion Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal (WICET) at Gladstone has moved a step closer to becoming a reality, with the Queensland Government signing a mandate that gives the green light to the project… Source: The Courier Mail, December 15, 2009
Surveys underway in Tuas View Extension, which looks set to become next big port development… Source: The Business Times, December 16, 2009;
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Lakes Huron and Michigan are not losing extra billions of gallons of water daily because of navigational dredging as a Canadian group contends, a scientific panel said Tuesday… Source: Associated Press, December 15, 2009
The Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) announced a terminal expansion project, including a 460 meter extension of the quay, which will increase annual container throughout capacity to a projected 2 million TEUs when fully completed and equipped… Source:ameinfo,December 15,2009;
Despite the global economic downturn, Vietnamese trade is outpacing its outdated and overworked ports infrastructure. Filling the capacity gap will require substantial foreign investment, but questions about the country’s underlying financial health, including a recent sharp devaluation of the local
