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Facing sluggish economic growth, Namibia, a sparsely populated country in southwest Africa, is seeking more cooperation with China during the state visit of its President Hage G. Geingob to the world’s second-largest economy. China has been supporting Namibia in several domains for years and Geingob’s visit happens at a very critical time as the African… Read More
South Carolina Ports Authority posted record fiscal year-to-date container volume through February with more than 1.4 million 20-foot equivalent container units handled since July. SCPA moved 168,480 TEUs during February, which drove a fiscal year-over-year container volume increase of 1.07%. “Our container volumes are on track leading into spring, which is generally a strong season… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi commissioners voted recently to issue bonds of up to $400 million to dredge the Corpus Christi Ship Channel — a project that has been waiting for promised federal funds for 28 years. The new debt incurred by the port ensures the project will move forward to meet the 2021 deadline,… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers is due to complete the dredging of a six-to-eight mile section of the Houston Ship Channel in May to increase the draft and facilitate more tanker traffic, Bill Diehl, president of the Greater Houston Port Bureau, said Monday. “We still have some shoaling spots as an aftermath of Hurricane… Read More
Belgium headquartered global dredging contractor Jan De Nul has ordered three trailing suction hopper dredgers which will feature fully diesel-electric propulsion systems. Cosco (Dalian) Shipyard Co Ltd will build an 18,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger at its yard in China while Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd will build to 6,000 m3 trailers in Singapore. The… Read More
Plans for a deeper berth in Douglas to allow cruise liners to dock don’t take into account dredging costs. That’s the belief of the Treasurer of the Isle of Man Shipping Association. Russell Kent was speaking following Tynwald’s approval of the 2018 Harbours Strategy. Whilst the Association welcomed the document in recognising the major commercial… Read More
Officials with Port Fourchon are moving along with expanding the port’s ability to service the oil and gas industry. The Greater Lafourche Port Commission is working on a plan to deepen the Belle Pass entrance into Port Fourchon from 26 feet to 50 feet, as well as deepening part of Bayou Lafourche to 50 feet…. Read More
Indications are that the independent engineer for the Vizhinjam port project also may not be totally amenable to the Adani Group’s request for an extension of the deadline for phase I. The independent engineer is expected to submit its final report in a few days. Sources said the body is likely to recommend Adani Group… Read More
US members of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) have increased confidence their key priorities will be addressed after passage of an omnibus spending package to fund the federal government through September 30, 2018. The spending bill, which President Donald Trump signed on Friday, contains funding for a number of AAPA’s top infrastructure and… Read More
The Karachi Port Trust is investigating an incident in which two containerships collided at Karachi’s South Asia Port Terminal (SAPT). According to local media reports, the Hapag Lloyd vessel Tolten collided with the berthed Zodiac Maritime vessel Hamburg Bay. According to the Equasis data base, the Hamburg Bay is managed by Eastern Pacific Shipping U.K…. Read More
Searchers for the remaining nine crew members of a Chinese sand dredger that capsized off the coast of Johor last Wednesday stopped their underwater hunt this past weekend. Instead, the rescuers are focusing their efforts on some 360 nautical miles of sea surface on the Melaka Strait, around the site of the capsized JBB Rong… Read More
The House of Representatives on Thursday boosted the Corps of Engineers’ funding for fiscal year 2018, rejecting the Trump administration’s initial budget move to reduce waterways spending. The 256-167 vote for an omnibus appropriations bill set the Corps’ Civil Works mission at $6.83 billion, up by $789 million from fiscal year 2017 funding. The administration… Read More
Devastating bushfires which cut road and rail routes between Sydney and the Central Coast in 1994 have been held up as a critical reason Ettalong Channel must be dredged. The fires destroyed 225 homes in NSW including 101 in Sydney. At the peak of the fires all but one road and rail route out of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to expedite coastal resilience projects in the Rockaways a year earlier than the initial 2020 timeline after U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) secured $730 million in federal funds with the help of Mayor Bill de Blasio. The funds for the Sandy Supplemental Appropriation of 2013 will help… Read More
Stand out on the shore in downtown Corpus Christi or on the North Beach side of the Harbor Bridge, and you’re likely to see quite a sight. Large tankers or barges, some pushed by one or more tugboats, making their way across Corpus Christi Bay sail into the Port of Corpus Christi. Those vessels will… Read More