Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Norwegian gas from the Snøhvit gas field outside Hammerfest can for the first time be shipped through the Northeast Passage this summer. The Norwegian company Knutsen OAS Shipping has received permission from Russian authorities to transport LNG from Snøhvit to Japan along the Northern Sea Route (NSR). Read More
Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Total length in Sultanate 1,061 km — GCC project completion by 2017 – MUSCAT — Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Futaisi, Transport and Communications Minister, said the financial and technical offers for the pre-qualified companies for the provision of the consultancy services tender for the design and supervision of the railway project were opened recently.
Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Britain’s network of 18th century canals could once again play a major industrial role, in a revival driven by the demand for green energy. There are hopes that inland waterways that are now the preserve of walkers, barge-owners and holidaymakers may finally undergo a rebirth as freight transport routes to meet the needs of power stations run
Sunday, January 8th, 2012
The Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry issued a decree on 21 December 2011 on the fees of the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS). The decree prescribes that the NLS will open its topographic datasets to the public on 1 May 2012 to be used freely and free of charge. “From 1 of May 2012, digital maps portraying
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
At least VND1.55 trillion (US$76 million) has been used incorrectly in master-planning and land-use activities in six HCM City districts. “Violations were found in every procedure, from settings, exams, approval and deployment of the master plan, to land-use plans and management,” Le Sy Bay, vice head of the Government Inspectorate’s Department of Industrial Economy. During the 2001-2005
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
China is considering a proposal to create an energy “super-ministry” as part of a sweeping cabinet reshuffle in 2013, two sources said, a step that would help Beijing impose its will on an industry beset by bureaucratic infighting. The new ministry would replace the National Energy Administration (NEA), China’s main energy regulator, and would take
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
The happiness of a Saudi citizen who received a piece of land from the Madinah municipality was cruelly cut short after he learned the plot was inaccessible because it was surrounded by land from all directions, had no entry or exit points, and was also not registered in his name. Telling his story to Al-Madinah newspaper,
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
The £32 billion high-speed rail line from London to Birmingham has been given final approval and will go ahead as proposed, ministers will announce next week. Read More
Friday, January 6th, 2012
You use a navigation device in your car? Get a bike and show the way and the next beer garden on your phone? Inform yourself on the Internet about the weather at your resort? These and similar applications facilitate and enrich everyday life. You are out of our lives almost inconceivable without. They are based on data raise the public
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has suggested to the government to frame a law aimed at stopping unlawful activities related to mapping firms, given that several western countries, including Australia, China, India, Turkey, USA and UK, have enacted supportive laws, official sources told Business Recorder. The Survey of Pakistan (SoP), a national mapping organisation, is responsible for
