Sentences with phrase «of rail infrastructure»

advising the Stage 1 customers (which includes Glencore, Aquila, Yancoal and Wesfarmers) of the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal on their rail access, which has included developing and advising on underwriting arrangements for a $ 910m expansion of the rail infrastructure.

To get there, please see the map to the Thailand Railway Hall of Fame Please see the latest update on this railway museum The history of Thai railway The development of rail infrastructure started in the reign of King Rama V (1868 — 1910).

survey the access arrangements for high - speed and intercity passenger rail service for use of rail infrastructure, assets and facilities owned by freight railroads, commuter authorities, or other entities, and standard processes for the resolution of disputes relating to such access;

«We do have a lot of rail infrastructure (in the Buffalo area).»

Not exact matches

China's next targets: rail, roads, ports The powerful chairman of China's $ US200 billion ($ 307 billion) sovereign wealth fund, Lou Jiwei, has met Treasurer Wayne Swan and West Australian Premier Colin Barnett to clarify rules on foreign investment in resources and discuss whether China could help finance the Rudd government's infrastructure program.

If they ca n`t fund the mine creation as well as the rail and port infrastructure that will maintain thousands of construction jobs in the Pilbara they should not be allowed to frustrate someone who can.

They argued transporting crude by pipeline would be safer than alternatives like rail, and charged Obama with hypocrisy for complaining about the lack of investment in U.S. infrastructure while obstructing an $ 8 billion project.

The government of the Republic of Cameroon is planning to seek funding from China for the rail and port infrastructure at Sundance Resources» Mbalam - Nabeba iron ore project, allowing the Perth company to focus just on the mine development.

Decmil Group has won about $ 40 million worth of work at Hancock Prospecting's Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara, building on its portfolio of port, rail and fuel infrastructure work already under way at the site.

It's not too late to take the pulpit and set a goal of building infrastructure for a national power grid, maglev [magnetic levitation] rail trains or even an Arctic research station.

Jokowi said not using the state budget for the rail project in heavily populated Java meant money wasn't taken away from infrastructure projects in other parts of Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago.

EllisDon won the $ 5.3 - billion contract to build Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit line, the largest PPP project in Canadian history, working alongside ACS Infrastructure Canada, Aecon and SNC - Lavalin as part of the Crosslinx Transit Solutions consortium (the project is scheduled to be completed in 2021).

«The president talked about infrastructure improvements in roads and rail lines — these are all types of projects that get lots of small business involved,» said Charles Green, the executive director of the Small Business Finance Institute.

Bechtel is currently overseeing a major portion of Crossrail, the largest infrastructure installation in Europe — a network of tunnels and rail links in London that will connect the city to the outer suburbs.

THIRD Rail Limited, the new incarnation of AMX Resources, has secured three contracts to provide a wide area network over a broadband infrastructure to link all university campuses in Ghana.

A massive, long - range infrastructure commitment on the part of the federal govt to support building / rebuliding highways and bridges, interstate train service and hi - speed rail, city mass transit systems, and ports and airports, over minimum 10 years and even better 20, with requirement that majority of manufactured metal components be US - made.

Better transportation infrastructure could improve the region's accessibility, lower transportation costs, and foster linkages between production facilities and existing rail lines and seaports, all of which would increase the region's export capacity.

While American politicians debate endlessly over how to finance the needed fixes and which ones to implement, the Chinese have managed to fund massive infrastructure projects all across their country, including 12,000 miles of high - speed rail built just in the last decade.

By: Terence Creamer 12th October 2017 An expression of interest (EoI) for the R20 - billion crossborder Swazi Rail Link infrastructure project between South Africa and Swaziland will be released to potential investors before the end of 2017, South Africa's Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and Swaziland Rail confirmed on Thursday.

One feature hindering investment in both the NSW and Queensland coal industries is the fragmented ownership of the supply - chain assets; a large number of mines share mostly state - government - owned rail and port infrastructure.

The ability to expand exports will depend not only on production capacity, but also on the capacity of rail and port infrastructure.

In the case of coal, while the capacity of port and rail infrastructure has become stretched with the latest surge in global demand, the industry has been expanding transport capacity steadily over recent years.

The Victorian government has unleashed a record $ 13.7 billion infrastructure spending spree in Tuesday's budget ahead of this year's state election, mostly across road, rail, hospitals and schools to meet the state's booming population.

By: Paige Müller 30th March 2018 Underground rail infrastructure at South African mines is not operating at its full potential, predominantly owing to poor track - system choices and a lack of critical maintenance, says multidisciplinary engineering consultancy firm WSP Africa technical director of rail transport and... →

With offices spread across all states and territories in Australia, Hitachi offers a wide range of products and services in the region, including but not restricted to; information & telecommunication systems and services, mining technologies and solutions, social infrastructure solutions such as power and rail systems, industrial products and solutions, and consulting services.

Edmonton's Mr. Iveson announced this week that expansion of the city's Light Rail Transit system is the top infrastructure priority for the newly elected City Council.

