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Talks have been under way for several months and British Land today confirmed that it would take full control by August.It has exchanged contracts to buy out the outstanding 50% shareholding held by the Davidson family in its BL Davidson joint venture.The joint venture was set up between British Land and Manny Davidson in 2001 to take ASDA Property private. Manny Davidson founded Asda Property in the 1970s.British Land is paying £253m in loan stock for the stake.Asda Property has an investment portfolio of more than £700m, which comprises mainly open A1 retail parks. It also includes some central London offices.
Woodfibre LNG’s request to resume the 180-day environmental assessment review period for its proposed LNG project has been granted by the BC Environmental Assessment Office.The decision is effective August 10, on day 168 of the 180-day review period, the company said in a statement.On June 30, the EAO granted a temporary suspension of the review period to allow Woodfibre LNG to further engage Squamish Nation on the conditions of Squamish Nation’s environmental review of the Woodfibre LNG project, and to submit a report to the EAO that fulfils the requirements of the provincial and federal environmental assessment processes.“Woodfibre LNG has formally notified Squamish Nation that it has accepted all of the conditions of its environmental review and is committed to reaching a formal agreement,” said Byng Giraud, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Woodfibre LNG.He added that the company has worked on fulfilling the requirements of the provincial and federal environmental assessment processes that enable the restart of the environmental review period.The Woodfibre LNG project entered the 180-day Environmental Assessment Application Review Phase on January 13. The environmental assessment period was originally scheduled to end on July 13, 2015.The Woodfibre LNG project is undergoing a substituted process whereby the BC EAO leads the assessment under both the BC Environmental Assessment Act, and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (2012). The substituted process requires both a provincial and federal decision based on the outcome of the provincial regulatory review.The LNG project site is located on the traditional territory of Squamish Nation and is undergoing a separate independent environmental review. On June 26, the Squamish Nation issued 25 conditions related to the Woodfibre LNG project that apply to Woodfibre LNG, FortisBC, and the Government of British Columbia. Thirteen of the conditions apply directly to Woodfibre LNG.For Woodfibre LNG, achieving an agreement with Squamish Nation and receiving provincial and federal regulatory approvals are important steps toward making a final investment decision on the LNG project that comprises construction and operation of a gas processing and liquefaction facility to produce approximately 2.1 million tonnes per annum of LNG, associated storage capacity of 250,000 m3, and export infrastructure.[mappress mapid=”17631″]Image: Woodfibre LNG
Miami-based cruise line operator Royal Caribbean Cruises and PortMiami broke ground for a new RCL cruise terminal on March 8.The cruise company said that the Terminal A, nicknamed the Crown of Miami, will be able to accommodate the largest cruise ships in the world, those of Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis class.Two of the giants, the Allure of the Seas and the newly announced Symphony of the Seas, currently under construction in France, as well as several other RCI ships will homeport at the new facility, which is scheduled to open in October 2018.The new terminal and adjacent parking structure will cover 170,000 square feet on 10 acres in the northeast section of the port.“This will make PortMiami Royal Caribbean’s largest cruise port in the U.S., solidifying PortMiami’s status as the Cruise Capital of the World,” Carlos Gimenez, Miami-Dade County Mayor, said.In keeping with RCL’s environmental priorities, Terminal A will be certified as a green building by the global Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, program, RCL said.Expected to generate some 1.8 million passengers, or at least 30 percent of the port’s projected passenger traffic, the new facility will double RCL’s current passenger traffic in PortMiami.The port welcomes some 750,000 Royal Caribbean passengers each year for about 15 percent of its overall passenger traffic.
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A total of 25 speakers will give presentations on subjects including local business opportunities and safety issues, and topics about all major types of construction cranes. Tower crane topics include risk assessment, standards, wire rope and anticollision systems. Mobile crane topics include buying used, EN 13000. Crawler crane topics include the differences between Japanese and Western designs, the limits of duty-cycle crawlers and the potential of mini-cranes. Rigging includes verbal signals, lift planning and rigging safety. Alternative lifting includes a product overview and major job report. The detailed programme can be downloaded as a four-page 700kB PDF document from www.tinyurl.com/6u9a6jMiddle East Cranes 2009’s event partner is Al Jaber Heavy Lift. The conference is sponsored by CCC, Manitowoc and Terex. Lunch sponsors are LSI and Wolffkran.For more information, or for a booking form, go to www.middleeastcranes.com.
