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If all goes to plan, the city’s derelict and inaccessible port lands will soon be a tourist hub. After being appointed as the special planning authority (SPA) for beautifying 966.30 hectares along the city’s 28-km eastern waterfront in May, the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has recently released a blueprint — called the draft planning proposal…. Read More
MAPUSA: Huge amount of garbage, waste, sewage and plastic is being dumped into the Mapusa River daily, but the authorities concerned seem to be turning a blind eye to this menace. Several passersby moving along the Mapusa Tar Bridge, fling in a bag full of waste into this river. Since this is a disputed jurisdiction… Read More
The main obstacles met in the case now appear to have been lifted, although discussions are still ongoing with port authorities regarding the redevelopment of land in concession. The investment’s spearhead on Escaut’s right bank is the building of a “cracker”: 1.7 billion for a plant that converts ethane into ethylene gas, one of the… Read More
The harbor services industry is starting off the new year with a gift from Congress. Not long before adjourning for the holidays, lawmakers approved legislation that would resolve a problem that was infuriating tug operators who provide services to the big ocean carriers. As a result of massive consolidations in the blue water industry that… Read More
Netherlands based shipbuilder Royal IHC has launched the world’s largest self propelled cutter suction dredger from its yard in Krimpen aan den IJssel. The 165m long Spartacus is the first cutter suction dredger to be powered by LNG. Its four Wartsila main engines can also run on MDO and HFO. The two Wartsila auxiliary engines… Read More
Dredging and preparations for a new building at the Town Beach and capital projects for the school department led the way for improvements in town this past year. The town’s voters rejected a plan for a new town hall at the site of the present Town Hall Annex. The long-awaited dredging of the waters off… Read More
A proposed natural gas pipeline and processing facility is at the center of a series of hearings in Southern Oregon starting Monday, Jan. 7. The Canadian company Pembina has applied for what’s called a removal-fill permit for the Jordan Cove Energy Project. The permit allows the company to dredge waterways and wetlands. The controversial project… Read More
Expansions to their range include safety markers, wave breakers, debris barriers and pipe floaters. All these products are made of LDPE or HDPE, providing both versatility and robustness in service. The pipe floaters have been used for dredging operations, including sand extraction, and are available at specifications between 600ltr/63kg and 1000ltr/86kg. Pipe diameters can range… Read More
A 300-ton travel lift is waiting to be put in place at the Mediterranean Maritime Hub while a 700-ton one is also due to be installed in the coming weeks. The lifts, which will run on tracks installed in the dock, will enable the hub at the old Marsa Shipbuilding site to be used to… Read More
Crowley Maritime Corp has completed its US$550M investment in environmentally sustainable shipping and associated port upgrades by taking delivery in late 2018 of Taíno, the second of the world’s first two LNG-powered combination container/roro ships, from shipbuilder VT Halter Marine. The Commitment-class vessel will make its maiden voyage on 8 January, joining sister ship El… Read More
The Chairman, Genesis Worldwide Shipping Ltd., Capt. Emmanuel Ihenacho, says there is need to redesign the Apapa Port Area of Lagos State by creating truck holding bays. Ihenacho, a former Minister of Interior, urged the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), to ensure the creation of the holding bays in order to reduce the… Read More
The city of Mentor continues its search for ways to save on saving its lakefront property. City Council this week will consider legislation to pursue a Coastal Management Assistance Grant application to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to aid in developing a plan to preserve shoreline and restore beach habitat at Mentor Lagoons Nature… Read More
A joint delegation of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and the Tripura government will be visiting Bangladesh this month to study the possibility of building a new waterway connecting the two countries, an official said Wednesday. A three-member technical team, comprising two IWAI members and an engineer from the state water resource department, will… Read More
Construction of the nearly 18-km sunken-tube road and rail tunnel link between north Germany and Denmark is now set to start following project approval late December by the German Ministry of Transport of Schleswig-Holstein state. Copenhagen-based project sponsor Femern A/S will take 14 days to review the construction requirements set out in the 1,000-page German… Read More
During a conversation last week with Chris Koehler of Koehler Engineering, Ste. Genevieve County Presiding Commissioner Garry Nelson returned to a topic he had opined on more than once in previous months: the potential of the former Marina de Gabouri. Nelson asked Koehler for a ballpark estimate of how much it might cost to dredge… Read More