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Coming soon to a B.C. port near you: more container cargo in bigger ships. That’s the upbeat script the province’s ports and container terminals are following for their infrastructure expansion plans. But have they got their investment priorities right? The biggest roll of the dice on that front is also the biggest source of controversy… Read More
Japan’s government has made a $1.04bn (Rp 14.2tr) loan agreement to fund the Patimban deep seaport venture in Subang in Indonesia. Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Indonesia Office senior representative Tomoyuki Kawabata confirmed the total investment in the project as $1.3bn (Rp 17.2 tr) and that that land acquisition and taxes were not included in… Read More
Port of New Orleans President and CEO Brandy D. Christian highlighted gains in cargo and cruise volumes in 2017 and positioned the Port as an international gateway, offering superior logistics solutions with seamless operations between river, rail and road and serving as an economic catalyst for the region and state. The announcement was made at… Read More
The Port of Hamburg has labeled the inability of mega-ships to call and leave fully loaded because of draught restrictions on the Elbe River a “blockade” by environmentalists holding up the deepening work that was hurting the port and damaging the economy. Joint Port of Hamburg Marketing CEO Ingo Egloff said the objections from environmental… Read More
Assam is preparing to position itself as a gateway to South-east Asia and Asean nations, the State’s Industry Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary has said. With South-east Asia becoming a major trade (export) destination for Indian companies, Assam has the potential to emerge as India’s corridor to the region. “Companies can leverage Assam as a hub… Read More
Teledyne Oceanscience announces the release of a new LiDAR sensor option for their Z-Boat 1800RP unmanned surface vehicle (USV) product line. LiDAR is a surveying method that measures distance to a target by illuminating that target with a pulsed laser light, and measuring the reflected pulses with a sensor. Differences in laser return times and… Read More
Asian shippers are siding with the Notorious B.I.G.’s declaration of regional loyalty from the 1997 hit “Goin’ Back to Cali”: “If I got to choose a coast, I got to choose the East.” The expansion of the Panama Canal that doubled its capacity has started shifting freight to east coast ports, which have invested billions… Read More
An environmental group said Tuesday it plans to sue a South Carolina utility that insists there is no way to remove coal tar that has settled at the bottom of a river. The tar sits on about a dozen acres of the Congaree River in downtown Columbia, the byproduct of a plant that burned coal… Read More
More than three years after consultants identified options for dealing with up to 400,000 cubic metres of mercury-contaminated sediment—the product of decades of industrial activity in Thunder Bay’s north harbour—the toxic material remains at the bottom. The preferred solution in the report was to dredge the sediment and transfer it to the Mission Bay Confined… Read More
After widespread devastation from Hurricane Matthew, North Carolina is using experts to study the Cashie, Lumber, Neuse and Tar rivers to help prevent future flooding, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. “Communities throughout Eastern North Carolina are rebuilding from Hurricane Matthew, and we want to learn all we can from these floods so we can better… Read More
Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday released a proposed $87.4 billion budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year. Lawmakers will negotiate a spending plan during the legislative session that starts in January. Scott’s proposal, “Securing Florida’s Future,” includes $53 million to help combat the opioid epidemic, $50 million for the Florida Forever Conservation program and $30 million… Read More
Bothered by the persistent flooding of parts of Benue State, Governor Samuel Ortom has appealed to the Senate to prevail on the Federal Government to hasten the dredging of River Benue to check recurrence of flood disaster in the state. Gov Samuel Ortom Governor Ortom, who made the call in Makurdi yesterday, while receiving the… Read More
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced yesterday that it had released nearly P79 million to benefit its Climate Change and Adaptation and Mitigation (CCAM) projects in Region 1. DSWD Regional Director Marcelo Nicomedes J. Castillo said various CCAM projects are now set to be implemented in 38 Local Government Units (LGUs) in… Read More
A new study shows just how important it is for the Calcasieu Ship Channel to be dredged to its congressionally authorized depth and width. Officials with the Baton Rouge-based firm CSRS said the ship channel could bring 10,000 new employees to the Lake Area by 2023, along with another $4.9 billion in annual local revenue… Read More
Shipping lines have expressed their apprehensions over calling at Mumbai port following reduced draught levels making their position vulnerable while berthing. In a letter addressed to chairman of Mumbai Port, Mumbai and Nhava Sheva Ship Agents Association has pointed out the decline in draught levels would lead to bunching of deep draught vessels increasing their… Read More