The pressure vessel, which is used in the production of tissue paper, was lifted from a container vessel using Charleston Heavy Lift’s 500-ton (453.6-tonne) capacity floating crane, Ocean Ranger.The dryer was then loaded aboard Stevens Towing’s deck barge at the North Charleston terminal. The piece was loaded directly onto a Goldhofer trailer, which had already been secured on the barge.Once the piece was secured to the trailer, Stevens Towing’s tug vessel Royal Engineer pushed the barge through the locks to a roll-off location on Lake Santee. Upon arrival, crane, rigging and heavy haulage service provider, Guy M Turner, handled the roll-off operation.According to Stevens Towing, the equipment was too large and heavy to gain permits for transport out of Charleston by truck. Stevens Towing added that the tug and barge operation provided the best solution as it enabled the trucking company to gain approval for a route from the roll off location to its delivery site in Shelby, North Carolina.Meanwhile, Savannah Heavy Lift has lifted two Mitsubishi M501GAC turbines from a railcar onto a deck barge at the Ocean Terminal in Savannah.The 323-ton (293-tonne) units were then secured in preparation for ocean tow to Lake Charles in Louisiana. According to Stevens Towing, Charleston Heavy Lift’s floating crane, Ocean Ranger, filled in for the Savannah Giant while it is being rebuilt due to tornado damage last year.www.stevens-towing.comwww.charlestonheavylift.comwww.savannahheavylift.com
EUROPE: Transdev completed the sale of its Veolia Transport Central Europe subsidiary to DB Mobility on May 16. Transdev, formerly Veolia Transdev, said the sale of VTCE GmbH for an undisclosed price was the first step in a financial restructuring which aims to re-focus its international activities on ‘promising markets in which the group can ensure development’.Although mainly a bus operator, VTCE has operated Desná Railway services from Šumperk to Kouty nad Desnou and Sobotín in the Czech Republic since 2002, and thus the acquisition takes DB’s non-German passenger transport subsidiary Arriva into the Czech local rail market. It also expands Arriva’s bus activities in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia, and takes the company into Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. Arriva said this positions the company as ‘the largest international passenger transport operator in Central and Eastern Europe’. VTCE has annual revenues of nearly €253m, and around 6 300 staff.
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Share Share ayodelecreations.comRoseau, Monday 16 March 2020 – After months of exploring common interests and ideas, the Dominica Youth Business Trust (DYBT), the Diaspora Unit in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and Diaspora Relations, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are proud to launch the “Art of Design” Fashion Business Workshop, to be held on Thursday and Friday 19-20 March 2020. The workshop brings together Lorraine Delsol and Mary Green, two experienced and award-winning Dominican Fashion Designers (Bios attached on page 3 with more information), living and working between Canada and Dominica, to share experiences with male and female Fashion Entrepreneurs building businesses in Dominica.The “Art of Design” Fashion Business Workshop is being hosted by the DYBT under the project Strengthening Resilient Business Development Capacity for Youth Entrepreneurs from Disadvantaged Backgrounds in the Commonwealth of Dominica funded by the IOM Development Fund (IDF). Topics to be covered will include Fashion Designer Basics, Understanding Fashion Trends, Portfolio Development, Sketching and Drafting, Draping and choosing Makeup and Accessories.The DYBT focuses on a model by which entrepreneurial youth are provided with the wherewithal to establish sustainable businesses, with training being a large component of preparing youth for entrepreneurship. The IOM-IDF capacity-building project for DYBT initiated meetings between DYBT and the Diaspora Office, to forge a link of networking, experience sharing and business development opportunities involving Dominicans in the Diaspora and young Dominican entrepreneurs, through the DYBT. There was a unanimous sense that Dominicans living abroad “the Diaspora”, are interested in contributing and being involved, and the young entrepreneurs are interested in learning, and in expansion and growth. The organizations therefore committed to connecting the dots and providing a path for this to happen. As such, the Art of Design is only the first of what the organizations hope will be an enduring programme of sharing between those at home and those abroad.Award-winning Dominican-Canadian fashion designer Mary Green says that the “Art of Design” Fashion Business Workshop will allow participants an opportunity to explore their creativity and expects that both the participants and facilitators like herself will find the experience gratifyingMaxine Alleyne-Esprit, Communications Officer and Project Manager at the IOM, says “It was important to us at the IOM to