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Removing four dams from the Snake River won’t help orcas, salmon, the environment or the economy, the head of the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association says. Kristin Meira, executive director of the association, which includes ports, businesses, public agencies and individuals that depend on the region’s rivers, cited figures from federal agencies to counter environmental groups’… Read More
The renourishment project on Pleasure Island will be getting underway soon. According to a Facebook post by Councilman Steve Shuttleworth, a pre-construction meeting was held Wednesday at the US Army Corps of Engineer’s office for the Coastal Storm Damage Reduction project. Weeks Marine is the contracting company that will perform the work for both Carolina… Read More
The under construction Payra Sea Port in Patuakhali eventually might have to be abandoned as high sedimentation has been turning depth of the Bay of Bengal shallow, warned German scientist Hermann Kudrass. Well known as professor HR Kudrass he has been studying the sedimentation process in the bay and delta subsidence for over last two… Read More
The African Union says the continent’s infrastructure expansion should involve easing transport on inland water bodies. AU Special Envoy for Transport and Infrastructure Raila Odinga on Friday said the East African Community, for instance, should continue investing in Lake Victoria transportation projects to expand trade in the bloc. Mr Odinga, said Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania… Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commissioned the Baro Inland Water Port in Niger State, which is the first inland port in northern Nigeria. LEADERSHIP Sunday reports that the contract for the inland port, valued at N6billion, was originally awarded in 2011/12 but was abandoned until Buhari’s government forged ahead to deliver it. President Buhari, who commissioned… Read More
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush says he will do what he can to make sure sand dredged from the Mansfield Cut can be used to help re-nourish South Padre Island’s beach. In a project costing more than ten million dollars, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is slated to dredge Port Mansfield’s ship channel… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, just announced it is going to use dredged material to improve habitat on the north end of Lake Pepin by building new islands. It’s a partnership involving the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance and the Wisconsin DNR. Lake Pepin is the largest lake on the entire Mississippi… Read More
Goa tourism development corporation (GTDC) will shortly write to the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) asking it to dredge the Santa Monica jetty and hand it over without further delay. GTDC, an official said, had handed over parking space of the jetty to GSIDC on the condition that it will hand it over back… Read More
The DP World facility, situated in British Columbia, Canada, is one of three container terminals at the Port of Vancouver, accounting for 20% of its total freight movement. In order to increase its annual container handling capacity from 900,000 TEU to 1.5 million, a project has been launched to reconfigure and extend the terminal’s surface…. Read More
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has proposed major funding to restore the Chesapeake Bay and protect the surrounding environment, in the fiscal year 2020 budget. The 2020 budget will continue to fully fund transfer tax programs that provide support for state and local land conservation and recreation programs. The budget also includes $117.1 million in Bay… Read More
The Port and Fisheries Department has sought environment clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for dredging commercial navigation channel from mouth bar to North Wharf, near the Old Mangalore Port. In the detailed project report submitted to the MoEF, the department said they need to dredge for a distance 3,800 m at… Read More
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(ED MARONEY PHOTO) ORLEANS – Town officials, a commercial fisherman and the owner of the Goose Hummock Shop traveled to Lakeville Jan. 11 to draw attention to the need for prompt action to dredge Nauset Estuary. A panel of state and federal regulators, some present by phone, listened attentively and asked thoughtful questions but offered… Read More
In this third part of the series on developing ports outside Lagos, Anna Okon examines Rivers port and the challenge of insecurity Rivers port, made up of Port Harcourt Quay, with a length of 1,259 meters, is capable of accommodating eight modern seagoing vessels loading and discharging at the same time. The port is also… Read More