/PRNewswire/ The global dredging market is expected to reach US$ 21.4 Bn in 2032, exhibiting growth at a CAGR of 3.3% during the forecast period from 2022.
with both human frailty and resilience
Macau (China)
to access information during a disaster situation
Philippines
by walkinged through floodwater of a storm surge
Mekong (Vietnam)
Researchers must collect it themselves
Mekong (Vietnam)
in low-lying deltas; taking time to calibrate instruments
Hoi An (Vietnam)
balancing tourism and disaster prevention is a worldwide concern
Myanmar some nearby villages were completely wiped out
Contrary to the high disaster risk, the number of people in developing countries researching disaster prevention is extremely low. This is dependent on a country s stage of development. When the country has little to spare, there are not enough public funds to be put toward disaster prevention, the environment, or other fields which hardly produce direct economic value.
Courtesy of DEME Group
The new JV brings together DEME Offshore’s marine engineering knowledge and decades of experience in the renewables sector, with the highly specialised marine construction technology of Penta-Ocean. The partners are currently in the process of establishing the Joint Venture company, whereby 51 percent of the shares will be owned by Penta-Ocean and 49 percent by DEME Offshore.
New regulations concerning wind power energy generation at sea, as well as in port and harbour areas, have been introduced in the country and the first wind farm auction round is expected to take place this year.
Japan has ambitious targets to develop 10 GW of offshore wind power by 2030. While the country has very favourable wind conditions, it also has challenging subsoils, which can be a mixture of sand and rocks.
Construction begins on Johor Bahru-Singapore RTS link station
Out-Law News | 29 Jan 2021 | 12:39 pm | 1 min. read
Construction work on the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link has started with a ground-breaking ceremony, at the site of the RTS Link Woodlands north station.
The RTS Link Woodlands North station will be constructed underground at a maximum depth of 28 metres with three stories. It has an underground link to the CIQ building. The two facilities together will be 10 times of the size of a typical mass rapid transit (MRT) station, a Land Transport Authority (LTA) statement said.
The RTS Link is a four kilometres rail shuttle service between Woodlands North station in Singapore and the Bukit Chagar station in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. It will be able to carry 10,000 passengers each hour in either direction. It will take five minutes to travel between the two stations.
The Johor Baru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link’s station at Woodlands North and its connected Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facility will be about 10 times the size of a typical Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station, Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) said yesterday. The information was released as Singapore's Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung officiated a ground-breaking ceremony that marked the start of the construction of the RTS Link at a project site situated along Admiralty Road West.