Tag: St Helena Island

• Monday, March 11th 2013 - 08:04 UTC

  Falklands and South Atlantic environment and geography information management system

  

  The South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI) announced a new program: the South Atlantic Information Management System and GIS Centre, which officially brings together the UK South Atlantic Overseas Territories in SAERI’s South Atlantic scope that ranges from the equator down to the ice. The Centre is funded by the FCO via the UK’s Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2012 - 13:15 UTC

  St Helena insists with close business links with the Falkland Islands

  

  Former Managing Director of the Falkland Island Development Corporation, Julian Morris, now Executive Officer of Economic Development on St Helena, has been caught up in a tight schedule of meetings during his visit over the past week, to encourage Falklands’ business investment in St Helena.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 06:12 UTC

  Planning for when the 2016 airport, St Helena after closer links with Faklands

  

  A top official from St Helena will be visiting the Falkland Islands next month to explore ways that the governments of the two British Overseas Territories can collaborate and looking ahead to when the mid Atlantic volcanic island will have an international airport.

• Friday, October 5th 2012 - 22:06 UTC

  HMS Protector on route to the Antarctic previous surveying in St Helena

  

  The Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol ship HMS Protector is on her way for an eight-month deployment surveying and patrolling Antarctica. She left Portsmouth late September and is currently visiting St Helena to conduct surveys of the harbour in preparation for the building of a new jetty.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2012 - 22:19 UTC

  Namibia will supply cement for St Helena 300m dollars airport in South Atlantic

  

  Namibian cement company Ohorongo cement has secured a three-year contract with construction firm Basil Read for the supply of cement for the building of a new airport on the British overseas territory of St Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean, over 1900km from the Namibian coast.

• Friday, November 25th 2011 - 02:06 UTC

  UK confirms support for partnership strategy and defence of Overseas Territories

  

  The decision to build an airport tin St Helena and confirmation of UK’s commitment to defend its Overseas Territories were among the main conclusions of the latest Consultative Council (OTCC) which concluded this week in London.

• Friday, November 4th 2011 - 08:39 UTC

  South African group awarded contract to build St Helena international airport

  

  The St Helena Government this week entered into a contract with South Africa’s Basil Read (Pty) Ltd in the amount of £201.5 million for the design and construction of the airport, an additional up to £10 million in shared risk contingency, and £35.1 million for ten years of operation.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2011 - 19:58 UTC

  UK World Heritage tentative list includes sites in three Overseas Territories

  

  Three Overseas Territories have been chosen to be included as sites across the UK and its OT to form the new UK tentative list for potential nomination for UNESCO World Heritage Status.

• Thursday, November 18th 2010 - 17:08 UTC

  UK promises stronger and closer relationship with Overseas Territories

  

  A wide range of issues of mutual interest and concern were addressed by the UK Minister for the Overseas Territories Henry Bellingham and leaders from the Overseas Territories. The OTs Consultative Council is currently meeting in London.

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 06:00 UTC

  Britain to build airport in mid Atlantic St Helena Island; vital link with Falklands

  

  Britain announced Thursday it had agreed to build an airport on the mid Atlantic island of Saint Helena, which is expected to become a vital link for the Falkland Islands air communications.