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Pasqualino Monti, appointed president of the recently established Western Sicily Port Authority (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale), has put growing cruise business among his main objectives. His remit covers the ports of Palermo, Termini Imerese, Trapani and Porto Empedocle. ‘Western Sicily’s ports have extraordinary potential for expanding as a cruise destination,… Read More
Global dredging market rose by a CAGR of 6.1% in 2000-2016, IAA PortNews journalist cites Richard Brakenhoff, Industry analyst at Rabobank, as saying at the Dredging Today Conference (DTC) which started today, 9 October 2017, at Amsterdam RAI Convention Center. Among the structural growth drivers of the global dredging market the speaker mentioned population growth,… Read More
Port Serpukhov LLC (subsidiary of Moscow River Shipping Company, Moscow region) has awarded the construction of a P-class modular dredger with shallow draft and enhanced dredge head to Tsymlyansky Marine Engineering Works JSC (Rostov Region). As Director General of Moscow River Shipping Company told IAA PortNews, the dredger construction will be financed by United Shipbuilding… Read More
Pronab Payeng from Majuli is a navigator of SL Lohit, one of the five survey vessels stationed in the Brahmaputra. For the last 27 years — since he has been associated with Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) — Payeng has spent more nights on the river than on its bank. He understands the pulse… Read More
Leading cruise company Carnival Australia has announced Fremantle will be used as a home port for Princess Cruises after an earlier threat to pull out. The WA Government’s commitment to fix infrastructure issues helped seal the deal, which will see the redeployment of Sun Princess, with 2,000 guests. Speaking on sister ship Sea Princess, Premier… Read More
The Federal Government needs $16 billion to build deep seaports in Warri, Delta State and Bonny in Rivers State, Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, said yesterday. He also hinted that more coaches and locomotives to boost rail transportation across the country would be brought it between now and December. Amaechi spoke with State House reporters… Read More
The rehabilitation of piers and wharves in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone will be the priority of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in order to fully realize the potential of this premier maritime-logistics center. Newly appointed SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said the Subic agency has allocated P2.46 billion to repair and… Read More
The Port of Port Angeles’ status quo $8.28 million draft operating budget for 2018 includes $150,000 for dredging and foresees a continuation of end-of-2017 log yard activity. It also dispenses a 2.3 percent pay increase to port employees. There’s no more consulting and special projects funding for the Composite Recycling Technology Center, housed in a… Read More
The Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are to deepen the Nieuwe Waterweg and the Botlek. The Port of Roterdam says a tender for this was issued this week. The work will involve a one-and-a-half-metre deepening along a 25-kilometre stretch of waterway between Hoek van Holland, the… Read More
After years of lawsuits over the dredging of the Cuyahoga River, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers are collaborating. Dredging has been a sticking point for years, but officials say the relationship between the Army Corps, the Port of Cleveland and the Ohio EPA has changed for the better now… Read More
As farmers work to harvest what the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is calling third largest corn crop ever, compounding issues on the Mississippi River are causing grain handlers to slash basis, eating into farmers’ bottom-line. U.S. Waterways Council confirmed portions of the Ohio River are currently closed to river traffic, making it difficult to… Read More
A revolutionary new dredging tool has been launched by an innovative Norfolk boat builder. The dredging head, believed to be a world first, has been developed in collaboration between Goodchild Marine, based at Burgh Castle near Great Yarmouth, and Italian manufacturers Italdraghe. Named La Benna Dragante, the head was developed over a three-year period and… Read More
Dredging is an important industry with its uses in many spheres. As the population of the world keeps on increasing, particularly in the coastal areas, more amount of coastal land needs to be reclaimed and protected from erosion and floods, giving rise to the need of dredging in the coastal areas. Also, due to the… Read More
Aiming to raise the bar for shallow water mapping and imaging, Ping DSP has introduced its new MBES Bathymetry Engine. With a useable swath width of up to 14 times water depth, the 3DSS brings accurate, wide swath echo sounding to shallow water and provides the same operational and bathymetric performance benefits of Multibeam Echosounders… Read More
The Houston Ship Channel reopened within days of Hurricane Harvey’s tropical storms leaving the area, but work still needs to be done to address the damages left behind. At its monthly meeting this week, the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority proactively approved an additional payment of up to $2 million to the… Read More