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An EU-funded green initiatives project aims to define the port of the future and its challenges. Consulting firm Circle will manage the ‘DocksTheFuture’ project selected by INEA under the EU Horizon 2020 Programme within the ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’ challenge, which includes areas such as aviation, infrastructure, green vehicles and ‘Blue Growth’. The EUR1.2m… Read More
Caterpillar Marine has introduced its Multi-Engine Optimizer (MEO) tool designed to leverage proprietary performance data and patented control algorithms to provide intelligence for power management systems. “MEO is designed to operate in conjunction with any system, new or retrofit,” said Theodore Wiersema, business process manager for Caterpillar Marine. “The PLC-based system contains proprietary performance data… Read More
The owner of an Ardrossan company has developed technology that should speed the removal of toxic tailings ponds polluting defunct mine and industrial sites around the world. Conventional dredging generally relies on people operating vessels that float on the surface and suck or dig up material from the bottom, but Canada Pump and Power’s underwater… Read More
China has launched Asia’s largest dredging vessel described by local media as a “magic island maker,” the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday. The vessel named Tian Kun Hao has begun its water tests at the coastal province of Jiangsu. The ship was reported to have a deck the size of nine basketball courts… Read More
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has said they will be monitoring the possible arrival of a Chinese dredging vessel in the disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) following its launch by the Chinese government. In a press briefing at the AFP Theater at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, shortly after the Department of… Read More
City council is to be asked to consider the wharf at 1 Queen St. as the site of a deepwater dock to accommodate cruise ships. City staff are recommending that Crawford Wharf continue to be used to dock smaller cruise ships and that the city begin discussions with the owner of the 1 Queen St…. Read More
The Gambia Ports Authority has said that the volume of cargo being handled at the country’s seaport has currently experienced an upsurge, which is more than the projected annual average growth. According to Ousman M. Jobarteh, the deputy managing director of The Gambia Ports Authority, this may be attributable to renewed confidence in the market,… Read More
Mud Cat is pleased to introduce the new highly portable and affordable Mud Cat® MC 115D, which boasts unmatched versatility in the mini-dredge product space. The MC 115D maximizes output on its 24 ft. (7.3m) long platform with a 115 HP (85 kW) diesel engine. An optional self-launching hydraulic tilt trailer and built-in pipe rack… Read More
Honda moved 47,700 vehicles across the docks at the Colonel’s Island port terminal in the last fiscal year, nearly tripling the amount of cargo the company shipped through the Port of Brunswick, according to a release from port officials. American Honda Motor Company added 34,700 vehicles to its traffic through the local port in fiscal… Read More
A Chinese-made dredging vessel, the largest of its kind in Asia, started water testing in east China’s Jiangsu Province Friday. The 140-meter-long vessel, with the designed capacity to dredge 6,000 cubic meters per hour, can dig as deep as 35 meters under the sea floor. The vessel named “Tian Kun Hao” was funded and designed… Read More
A key part of the plan to dredge Charleston Harbor to 52 feet received the go-ahead Monday with the announcement of the most expensive contract in the history of the Army Corps of Engineers — a $213 million deal to help make the waterway the deepest on the East Coast and more accessible to supersized… Read More
With five major windfarm projects off the Dutch coast in the pipeline, the Port of Rotterdam is stepping up efforts to attract the sector – including the construction of reclaimed island to house a cluster of offshore service providers. By the end of the year, the five tenants to occupy the 70ha site will be… Read More
A new report by McKinsey and Company has predicted what will influence capacity growth for container shipping vessels as they develop to reach sizes of up to 50,000 TEU by 2067. The London-based global management consultancy’s research has concluded that the maritime supply chain will develop over the next fifty years to give rise to… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to revive a Louisiana flood protection board’s lawsuit seeking to make oil, gas and pipeline companies pay for decades of damage to coastal wetlands. The suit drew fierce opposition from the energy industry and many in state government when it was filed in 2013 by the Southeast Louisiana Flood… Read More
In Singapore, sand is just as precious a resource as oil and water. Securing a steady supply is proving to be trickier these days. By filling the sea along its coasts with imported sand, the tiny island nation has expanded its physical size by about 24 percent since 1960, according to data from the Singapore… Read More