The City of Houston’s latest West Fork Dredging Program appears to be off to a fast start. Dredging began about a month ago and has already filled up approximately 10 percent of the placement area. The program was originally estimated to last two years. Before it’s all over, Callan Marine, the contractor, will dredge 876,672… Read More
Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio said Chinese port facilities at either end of the Panama Canal pose a military threat and could be used by Beijing in a crisis to shut down military shipping. Mr. Rubio, appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said President-elect Donald Trump’s comments about the need to restore U.S…. Read More
KURE BEACH — A beach town’s shoreline renourishment project has been postponed after non-compliant parking regulations caused a delay in getting bids. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had planned for Kure Beach’s renourishment project to commence this year between November 2024 and April 2025. However, after only getting one bid price at $37.5 million… Read More
A long-awaited tender to upgrade a major waterway that ships crops worth tens of billions of dollars a year to global markets is coming under fierce criticism, including from two suitors that accuse Argentina’s government of favoring the current contractor. (Bloomberg) — A long-awaited tender to upgrade a major waterway that ships crops worth tens… Read More
Ust-Luga, Russia (Ports Europe) January 14, 2025 – FSUE Rosmorport, with Novotrans Aktiv LLC, has completed dredging operations in the operational areas of berths No. 1 and No. 2 at the Ust-Luga universal trading terminal in the Ust-Luga seaport. Ust-Luga is a seaport located on the Gulf of Finland, near the town of Ust-Luga in…… Read More
