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A proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to expand the boundaries of protected land in Cape May County’s Hereford Inlet could complicate future beach replenishment projects in Avalon, North Wildwood and Stone Harbor. The proposal would ban the use of nonemergency federal dollars for dredging in Hereford Inlet, which is where the U.S…. Read More
U.K. based Marine Software Ltd have recently supplied Cemex UK Marine with the MPM – Marine Planned Maintenance for Windows software for their new build vessel CEMEX Go Innovation. The contract for this Damen Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD) 3500 vessel, the first in the next generation of environmentally designed dredgers, was signed by Cemex in… Read More
U.S. ports, which handle hundreds of billions of dollars in merchandise each year, will be the first to feel the pain if the Trump administration’s trade war begins to slow the global economy. So, as the White House threatens to impose higher duties on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, port managers are bracing for… Read More
Rotterdam based company has been contracted to plan for building of 11 ports in the country. Maritime and Transport Business Solutions (MTBS) is offering consultancy services for developing a master plan for the ports. The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) announced on its website that MTBS will carry out the project together with Nairobi based Runji… Read More
Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA) is reporting significant progress on issues critical to the future of Great Lakes shipping in its 2018 State of the Lakes Report released today. LCA has represented U.S.-flag vessel operators on the Great Lakes since 1880. The cover of the report features a 1,000-foot-long U.S.-flag laker transiting the Poe Lock at… Read More
One of the most dangerous confrontations between the United States and China is heating up. Warships are being deployed, bombers are taking wing and threats are being exchanged — all of it sparked by China’s growing mastery of the use of the world’s most overlooked natural resource: sand. The point of contention is a set… Read More
Two West Maui shoreline protection groups have filed a lawsuit to halt an effort by the Hololani condominium association to drive vertical sheets into the ground as early as Aug. 1 in a shoreline protection project in Kahana. Plaintiffs Na Papa’i Wawae ‘Ula’ula and the nonprofit West Maui Preservation Association, who also have included the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will receive an additional $25 million this year to dredge portions of the Intracoastal Waterway. The NMMA said in its Currents newsletter that it worked with the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association to procure the funds. “The additional appropriations were earmarked for restorations to sections of the ICW damaged by… Read More
Rotterdam based Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors has ordered two trailing suction hopper dredgers, both of 10,500m3 capacity. In keeping with Van Oord’s commitment to sustainability, the vessels will both be fitted with an LNG installation. The new hoppers will replace existing vessels as the company seeks to make its fleet more economical and… Read More
Informa Economics IEG recently performed a study on behalf of the Soy Transportation Coalition (STC) that examined the benefits of dredging the Lower Mississippi River and its impact on farmers, especially soybean farmers. The report, which was made public July 10, outlined how real and potential threats confront U.S. agriculture, in general, and the soybean… Read More
Innovative vessel for CEMEX UK is first of next generation of marine aggregate dredgers Damen has begun work on the construction of the innovative dredging system for the first Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD). This vessel, which is being built at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania, is designed to extract sand and gravel from the sea… Read More
Damen Shipyards Group has begun construction of the first Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD), which is designed to extract sand and gravel from the seabed at depths to 55 m, including in the challenging conditions of the North Sea. The vessel, which is being built at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania, is for Cemex UK Marine… Read More
As real and potential threats confront U.S. agriculture in general and the soybean industry in particular, identifying opportunities to enhance farmer profitability is essential. To cost-effectively and reliably access domestic and international markets, U.S. soybean farmers rely on a multi-modal transportation system comprised of rural roads and bridges, highways and interstates, freight railroads, inland waterways… Read More
Sediment is piling up on the bottoms of rivers and harbors, putting cities and towns on Cape Ann and elsewhere into a multimillion-dollar bind. State and federal funding for local dredging has dried up in recent decades, forcing local officials to dig into reserves or borrow money to remove silt in order to make their… Read More
Research released by the Soy Transportation Coalition shows that if the lower Mississippi River were dredged from 45 feet to 50 feet in depth, farmer profitability would be enhanced. STC Executive Director Mike Steenhoek says the dredging allows for larger ships and more soybeans to be exported because the transportation system is more efficient. He… Read More