Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company, has provided the detailed design for Shaver Transportation Company’s new, Z-drive tug – Samantha S. The multi-purpose tug was built at Diversified Marine Inc., in Portland, Ore., and is operating along the West Coast. The tug is ABS-classed and carries a FFV1 firefighting… Read More
London-based chemicals company Ineos has chosen Port of Antwerp in Belgium as the location for location for a previously announced EUR3bn ($3.4bn) investment in two new petrochemical plants. The company revealed plans last year to develop a propane dehydrogenation unit and an ethane cracker in Northwest Europe. The new petrochemical complex will be co-located with… Read More
Harbor deepening market is growing at a balanced pace in the wake of national governments engaged in strengthening the seaborne trade worldwide to increase economic output. With the introduction of larger shipping vessels to achieve economical logistics operations, a number of projects are underway to increases the depth of existing harbors and to accommodate these… Read More
The Ilwaco Channel will benefit from more than $1 million in federal funding for dredging and pile dike improvements over the coming year. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released its 2019 appropriations plan, including $1.239 million in funding for Ilwaco Channel maintenance dredging and completion of an engineering report on the Ilwaco Channel… Read More
Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, and Minister of National Revenue and Member of Parliament for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, met with Ghyslain Cyr, President of the Administration portuaire du havre de pêche de L’Étang-du-Nord, in L’Étang-du-Nord, Îles-de-la-Madeleine to discuss recent repairs that have… Read More
The Harbor Deepening Market report also takes into account the key factors responsible for driving the growth of the Harbor Deepening Industry, along with the key hindrances and challenges. Furthermore, the Harbor Deepening Market report analyzes the industry from a 360-degree perspective, I.e. from the supply side and demand side, which enables the users to… Read More
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Designed by Conoship International and built by Barkmeijer shipyard for Van der Kamp, Ecodelta features an LNG tank of approximately 300 cbm that can store an energy which can be used in a period of two weeks. Source: Bunkerspot
Okaloosa County can end the East Pass dredge sandstorm by choosing to direct dredge sand nearby, east and west, with near zero local funds. East Pass dredge history Since 2006 Okaloosa Island has received no East Pass sand absent legal challenge. In 2010 John Donovan and David and Rebecca Sherry successfully worked with the Army… Read More
Governors from 14 counties under the Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) have vowed to collaborate with the national government to improve key shared infrastructure for the benefit of 15 million residents. At the end of a two-day summit in Kisii, LREB chiefs said they will focus on road network and maritime transport through Lake Victoria… Read More
The Government of Denmark and the local Hvidovre Municipality have revealed a plan to expand the City of Copenhagen by creating nine islands off its southern coast writes Dag Pike. The city has already expanded its land area by creating new islands to the north and according to the Interior Minister, Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille, these… Read More
The Colombo Port City when completed would see investments of US$ 15 billion. The land filling stage of the project has now been completed. Once completed the city can accommodate a population of over 250,000, an official of the Megapolis and Western Province Development Ministry said. Port City would also have several specialised areas including… Read More
Dozens of jobs will be created as a result of a £17million investment into a major redevelopment of a Caithness harbour. It is hoped the multi-million pound transformation work at the St Ola Pier by the Scrabster Harbour Trust will create 50 new jobs on top of the 400 the busy port already supports –… Read More
He is seeking clarification on costing from the Environment Agency for a £3.6 million package of works to include dredging the outlet channel of the lake, building defence walls at Newby Bridge and improving the overspill mechanism at Backbarrow. This package of works would, unfortunately, be ineffective. The Environment Agency’s reports show that the peak… Read More
While many eyes are on trade talks between our country and China, America’s port leaders are positioning their seaports to compete for increasing volumes of container traffic. After container shipments surged in November — primarily from pre-tariff contracts — they plunged by year end, an impact of U.S. and China trade war. Outbound container volume… Read More