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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is starting to recognize the wisdom of a practice the Port of Cleveland has employed for the past three years: repurposing sediment from its harbor. The Corps dredges 1.5 million tons of sand and soil each year from the bottom of eight harbors and shipping channels along the southern… Read More
Superstorm Sandy tore through the New York region five years ago. It was a storm unlike any other we had seen before. Life was never the same for many tristate residents after October 29, 2012. The monster storm caused unprecedented storm surge and record flooding. Dozens of people died. Thousands lost their homes. Countless prized… Read More
DHI Australia is excited to announce that a new web based solution is operational at Queensland’s premier multi cargo port, the Port of Brisbane. The Nonlinear Channel Optimisation Simulator system, known as NCOS Online, is an advanced operational forecast service allowing for bigger and deeper draft vessels than ever before to service the Port, without… Read More
August’s Drewry global container port throughput index reached an all-time high of 126.8 points. The August figure, the highest since inception of the index in January 2012, was nearly 7 points up on August 2016 (120.0 points) and more than 11 points up on the August 2015 level of around 116 points. The global index… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a draft feasibility report for addressing coastal storm and flood risk to vulnerable property, populations, ecosystems, and infrastructure. The drafts proposes $1.8 billion in improvements that include a combination of structural, nonstructural, and Natural and Nature-based features (NNBFs) to reduce flood risk across large segments of the city…. Read More
The Port of New Bedford has applied to the US Department of Transportation for a $15m grant to expand facilities for a variety of industries, including offshore wind. The money is being sought from the DoT’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (Tiger) program. The port would use the funds to build 244 metres of additional… Read More
DP World has unveiled plans to develop Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah port in support of the Saudi Vision 2030 and a new $500 billion mega-project to create the NEOM economic zone. Speaking at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh on a panel discussion, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO of terminal operator DP… Read More
A federal study recommends more than $1.8 billion in upgrades to protect Norfolk from flooding, including new floodwalls, storm-surge barriers, living shorelines and reefs. But there’s no money to fund any of it yet, and the final plan won’t be sent to Congress for consideration until 2019. The proposals come in a draft feasibility report… Read More
The port of Summerside has its new CEO. Arnold Croken accepted the full-time, paid position as the CEO for Summerside Port Inc. after spending seven years as president — a volunteer position with the port. As the new CEO, he said the plan is to expand the port’s ability to house and transport goods and… Read More
In a major boost to coastal shipping, the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has received Rs 25 crore from the government for development of coastal berth and another Rs 50 crore to the Karwar port in Karnataka under the Coastal Berth Scheme of its flagship Sagarmala project. The Coastal Berth Scheme aims to provide financial… Read More
The Port of Everett plans to spend $36 million rebuilding the south terminal wharf to accommodate bigger ships with larger, heavier cargo. It’s one of the biggest projects ever for the port and will enable it to handle shipments for Boeing’s 777X program. Right now, the port is only able to accommodate ships 650-feet in… Read More
THE Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has issued new guidelines for dredging, under water pipeline laying and drilling within the ports’ jurisdiction. In a document exclusively obtained by Vanguard, processing fee for dredging and drilling permit was jerked up by 200 percent to N300,000 from N100,000 while another 200 percent jerk up was effected on annual… Read More
Major dredging works needed to be carried out at Kadamaian River in order to address the rampant flooding caused by the river in the surrounding area. Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) natural disaster research centre director, Professor Dr. Felix Tongkul, said that presently the government is already doing some river dredging at the Kadamaian River but… Read More
Miami is out of sand. Last year, Miami-Dade County depleted its offshore sand reserves, meaning miles of beaches that shrink from erosion must be replenished with sand from outside South Florida. Rebuilding Miami’s beaches after Hurricane Irma will cost millions of dollars, and sand will have to be brought in by hundreds of trucks from… Read More
On assumption as the managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman, rolled out some key mandates. Part of it, was a rekindled effort to addressing the shortcomings of the Calabar Port. Usman promised to dredge Calabar port, deepen its draught and enable bigger vessels with large volume of business to access the… Read More