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The state has awarded around $8 million in grants to improve transportation and access at Wisconsin ports and harbors through the Wisconsin Harbor Assistance Program. The money will go to repair dock walls and make other improvements in five communities, including Superior. Around $1.7 million will go to Fortune 100 company Cenex Harvest States, or… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency got about 2,000 comments from people and groups over whether the seven-year, $1.7 billion PCB dredging project of the Hudson River has been a success, the agency said Wednesday. EPA must consider those comments, released publicly late Wednesday, as part of its final report on the the dredging project. The… Read More
The government is planning to dredge another 178 rivers to increase their navigability, said Water Resources Minister Anwar Hossain Manju recently. While responding to a query, the minister informed the parliament that since 2009 around 1,200 kilometres of river route has so far been increased through dredging. The length of internal river routes of the… Read More
Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda has invited the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation to invest more with the Government. Browne made the call while speaking during recent high-level talks with Chinese diplomats and the president of the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC). “Realising the increased traffic of tourist from Cruise Tourism,… Read More
Innovation is the driving force of any industry of note. Without it, stagnation sets in and in the age of lightspeed information, that signals the beginning of the end. Shipping is nowhere near this fatalistic prognosis because it continues to change with the times. A few trends are emerging that promise to change the Maritime… Read More
A report recently issued by the Problem Solvers Caucus platform, a bipartisan group in Congress comprised of around 40 members focused on working towards bi-partisan cooperation on key issues, focuses on bipartisan policy solutions with an eye on augmenting United States’ infrastructure. Entitled, “Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure,” the report comes at a time when the current… Read More
The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, today highlighted the U.S. dredging industry’s commitment to build and maintain safe, efficient and cost-effective navigation channels in nation’s inland waterways and ports. The recent deliveries of four state-of-the-art vessels, constructed by nearly 700 American workers in U.S. shipyards, are a reflection of… 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
The Mat-Su Borough is calling foul over what could be an embarrassing foul-up in the analysis of port sites for the large natural gas liquefaction plant built for the Alaska LNG Project, which is now being led by the state of Alaska. Essentially, the Alaska LNG team did its analysis of a Mat-Su site for… Read More
India has extended fresh financial assistance of $45.27 million for upgrading Kankesanthurai (KKS) Harbour in northern Sri Lanka into a commercial port and strengthening the country‘s efforts to become a regional maritime hub. Sri Lanka‘s Ministry of Finance signed an agreement in this regard on January 10. “An agreement for Indian financial assistance for $45.27… Read More
As we begin a New Year, may I take this opportunity to wish the citizenry God’s richest blessings. I trust that as Saint Lucia begins a new dispensation there will be respect for our Constitution, our patrimony, our heritage, our conventions and the rule of law. And that our country will be developed equitably so… Read More
The South Carolina Ports Authority wants $5 million for a new terminal along the Savannah River. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that ports CEO Jim Newsome says the Jasper County facility will be needed when the main terminal in Charleston reaches capacity. The Jasper County port is a joint venture with the Georgia… Read More
Most of Nigeria’s economic woes are self-inflicted. Rather than adopt the rational option of a private capital-led business model that is proving successful around the world, the government is entrenched in different economic sectors, most of which are poorly managed. The stunted operations of the Nigerian Ports Authority epitomise this abnormality. This operating template has… Read More
The Hudson River cleanup appears to be stuck at a crossroads. In a much-anticipated response to General Electric’s request for a certificate of completion for its cleanup of PCBs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a Jan. 2 letter it is delaying judgment until it finalizes the 5-year review of the river’s recovery. The… Read More
You dredge, deepen and extend the New Haven harbor channel to bring in bigger ships leading to more efficient business. Then you take the sand, silt, and other stuff you’ve hauled out of the depths and use it to shore up washing away beaches, to create new shellfish habitats and salt marshes. Who knows? Maybe… Read More