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The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, today highlighted the U.S. dredging industry’s commitment to build and maintain safe, efficient and cost-effective navigation channels in nation’s inland waterways and ports. The recent deliveries of four state-of-the-art vessels, constructed by nearly 700 American workers in U.S. shipyards, are a reflection of… Read More
Dredging is an important industry with its uses in many spheres. As the population of the world keeps on increasing, particularly in the coastal areas, more amount of coastal land needs to be reclaimed and protected from erosion and floods, giving rise to the need of dredging in the coastal areas. Also, due to the… Read More
The Mat-Su Borough is calling foul over what could be an embarrassing foul-up in the analysis of port sites for the large natural gas liquefaction plant built for the Alaska LNG Project, which is now being led by the state of Alaska. Essentially, the Alaska LNG team did its analysis of a Mat-Su site for… Read More
India has extended fresh financial assistance of $45.27 million for upgrading Kankesanthurai (KKS) Harbour in northern Sri Lanka into a commercial port and strengthening the country‘s efforts to become a regional maritime hub. Sri Lanka‘s Ministry of Finance signed an agreement in this regard on January 10. “An agreement for Indian financial assistance for $45.27… Read More
As we begin a New Year, may I take this opportunity to wish the citizenry God’s richest blessings. I trust that as Saint Lucia begins a new dispensation there will be respect for our Constitution, our patrimony, our heritage, our conventions and the rule of law. And that our country will be developed equitably so… Read More
The South Carolina Ports Authority wants $5 million for a new terminal along the Savannah River. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that ports CEO Jim Newsome says the Jasper County facility will be needed when the main terminal in Charleston reaches capacity. The Jasper County port is a joint venture with the Georgia… Read More
Most of Nigeria’s economic woes are self-inflicted. Rather than adopt the rational option of a private capital-led business model that is proving successful around the world, the government is entrenched in different economic sectors, most of which are poorly managed. The stunted operations of the Nigerian Ports Authority epitomise this abnormality. This operating template has… Read More
The Hudson River cleanup appears to be stuck at a crossroads. In a much-anticipated response to General Electric’s request for a certificate of completion for its cleanup of PCBs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a Jan. 2 letter it is delaying judgment until it finalizes the 5-year review of the river’s recovery. The… Read More
You dredge, deepen and extend the New Haven harbor channel to bring in bigger ships leading to more efficient business. Then you take the sand, silt, and other stuff you’ve hauled out of the depths and use it to shore up washing away beaches, to create new shellfish habitats and salt marshes. Who knows? Maybe… Read More
Port of Corpus Christi officials last year celebrated the signing of a Project Partnership Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that allowed work on expanding the Corpus Christi Ship Channel to finally move forward. The idea was to provide more than $30 million in advance funding for the first of six phases to… Read More
PLANS to resume live export from the Karumba Port this month have been scuttled, with proponents unable to gain the permits required to send ships out through the channel. South East Asian Livestock Services had hoped to send two shipments from the port in January on the highest tides of the month. Each vessel would… Read More
The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), for the development of the Gelegele Seaport and other transport infrastructure in the state. The landmark event held in China will see China Harbour Engineering Company, the biggest infrastructure company in China, with… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has informed General Electric that its decision about whether to formally determine that the Upper Hudson River PCB cleanup is complete is delayed. Meantime, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sent a letter to the EPA, saying additional cleanup would accelerate recovery of the river and its resources. EPA received… Read More
The ports arm of the Indian Essar group claimed on Monday that it will invest 500 million US dollars over the next 30 months to expand capacities at two existing Indian projects, at Hazzira and Salaya, and to build a new coal terminal in Mozambique. The new terminal will be in the central Mozambican port… Read More
YCWA issued the following statement regarding the release of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ draft report on the Yuba River Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study, which can be read at http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Portals/12/documents… “YCWA helped fund and provide technical support for the development of this draft report, with the goal of identifying significant steps to improve fish… Read More