A SEA captain was today accused of being drunk as he guided a massive dredger up the Tyne ahead of work on the second Tyne Tunnel… Source: Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette, November 5, 2009;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Empire State Development Corporation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently agreed to provide $3,895,500 of Bi-State Dredging Funds to the Caddell Dry Dock & Repair Company… Source: SIlive, November 4, 2009;
DP world has decided to postpone implementation of a 3rd terminal in Jebel Ali till 2013… Source: Port Technology, November 5, 2009;
SIX additional ports are to be built by the Federal Government along the lower River Niger in the Niger Delta region… Source: The Guardian, November 5, 2009;
The government has agreed to grant more than VND4 trillion (US$224 million) from the state budget for a project to upgrade the main waterway between Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta, a local official said Tuesday… Source: Thanh Nien News, November 4, 2009
Containerised traffic between Kolkata port and Bangladesh soon… Source: The Hindu Business Line, November 4, 2009;
Petroleum Institute of East Africa (PIEA) said the government’s Sh16 billion Mombasa port expansion plan entailing ocean floor dredging will allow large tankers to dock… Source: Daily Nation, November 4, 2009;
THE £260m second Tyne Tunnel project reached a major milestone today with the arrival of the dredger Vesalius… Source: Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette, November 4, 2009;
The dredge “Kaishuu” works tirelessly on the Cancun Coast, despite the bad weather in the region, it has not suspended its work for 24 hours a day… Source: Por Esto!, November 4, 2009
The Army Corps of Engineers may play a role in building a planned megaport near the mouth of the Mississippi River, potentially using mud dredged from the channel as construction material for the massive shipping platform… Source: NOLA, November 3, 2009;
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country’s largest oil and gas producer, commenced construction of an oil port in Myanmar on Oct 31, the company said yesterday on its website. This is part of a move to bypass the congested Malacca Straits and diversify China’s oil import channels… Source: C
The federal government said yesterday in Abuja that it would not compromise standard in the execution of Brass LNG shore protection project. Source: Daily Triumph, November 4, 2009;
Mundra Port and Gujarat-based Special Economic Zone Limited (MPSEZ) are discussing at present with Vietnamese government the construction of a new port in Vietnam… Source: Port Technology, November 3, 2009;
The Bahamas prepares for the new Genesis class cruise ships due to enter the newly dredged Nassau Harbour in December… Source: The Bahamas Weekly, September 1, 2009
