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Japanese and South Korean investors are to finance the port of San Juan de Marcona concession and expansion project
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, California, US has approved the 10-year Middle Harbor Redevelopment project following an "exhaustive" environmental study.
Zaha Hadid Architects has won the competition to design the new headquarters for Antwerp, Belgium's Port Authority.
Reclamation work has been completed on Zabeel Properties' Porto Dubai island development.
Netherlands-based Royal Haskoning and Worley Parsons Australia subsidiary WorleyParsons Qatar have been awarded the contract to out the engineering design of the New Doha Port near Mesaieed, Qatar.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based developer Nakheel has unveiled plans for a new off-shore development called The Universe.
Npower Renewables has been given the go-ahead for a 750 MW wind farm off the coast of North Wales in the UK. According to the UK government's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the Gwynt y Môr wind farm will be the second largest offshore wind farm in the world.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide a US$ 15.5 million grant to expand the Cook Islands' main international port.
Pennie has installed 76 km of underwater stone columns as part of the scheme to expand the Deltaport container terminal in Vancouver, Canada.
The dream of digging a water passage across the Isthmus of Panama uniting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans dates to the early 16th century, and can be traced to the 1513 Isthmian crossing of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa.
The Panama Canal is approximately 80 km long and joins the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It was cut through one of narrowest parts of the isthmus that joins North and South America.
It's not just on land that contractors are moving huge quantities of sand, rock and earth however. The Manifa Field Causeway and Island Project is one of the world's biggest dredging projects.
Construction of Vietnam's Thi Vai-Cai Mep International Port started this week in Tan Thanh district in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, according to local news agency Nhan Dan.
Brazilian mining company, Rio de Janeiro-based Vale has announced it plans to spend US$ 4 billion expanding its port facilities between 2008 and 2012.
The tiny Principality of Monaco is rumoured to be planning a replica of Dubai's Palm island, according to Arabian Business News.
Dubai, UAE-based real estate developer Limitless has unveiled plans for yet another artificial island 14 km off the emirates' coast. Construction of the 10.5 ha World Island Resort is expected to cost US$ 350 million.
The Mexican government has invested US$ 4.5 billion in its port infrastructure this year, announced President Felipe Calderón during his second state of the union address.
Heavy lift specialist Sarens installed the first six 5 MW wind turbines at the C-Power Thornton Bank project in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium
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Developer Diyar al Muharraq has released the first images of its eponymous Diyar al Muharraq development, a proposed new city located on 2400 ha of reclaimed land off the north east coast of Bahrain.
Dubai-based port operator DP World has been granted approval to construct a UK£ 1.5 billion (US$ 3 billion) shipping port and logistics park along the River Thames estuary, London, UK, according to Arabian Business.
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