Camagüey takes actions favoring the protection of turtles

The Ministry of Fishery in Cuba promotes actions among the people living in the coastal areas toward the preservation of the turtle, an endangered marine species, on which Cuba will soon set the closed time for its capture.

Biologist Idania Lee González, of the Empresa Pesquera e Industrial Camagüey (EPICAM), said that the MIP together with the National Office of Inspection would carry out the programme Sustainable Fishery in the locations of Cocodrilo and Nuevitas. The purpose is to halt the legal and poaching capture of the Hawksbill, the Caguama and the Green turtles that have been for many years source of food for the people living near the coasts. With this move, Cuba joins the countries that started the closed season recommended by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, of which the Caribbean nation is signatory since 1990. The expert informed that starting in 2008 and for a period of ten years, the MIP will ban the capture of the turtle.

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Olympic sailing venue showcased

Weymouth and Portland – hosts of the sailing events at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games – will be represented at the London Boat Show.

The borough’s entry to the January 2008 exhibition, overseen by the council will reflect its growing reputation as a key location for marine business. The stand will showcase current regeneration and development projects.  The existing sailing academy is now being transformed into “a world class training and competition venue”. Weymouth and Portland Borough Council gave planning permission for the £21m Portland Marina at Osprey Quay in June. The plans include a 560-berth marina, to be sheltered by the stone breakwater. There will also be an on-shore reception centre with washrooms, showers and laundry facilities and a restaurant bar overlooking the harbor. Work is due to be finished by the end of 2008.

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Japanese sign US$ 239 million loan for Mombasa container terminal

Japan has planed to invest US$239.05 million in the Mombasa Port Development Project.

This will involve the construction of a second container terminal that would double Kenya’s capacity by 2018. The second terminal at Mombasa will be built over three phases to handle 1.2 million TEU. The facility will cover a site measuring 100 hectares and it will be next to the Kipevu Oil Terminal, a kilometre from the existing container terminal. The Project will involve dredging the port’s channel to 15 metres and the widening a turning basin, to accommodate larger vessels. This development comes, as the Port of Mombasa, the largest in the region, has been experiencing traffic growth in recent years owing to a rise in the economies of the countries it serves. The second container terminal is intended to ease congestion at the port.

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