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Archer Daniels Midland’s highest priority in any infrastructure package that Congress and the Trump administration develops would be modernization of the Mississippi River locks and dams that feed ADM’s state-of-the-art facility here, executives said after a tour. “This is the end of the pipe, but you have to have work done at the beginning of… Read More
Tradepoint Atlantic and the Baltimore County government hope to land a $25 million grant that would help pay to upgrade the port at the industrial campus in Sparrows Point. The money could come from a federal program that funds transportation projects that can spur economic development. Tradepoint Atlantic, the company that’s redeveloping the former Sparrows… Read More
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said Thursday that Washington needs to “step up” with more money to deepen the shipping channel to the Port of Savannah, where larger ships arriving through an expanded Panama Canal have pushed cargo volumes to record highs. The Army Corps of Engineers began dredging 39 miles of the Savannah River between… Read More
A huge hydraulic excavator is grabbing a coat of grey muck and loading it on barges, which transfer the waste to the dump site – Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Yuzhny is in the midst of the major dredging operation. The Beijing-based China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) is carrying out the dredging, helping Ukraine to… Read More
A handover ceremony for the port of Bossaso was held in the commercial city of Somalia’s northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland on Thursday, Garowe Online reports. Reports reaching GO’s news desk indicate that senior Puntland government officials have attended the event to transfer the management of the seaport on the Gulf of Aden to Dubai-based… Read More
This year saw positive news for the two large new port development projects in North West Europe: JadeWeserPort and London Gateway. Both ports, sometimes cited as unsuccessful port development projects, are on a slower development path than initially foreseen but now seem to have developed the critical mass for further growth. And they have managed… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can modify the Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion to meet Minnesota regulators’ demands, though there are some limits, Maj. Gen. Richard Kaiser told reporters here Wednesday, Oct. 11. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said this could mean reducing the volume of water stored behind a dam upstream of the diversion channel and… Read More
Ecuador is determined to prove that two’s company in its port sector. DP World’s planned new facility at Posorja in Ecuador says it has no plans to overshadow the already successful and nearby Guayaquil. Instead, it intends to complement the established port with deep sea draft of over 15 metres, compared with Guayaquil’s sub 10… Read More
Imports set a second all-time monthly record high this summer as retailers brought in merchandise for the busy holiday season, and are continuing at unusually high levels this month, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. “When imports break records two months in a… Read More
Edgartown has a new dredge, and it’s almost ready for use. The old dredge was 21 years old and showing serious signs of wear, so Edgartown ordered a new one. The new dredge came from the Ellicott Company in Baltimore, is 35-feet long, weighs 30 tons, is sparkling white with bright red lettering, blue equipment… Read More
The revamped gateway between the Atlantic and Pacific is larger than ever, and so is its impact on the North American shipping industry. When the $5 billion Panama Canal Expansion Project was completed last summer, boasting wider, deeper lanes and an additional lane of traffic, it opened up opportunities for the world’s largest vessels to… Read More
The little restoration work at a few places is not enough if a flood of the scale of 2014 hits the Valley, say experts. The channel starts from Padshahibagh and flows into Wullar Lake in Bandipora district. It regulates Jhelum water level while it passes through Srinagar city. “This needs to be restored to its… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will delay signing a controversial agreement with a number of Portland Harbor Superfund polluters for two weeks to hear concerns from Oregon, Portland and tribal officials. The EPA had notified the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality that it was preparing to sign the agreement for baseline testing with the unidentified… Read More
Leica Geosystems has announced the launch of the Leica MSS420 Dredging Sensor for marine applications. The new sensors benefit customers in offshore applications, ensuring speed, performance, precision and productivity (SP). VG Entreprenør, a construction company with expertise in all types of coastal area projects, started working on a project for the extension Esbjerg port, Denmark,… Read More
Panama’s $5 billion investment to expand its century-old canal is paying off as shipping lines send more U.S.-bound cargoes through the passage instead of the Suez Canal. Ships nearly three times as large as the ones crossing before the expanded locks opened in June of 2016 are bringing tens of millions of additional dollars in… Read More