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Just five port-related grants totalling US$72.7m have been awarded in Round 9 of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) programme. 41 projects were awarded grants in total, but the five port-related grants, of which only two went to marine port authorities from 40 port authority applications submitted, represented only 14.54%… Read More
A long-standing dispute over flood control versus wildlife protection along the Missouri River hit a milestone with a court ruling that says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers caused flood losses for property owners. In a ruling unsealed Tuesday, a Federal Claims Court judge agreed with plaintiffs who sued the federal government, claiming that the… Read More
Sea walls are designed to protect people, property and infrastructure from large waves that can occur when a severe storm happens at the same time as a high tide. When planning sea defences, a lot of data must be gathered in order to understand the potential hazards that might occur from the overtopping of these… Read More
Kongsberg Maritime is launching the sophisticated new ‘GeoPulse Compact’ Sub-Bottom Profiler system at Oceanology International 2018. Designed to deliver highly accurate data while using only 11% of the power requirements of previous generation systems, GeoPulse Compact will be available in two versions; a compact Over the Side (OTS) mounted version and a towed version. GeoPulse… Read More
Kraken Robotics Inc. (TSX-V: PNG) (OTCQB: KRKNF), is pleased to announce that its German subsidiary, Kraken Robotik GmbH has successfully concluded sea trials with its innovative SeaVision® 3D underwater laser imaging system. SeaVision® is the world’s first ultra-high resolution RGB underwater laser imaging system that that delivers full colour 3D point cloud images of subsea… Read More
After a large silt release turned the Shoshone River gray below the Willwood Dam and prompted a public outcry in 2016, federal, state and local officials formed a trio of working groups to study the problem. The announcement might have inspired hope that a combination of technology and attention would eventually solve the decades-old issue… Read More
ANOTHER ambitious plan that would have a significant impact on the future of the Mississippi River near Quincy could be on the horizon. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced last week that major restoration work to address shallow water depths caused by years of sediment accumulation in Quincy Bay is one of 10 river… Read More
Soaring Permian oil production, increased pipeline takeaway capacity, and a port expansion to accommodate larger vessels position the Texas port of Corpus Christi to become the U.S. oil export hub that could see the most volume growth through 2023, analysts at Wood Mackenzie say. According to John Coleman, Wood Mackenzie’s Senior Analyst North American Crude… Read More
There are dangerous toxic industrial by-products lying at the bottom of Sydney Harbour that could be disturbed if a plan to build another underwater tunnel is approved. A report marked ‘Cabinet in confidence’ and seen by the ABC and Fairfax Media showed that the preferred option for Sydney’s planned Western Harbour tollway would be to… Read More
Virginia state lawmakers ended their legislative session on March 10 without an agreement on a two-year budget, delaying a decision on funding work to dredge at the Port of Virginia for at least a few weeks. The House of Delegates budget appropriated $350 million to cover the state’s portion of the $670 million total to… Read More
Rising sea levels are no longer an apocalyptic science-fiction trope; they’re a daily fact of life. In the South Pacific, five of the Solomon Islands have been swallowed by the sea in the last couple years. Flooding of the Jersey Shore is now at least ten times as common as it was in the 1950s…. Read More
The state capital appropriations bill that passed last week in the Ohio House of Representatives will include funding for programs designed to help clean Lake Erie, State Senator Randy Gardner and Representative Steve Arndt said. House Bill 529 passed Wednesday in the House by a vote of 92-3 and now goes before the Senate Finance… Read More
Seychelles wants to preserve its waters, essential according to the government to the economic development of the country. The government will establish a large marine protected area within the archipelago in the Indian Ocean which is 210,000 km², nearly 15% of Seychelles’ exclusive economic zone. The reserve is part of the blue economy concept, in… Read More
DETERMINED to leave backlash from past channel widening works in the past, Gladstone Ports Corporation has started early discussions for a project more than five years away. The company has taken a collaborative approach as it prepares to lodge an Environmental Impact Statement this year for the proposed duplication of Gatcombe and Golding Cutting Channels…. Read More
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has commenced arrangements to facilitate the dredging of Calabar Port, in Cross River State. The Calabar Port is one of the ports that had suffered so much in the past due to shallow waters, and controversies surrounding the dredging of the channel, but the Managing Director, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman,… Read More