KARACHI: The KPT project Pakistan Deep Water Container Port scheduled for completion in 2013 is expected to generate a capacity of 3.1 m TEUs, Nasreen Haque, chairperson KPT said… Source: Daily Times, December 10, 2009
ExxonMobil as operator has awarded a number of contracts for pipeline construction and other works on its Papua New Guinea (PNG) LNG Project, following the final investment decision on the project announced earlier this week… Source: Pipelines International, December 8 ,2009;
The disastrous coal ash spill that occurred a year ago at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston power plant in eastern Tennessee dumped a whopping 2.66 million pounds of 10 toxic pollutants into the nearby Emory and Clinch rivers — more than all the surface-water discharges from all U.S. power p
THE prospect of another multi-billion-dollar gas plant being built in Darwin took a giant stride forward yesterday… Source: Northern Territory News, December 8, 2009
The last phase of the channel deepening at the Port of Portland is now under way – and it has been a marathon project… Source: Port Strategy, December 8, 2009;
New Delhi: The government targets to allot 17 port development projects to private players under its ambitious National Maritime Development Programme, which envisages increasing the capacity of the major ports by 410 million tonne per annum, with an investment of Rs 62,231 crore… Source: Financial
MANAMA: As a major part of its expansion plan, Arab Shipbuilding Repair Yard (Asry) has awarded a design and build contract for the construction of a 1,380-metre quay wall to Bahrain-based Nass Contracting. The $80 million contract… Source: Gulf Daily News, December 9, 2009;
U.S. Naval Station Mayport Channel The work includes dredging approximately 725 thousand cubic yards of material from the Entrance Channel… Source: U.S. Army, December 8, 2009;
The National Human Rights Commission will ask Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to scrap a business proposal that would see the dredging of a large network of waterways in Phang Nga… Source: The Nation, December 8, 2009
At least five international companies compete to build $2.5bn man-made island… Source: MEED, December 6, 2009;
PLUM ISLAND — A contract for the Plum Island-Salisbury beach replenishment project could be awarded next week, if the low bidder for the job satisfies questions from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Source: Newbury Port News, December 5, 2009
The Seattle District requires maintenance clamshell dredging of approximately 400,000 cubic yards of sediment from the Snohomish Downstream Settling Basin and Navigation Channel… More info: USACE
ABP Marine Environmental Research has been awarded a contract to assess the performance of proposed breakwaters in the vicinity of Marsaxlokk, in line with the wish of the Ministry of Resources and Rural Affairs to create additional… Source: Times of Malta, December 4, 2009;
Bahrain Bay’s CEO Bob Vincent says despite a tough year, the US $2.5 billion mega project has delivered on its infrastructure requirements and greater momentum is forecast for 2010… Source: Arabian Business; December 5, 2009
