DREDGING has been completed on time for the £260m second Tyne Tunnel scheme – boosting new industrial development in South Tyneside… Source:shieldsgazette,December 26,2009; [mappress]
Primorje Wins Bid to Extend Container Terminal in Croatia’s Main Port Ajdovscina… Source: Invest Slovenia, December 23, 2009; [mappress]
Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony today Mrs Lau said the terminal will be an iconic building in the region. Upon its commissioning, Hong Kong will have four berths for cruise vessels… Source:news.gov.hk,December 23,2009; [mappress]
Unanimous decision upholds Maryland’s denial of water-quality permit A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., upheld Maryland’s denial of a water-quality… Source: Baltimore Sun, December 23, 2009
The government plans to invite international tender to appoint a consulting firm by January next for preparing a detail design of the proposed deep seaport at Sonadia Island to be built at a cost of Tk 15,000 crore… Source: The Independent, December 23, 2009;
NOT one of the 42 cruise ships under construction in dockyards around the world will be able to use the new White Bay passenger terminal announced by the State Government because they are too tall to pass under the Harbour Bridge… Source: Sydney Morning Herald, December 22, 2009;
USACE awarded Weeks Marine with a $ 7.9 million Cutterhead / Dustpan Dredge Rental Contract for Passes of the Mississippi River, Southwest Pass Maintenance Dredge in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana… Source: www.fbo.gov
KINGSTON, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority’s top executive says changing the way waste is stored at its power plants should reduce the risk of another disastrous coal ash spill like the one that tarnished a riverside community a year ago. But he isn’t offering any guarantees… Source: Associate
The work will consist of mechanical and hydraulic construction of containment levees requiring deep excavation to minus 70 feet, shoreline protection, and spilbox rehab to increase the capacity of PA 14 and PA 15, and maintenance and… More info: www.fbo.gov;
SYDNEY (Dow Jones)–Australia’s New South Wales state government said Friday that Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. (0013.HK) has been awarded the right to operate the third container terminal at Sydney’s Port Botany, due to be completed in 2012… Source: The Wall Street journal ,December 18, 2009
The state Board of Public Works approved Wednesday a 50-year lease that will allow a private company to manage operations at the port of Baltimore. Officials say the deal will generate at least $1.3 billion and 5,700 new jobs… Source:baltimoresun.com,December 17,2009;
Plans for a $190 million Miami-Dade Water and Sewer project are washed up after officials decided they couldn’t build the “utility tunnel” in time for the Port of Miami dredging project they said earlier this month necessitated it… Source:miamitodaynews,December 17,2009;
THE State Government looks to have given the nod for funding of the first stage of the $100 million-plus Townsville Marine Precinct Project at the mouth of Ross River… Source:townsvillebulletin,December 16,2009;
Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) has announced the overall completion of the Channel Deepening Project – ahead of schedule and at least $200 million under budget… Source: Logistics ,December 16, 2009;
