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The Challenge Land loss, sea level rise, subsidence, and storms increasingly threaten the economic sustainability of Gulf coastal areas at a time when populations and infrastructure investments are rising. More than two million people live in Louisiana’s coastal zone, many in communities that face increasing risk of flood from storms or severe rain events. The… Read More
Jaxport told tenants during a quarterly meeting Wednesday that Frederick Wong, Jr., assistant port director at the Port of Miami, has accepted an offer to become chief operating officer at Jaxport. Wong, who was selected from a national search by Korn Ferry, will join the port authority Feb. 5 at the next board meeting. Wong… Read More
City Administrator Russell Rost and City Engineer Jonathan Zimmermann have been tapped to serve on a lower Meramec Basin flood plain management plan committee. Rost said that after the 2017 flood, he attended several meetings in Jefferson City with the Army Corps of Engineers, the State Emergency Management Agency and others regarding mitigation to reduce… Read More
The Port of Virginia’s plan to deepen and widen its channels is moving full speed ahead, with a blessing from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers now hoped for by late June.In anticipation of that and to avoid any ensuing downtime, $20 million has been included in the pending state budget to tee up preliminary… Read More
A scientific committee Thursday presented its “common sense” decision-making framework for managing Spirit Lake and the Toutle River system. “Our job was not to make a decision,” Senior Program Officer Samantha Magsino told the 100 attendees. “Our job was to inform decision-making by those with management authority in the region. It’s up to the people… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has preliminarily approved a project to dredge Virginia’s Norfolk Harbor from 50 feet to 55 feet, but a final decision on whether to fund it will come this summer. As part of the construction, the channel into the port would be widened to 1,300 feet to allow Neopanamax containerships… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) recently released a Final Scoping Report for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, a Coastal Master Plan project that would reconnect the Mississippi River to nearby wetlands to build and maintain land in Louisiana’s Barataria Basin. The report is based on 871 individual comments sent to the Corps to inform… Read More
U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has denied a motion from the non-profit St. Johns Riverkeeper for a preliminary injunction against JaxPort and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, allowing the dredging project to proceed as planned. A federal judge for the Jacksonville Division of the Middle District of Florida has rejected a motion for… Read More
The Port of Savannah broke multiple records in 2017, Griff Lynch, Georgia Ports Authority executive director said on Monday. Lynch said the port handled more than 4 million twenty-foot equivalent container units, called TEUs, in 2017. That volume is an additional 400,000 containers and an 11 percent increase over last year. Lynch reported to GPA… Read More
Cargo moving through the Port of Prince Rupert rose to a record volume of 24.1 million tonnes in 2017, anchored by 26% growth in its intermodal container business and growth of dry bulk cargo volumes. Overall tonnage through the port was up 28% from 2016, and exceeds the previous record high of 23 million tonnes… Read More
The South Carolina Ports Authority is seeking $5m from the South Carolina General Assembly for a future terminal in Jasper County, located in the south of the US state. According to Jim Newsome, president and chief executive of the ports authority, the new terminal (a 1,500-acre port) will be needed once the Port of Charleston… Read More
A number of high value port projects are being considered in the north of Chile. A new power plant, known as Red Dragon (ENGIE), requires a dedicated quay for the discharge of fuel, which requires investment of approximately $1bn. Close to the Port of Antofagasta, another new power plant is also undergoing environmental evaluation and… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles moved more cargo in 2017 than in any time in the Port’s 110-year history, racking up 9,343,192 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), a 5.5 percent increase over 2016’s record-breaking year. It’s the most cargo moved annually by a Western Hemisphere port. “We are powering Los Angeles’ economy to new heights every… Read More
The Port of Oakland reports that 2017 was the busiest year in its 90-year history. The Port said it handled the equivalent of 2.42 million 20-foot containers last year. That broke the previous record of 2.39 million containers set in 2014. The Port said it broke two more records in 2017 with 919,523 loaded import… Read More
Jamaica’s cruise tourism market is expected to match last years unexpected performance – and there is hope that the number of visitors could edge even closer to two million if current growth trajectories are maintained. The news comes at the same time as Jamaica calls a ‘state of emergency’ following a spate of murders this… Read More