India
Alang faces tough competition as Bangladesh yards resume work
May 27, 2011
www.livemint.com
Business at Alang’s ship-breaking yards plummeted by half in April as rival facilities in Bangladesh reopened after a 10-month closure ordered by the courts there over environmental concerns.
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Creating Artificial Reef by Sinking ‘River Princess’
December 11, 2011
www.navhindtimes.in
When there is a problem, there also comes an opportunity. The government is soon going to waste massive public funds - almost Rs 100 crore - in removal of the drifted vessel
M/V River Princess.
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Artificial reef in India
April 29, 2010
hutnons.blogspot.com
ASR Limited, a well known company from New Zealand that employs lots of surfer scientists, has introduced a new "multi-purpose reef" that was recently installed along the west coast of India to help stabilize coastal erosion.
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OBAMA's USEPA ALLOWS DUMPING OF TOXIC NAVY SHIPS
October 10, 2009
imowatch.blogspot.com
Indian government has submitted to the IMO that a ship under tow should be pre-contaminated and the Indian Supreme Court has also sought prior decontamination of such ships in the country of export.
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India starts hydrographic study in Mauritius
March 9, 2009
www.afriquejet.com
The INS Nirdesshak, an Indian Scientific ship, is expected to dock in Mauritius on Tuesday to carry out a hydrographic study around the Island and create a nautical passage for ships to this part of the Indian Ocean, Mauritius official sources told PANA here.
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Artificial Reef set to sink
February 24, 2009
www.expressbuzz.com
The Government?s usual apathy in executing a project within a stipulated time frame and its dilly-dallying on taking decisions may cost Kovalam, the internationally-acclaimed tourist centre, its Multi-purpose Reef being prepared by the ASR Ltd, a New Zealand -based Marine Consulting and Engineering Company.
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