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The US Army Corps of Engineers has eight survey vessels underway in an effort to lift daylight-only restrictions in the Houston Ship Channel and allow vessels with a greater draft, like Aframax and Suezmax tankers, to navigate the waterway, an agency said Friday. At present, the channel is allowing vessels that require water depths of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Port Corpus Christi are one step closer to starting a project to deepen the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. The Port of Corpus Christi Authority Commission approved the terms of a project partnership agreement on Friday morning allowing the 27-year-old project to finally move forward. Under its terms, the… Read More
Oceanscan, an established provider of sales and rentals of subsea, survey, NDT, inspection and ROV equipment, has announced the extension of its service offering with a significant investment in a range of new products from leading manufacturer, Valeport. Oceanscan’s acquisition of a number of Valeport’s specialist instruments will also replace legacy systems and demonstrates Oceanscan’s… Read More
For over 15 years, Measutronics has been a trusted Trimble Marine Dealer, and now Trimble announces that Measutronics is now a Trimble Advanced Marine Partner. This new status is representative of the capability and support that Measutronics offers to Trimble customers. As a Trimble Advanced Marine Partner, Measutronics can integrate third-party hardware with Trimble Marine… Read More
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump landed in Corpus Christi today to check in on Harvey relief efforts. Strong winds of over 100 mph were recorded just northeast of Corpus Christi. Although flooding wasn’t as deep as other affected areas, the Port of Corpus Christi is currently shut down. It’s the sixth largest… Read More
Lyttelton business owners who met with Lyttelton Port Company last week to hear about cruise ship progress were enthusiastic about the benefits. SuperValue owner Rob De Thier, who has been in Lyttelton three years, said business owners were enthusiastic about how vibrant it would become. He said the LytteltonHarbour Business Association would like to learn… Read More
Construction is set to begin on a new city in Lagos known as the Imperial International Business City, a joint venture development between Channeldrill Resources Limited and the Elegushi royal family. The city, according to its promoters, was conceived after the Lagos State Government gave approval for the expansion of Ikate Kingdom by 200 hectares… Read More
Port gateways in the US and Canada increased their container volumes from 3.2m to 45.6m teu between 1974 and 2016, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) said. According to the professional services company, the 14 North American port gateways studied in its Ports Airports and Global Infrastructure (PAGI) 2017 Seaport report commanded an average annual growth rate… Read More
The navigation potential of the Brahmaputra is immense but in desperate need of an overhaul. Cargo vessels are rarely seen and passengers are transported in rickety wooden boats. But developing the Brahmaputra into an international waterway, as envisaged in the National Waterways Act, could give the state of Assam and the rest of India’s Northeast… Read More
The Port of Tauranga is confirmed as New Zealand’s largest, fastest growing, and most productive port in the annual result presented to the New Zealand Stock Exchange on Friday. Container volumes increased by 13.8 per cent during the year to a record of nearly 1 million 20ft equivalent units. The largest cargo ships in the… Read More
Ellicott Dredge Technologies (EDT) is pleased to announce the successful launch of a Mud Cat MFD at Griffin & Howe’s Echo Lake in the Catskills region of New York. The dredge will clean and maintain several private lakes on various Griffin & Howe properties and eventually move on to local environmental projects in the Northeast…. Read More
Hurricane Harvey bombarded a stretch of the Gulf Coast in Texas on Saturday with home-ripping winds and epic rains. As emergency officials scrambled to assess the extent of the damage, hundreds of thousands of people were without power after utility poles were knocked to the ground as if they were twigs. The storm made landfall… Read More
The Port of Galveston has been closed to all marine traffic until further notice due to conditions from Harvey. The port is expected to remain closed until weather permits access and a port assessment has been completed. This is expected to happen no sooner than Tuesday, and possibly later. Both Carnival Freedom and Carnival Valor… Read More
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and U.S. Rep. Bob Brady announced on Friday that funding is complete for the Delaware River Deepening Project — a project 25 years in the making. The Army Corps of Engineers will provide $29.25 million in its Fiscal Year 2017 Work Plan for the project. Back in 1992, Congress first authorized… Read More
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has terminated the Joint Venture Agreement between the authority and a consortium led by Niger Global Engineering and Technical Company Limited (NGETCL) for not complying with the Public Procurement Act. The NPA stated this in a letter dated August 22, 2017, addressed to the Managing Director of NGETCL handling the… Read More