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A raft of changes to federal disaster policy, including a number directly affecting those hit by the 2016 Louisiana floods, are now sitting before the U.S. Senate for the second time in the past six months after clearing the House of Representatives. The changes include a slew of tweaks Louisiana’s congressional delegation — as well… Read More
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate allegations of infractions in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) award of contract for the dredging of Warri Seaport and Escravos Channel. This followed a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Nicholas Ossai (Delta-PDP) at the plenary on Thursday. Earlier while moving the motion, Ossai noted that… Read More
The Ukrainian Sea Port Authority has announced an open tender to select a contractor to conduct dredging works in the internal water area of Odesa Maritime Merchandise Port, the authority has said in a report. It is planned that dredging will be conducted in 2018-2019. Over 91,000 cubic meters of soil is to be removed…. Read More
Repairs to Buffalo Bayou and dredging of the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Harbor and Channel are among a handful of projects that would receive federal funding under a package announced Tuesday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps said in a news release that it was allocating about $360 million to address… Read More
To reduce the human health risk from high levels of mercury, PCBs and chromium in the Meadowlands, the federal government announced Monday a $332 million plan to dredge about 100 acres of waterways and marshland in Berry’s Creek, a key tributary of the Hackensack River that encircles MetLife Stadium. Mercury levels in Berry’s Creek, which… Read More
A once familiar slice of Hawke’s Bay maritime history is back in its home waters after more than 40 years docked in Wellington — well, not quite in the waters of the Bay but not far from it. It is a shining and working 1.5m model of the dredge Whakarire which served the old Napier… Read More
A proposal to establish a water access authority on the Eastern Shore of Virginia was presented to the Accomack County Board of Supervisors. The board was not asked to take action yet on establishing an authority, which is made possible through legislation passed by the General Assembly in 2014. “It was a long time coming…. Read More
The government will ensure a depth of five metres at the harbour channel at Muthalapozhi by removing the rocks deposited on the channel bed, Fisheries Minister J Mercykutty Amma said on Monday. She was inaugurating the dredging entrusted with the Adani Group on the harbour premises. The faulty design of the breakwater and the failure… Read More
Black Sea economies may have turned the corner: last year the area’s overall container throughput jumped by 10% to just under 2.5m teu. However, there are some intriguing stories behind the figures. Ukraine seems to be advertising that it’s a reformed character: it has overhauled its legal model, says Alistair Mackie of HFW, and now… Read More
The board of trustees of Mumbai Port Trust on Friday (27 April) scrapped a three-year contract signed with the Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI) last September for maintaining the port’s channel and adjacent areas. The board of trustees also decided to debar DCI from participating in a fresh tender issued by the Mumbai Port… Read More
On Monday, April 30, 2018 the Port of Corpus Christi will host a hearing of the Texas House Select Committee on Ports, Infrastructure and Innovation. Texas ports connect to global markets across a vast array of industries. The advent of “megaships,” expansion of the Panama Canal, and Mexico’s project to reform its energy sector are… Read More
Mounting appreciation of the benefits of using polymers in the treatment of sediments in dredging projects could potentially see the process gain a greater foothold in dewatering-intensive port development works around the world. In an article recently published in Terra et Aqua, authors Alexis Boisson and Francois Couturier of France-based polyacrylamide manufacturer SNF highlighted successful… Read More
President Donald Trump’s unexpected embrace of a half-billion dollar Soo Locks modernization project has given new momentum to a three-decade effort to update the aging freight passage infrastructure in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Speaking to a capacity crowd Saturday night during a campaign-style rally Total Sports Park in Washington Township, the first-term Republican promised to “fix”… Read More
A proposed £700,000 deal to secure the future for Perth Harbour has been described as a “game changer” by the leader of the council. Council chiefs agreed to move ahead with an offer from CalMac Ferries as the preferred bidder to take over the running of the Shore Road harbour operation. Councillors who attended a… Read More
APM Terminals Elizabeth in New Jersey, USA, took delivery of 4 STS cranes of the newest generation designed for operations on today’s largest container vessels, the port operator informs. The cranes reach 23 containers across the vessel beam and constitute part of the facility’s USD 200 mln infrastructure investment plan scheduled for completion this year…. Read More