With a severe infrastructure deficit impacting the productivity of our country, we are hopeful Minister Sohi's connection to Western Canada means that appropriate attention will be given to the ports, rails, and highway network that are crucial to doing business in B.C. and Canada.

As a matter of fact the French government has reduced the value added tax on theme parks from 18.6 % to 7 %, lent 4 billion francs at preferential rates and provided 2.7 billion francs in infrastructure improvements, such as highways and rail roads.

GrainCorp has estimated Australia's proximity to Asia delivers farmers a freight advantage of about $ 10 a tonne of grain, but outgoing chief executive Alison Watkins warned last August that without investment in rail infrastructure this advantage would be lost.

BES customers also extensively cover heavy haulage rail including iron ore, coal and other mining industries, bulk handling, sugar, transport terminal and port loading infrastructure users of railway equipment.

Important too is that the Government not only considers the potential for an individual airport expansion, but also how the surrounding road and rail infrastructure might support it effectively — and how a new runway can benefit the whole of the transport system and the economy of the country.»

«Importing LIE traffic to Westchester will overwhelm our roads and communities, add billions of tons of carbon emissions into our air, and divert desperately needed infrastructure dollars from being spent where they are truly needed — on our existing roads, bridges, and rail systems.

Right now, there isn't the funding but if we were able to tie international tax reform, tax all that money that the companies have overseas and put that in an infrastructure bank, there could be a trillion dollars of infrastructure funding and you could get the kind of funding we need for high - speed rail,» he said.

While such inaccuracy could have resulted in an overexaggeration by Hammond of the potential benefits to the north - west, if we compare the data with countries around the world that have invested in high - speed rail — including France, Germany, Spain, China and Japan, with America having recently announced plans to expand its rail infrastructure — all showed significant growth along the line.

Government must pay greater attention to the needs of rail freight when considering major infrastructure investments

«An important consideration is that our national infrastructure, which guarantees our energy and water supplies and enables safe and reliable use of road, rail and air transport, is increasingly interconnected and interdependent (for example flooded power stations mean power cuts, which result in telecommunications failures).

Aviation is the hub of a modern economy, maritime is the cash cow, given the normally huge revenue from ports in a globalised economy that thrives on international trade; and rail holds the key to truly modernising the Nigerian local economy, both in the mass transit of people; and mass movement of heavy bulk, at tolerable costs, and with least cost to road infrastructure.

If true, why would northern national legislators band together to pass the Lagos - Kano rail project but the southern ones, in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, conspire to let go of a key infrastructure thrust, that could change the face of the South East and South - South economies for good?

«The progress of high - speed rail across the country is a sign that Americans are sick of traveling on crumbling and inefficient infrastructure,» Slaughter said.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a historic $ 5.6 billion transformation of the Long Island Rail Road to strengthen the region's transportation infrastructure and usher in a new era of economic growth.

In his 2017 State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed numerous upgrades to the state's infrastructure, including a revamp of drinking and waste water systems and extension of the NFTA Metro Rail from Buffalo to Amherst.

The Long Island Rail Road will be able to operate on all its usual tracks at Penn Station over the next few weeks, until Amtrak begins the final stages of its current infrastructure renewal project at the busy commuter hub, a key Amtrak official said.

The deterioration of Penn Station's infrastructure that resulted in Long Island Rail Road commuters» «summer of hell» was caused by decades of underinvestment in Amtrak by the federal government and the railroads that use its tracks, including the LIRR, transportation experts said.

After «years of stagnation,» Cuomo announced a $ 5.6 billion transformation of the Long Island Rail Road to strengthen the region's transportation infrastructure and usher in a new era of economic growth.

According to President Buhari, «In 2017 alone, we saw significant commitments and agreements by major global organisations in infrastructure projects such as: the proposed USD 9 billion Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical complex in Lagos; the completed USD 600 million Lafarge Plant in Calabar; the proposed rail stock; the proposed USD 1.3 billion public private partnership with General Electric on Rail Track Development and the proposed ENI / Agip rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refinrail stock; the proposed USD 1.3 billion public private partnership with General Electric on Rail Track Development and the proposed ENI / Agip rehabilitation of Port Harcourt RefinRail Track Development and the proposed ENI / Agip rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refinery.

He also gave initial funding for several large infrastructure projects, such as High Speed 3 (an east — west rail line across the north of England), Crossrail 2 (a north — south rail line across London), a road tunnel across the Pennines, and upgrades to the M62 motorway.

During this period rail infrastructure will see growth by almost 80 per cent and construction of energy related projects by a massive 200 per cent.

«I wish to assure Nigerians that this government will continue to focus on the improvement of security and critical infrastructure like roads, construction of rails and power generation across the country as a vital pre-requisite to economic progress.

«This investment will go towards ensuring HS2 infrastructure can link up with future Northern Powerhouse and Midlands rail projects - helping the towns and cities of the North reach their full potential.»

«I want Nigerians to realise that what this government inherited after 16 years of the PDP government was no savings, no infrastructure, no power, no rail, no road and no security,» Buhari stated.