try to forge this link between Dominicans at home and abroad, because we understand that generally migrants have a natural desire to contribute more than mere remittances to their home countries. They want to be engaged, and to support economic growth at “home” by sharing the rich experience and technical capabilities that they have developed. Conversely, the young DYBT entrepreneurs express that they want more opportunities to network and to learn. This collaboration is one way of making that happen. We hope that this Fashion Business Workshop will be the launching pad for more collaborations of this kind between Dominicans in the Diaspora and the local entrepreneurs, through the Diaspora Office and the DYBT.”The National Resilience Development Strategy, 2030 states “The development of the Creative Industries including music, film and fashion is seen as one modality of a diversification strategy towards economic development and transformation”. All Fashion Entrepreneurs, male and female, are encouraged to participate in this one-and-a-half day workshop which will take place this Thursday and Friday (19-20 March) at DEXIA. DEXIA is partnering in the workshop based on their support of Fashion as a part of the Creative Sector- one of the six pillar sectors in Dominica’s National Export Strategy (NES). The “Art of Design” Fashion Business Workshop will be held from 19- 20 March at DEXIA. Cost is $50, payable on registration. Registration for the Fashion Business Workshop is open until 2pm Tuesday 17 March, at Royal Globe Inc, next to Western Union on Hanover Street in Roseau. Space is limited and priority will be given to entrepreneurs already operating in the fashion industry. Call 266-3768 or 614-8445 for more information.This activity forms part of a larger project, which has the ambition of establishing a physical space called “THE HUB” where entrepreneurs can continuously be immersed in an environment of learning, sharing, production and inspiration, with seed funding from the IOM Development Fund. The entrepreneurs are very much looking forward to this HUB of entrepreneurial support, and DYBT will be seeking support from individuals and the corporate community, including Dominicans locally and around the world, to achieve this exciting initiative.For more information on the DYBT and how you can contribute, call (767) 266 3768 / 3956, or email dybt@dominica.gov.dmFor information on IOM and its work call, text or WhatsApp (767) 275-3225 or malleyne@iom.intLORRAINE DELSOL. In 1976, Dominican Lorraine Delsol established the House of Lorraine, a Designer boutique in the fashionable Yorkville area of Davenport and Avenue Road in downtown Toronto. Her studies in the field of fashion merchandising and fashion design made her a fashion trailblazer, she was the first West Indian designer in Toronto to launch major fashion shows which she produced, directed and choreographed; as a result, she was featured regularly in Canadian media.Lorraine is the Cofounder of MWDC Inc. (Madame Wob Dwiyet Canada) and was honoured in 2017 with a Special Recognition Award for her outstanding contribution to the preservation and promotion of Creole wear in Dominica and overseas. In 2019, she received the Walk of Fame award by DACE (Dominica Arts & Culture Expose’) in Toronto. She has an amazing talent and continuously gives of her time and resources freely, all in the spirit of promoting Dominica. (full bio and photo attached).MARY GREEN. Dominican Fashion designer Mary Green has enthralled the fashion world with her creations for over 50 years. Since graduating from the George Brown College School for Creative Fashion Design in Toronto, Mary has consistently produced imaginative and impeccably tailored custom designs for clients in Toronto, New York and internationally. Her designs run the gamut of casual wear to bridal gowns, including award-winning Carnival Queen Contestants’ evening gowns in Dominica and the wider world.In 2005, Mary received the Golden Drum Award for dedicated service in garment design. She was also the recipient of the Dominica Carnival Development Queen’s Show Committee Award for over 30 years of quality in the design and construction of evening wear for the Miss Dominica pageant. Most recently, Mary was inducted into the Dominica Walk of Fame by the Dominica Arts and Culture Expose (DACE) in 2019.Mary Green’s portfolio covers constructing costumes for critically acclaimed productions such as Trevor Rhone’s Smile Orange, and unforgettable presentations at fashion shows such as Melange. In the last couple years Mary has designed and made an exquisite line of African inspired jewelery under her label, Ayodele creations (see ayodelecreations.com).
GET THE BEST OF THE JAPAN TIMES KITAHIROSHIMA, Hokkaido – Journeyman Sushi Ishigaki and tour veteran Yasuharu Imano moved to the top of a crowded leaderboard after the third round of the ANA Open on Saturday. Ishigaki shot a 2-under 69 and Imano had a 71 on a chilly, rainy day, leaving them tied for the lead at 6-under-par 207 at the par-71 Sapporo Golf Club Wattsu Course. IN FIVE EASY PIECES WITH TAKE 5