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A new QUT-led study has found ways to detect hidden dangers of repeated stresses on seagrass using statistical modelling. The research, published by the Journal of Applied Ecology, found cumulative maintenance dredging which affected the light on the sea floor increased risks on seagrass survival. It found, globally, seagrass meadows can be at risk of… Read More
Port Canaveral has completed a project that deepened the West Turning Basin to the authorized depth of 43 feet (plus two feet of additional overdredge), complementing the existing authorized port channel depth of 44 feet, the port said in a statement Thursday. The six-month project allows deeper draft access to the port’s container cargo facility… Read More
The Congressional PORTS Caucus, Co-Chaired by Reps. Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and I, hosted a Congressional briefing to discuss how our nation’s ports prepare for hurricanes, their relief efforts, and the federal government’s role in these processes. Expert panelists included Phyllis Saathoff, CEO and Port Director at Port Freeport; Mark McAndrews, Port Director at the Port… Read More
According to a report from the San Pedro Sun, the Caye Chapel Development group is proposing an investment for a US $250 million five star resort scheduled to be built on the island over the next 4 years. On Thursday, November 30, the group invited interest parties to share their ideas and opinions when they… Read More
State Rep. Dan Huberty helped with legislation passed in 2011, fining businesses conducting illegal sand mining operations. “If you’re flying over the San Jacinto River, you’ll see all the sand mining operations that are up and down that river, but there’s a ton of those illegal sand mining operations – a ton of them,” Huberty… Read More
The Portland Harbor Superfund, the contaminated 10-mile stretch of the Willamette River right through the heart of the Rose City, is one of 21 toxic areas the Trump administration says should see “immediate and intense” attention. Cause for celebration? From Gov. Kate Brown’s perspective, the announcement Friday can only be interpreted positively. “We actually feel… Read More
It’s tempting to believe that the devastating sequence of hurricanes in the Atlantic this year has blown in a new awareness of the risks of rising waters and increasingly powerful storms on our rapidly warming planet. In a rational world, the destruction wrought by these storms would inspire us to redouble our efforts to cut… Read More
After six years of study, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved future expansion at the state Port at Gulfport, which port officials say is crucial for luring new business. “The Port of Gulfport is a major economic driver for Harrison County and the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast,” Gov. Phil Bryant said in a… Read More
The Able Group has dug deep to strengthen its position as a world-class leader in offshore recycling activities with a £6million investment at its Seaton Port facility in Hartlepool. A major recently completed upgrade and dredging programme means it is able to offer a range of activities, including marine decommissioning, offshore wind installations and handling… Read More
A $13 million price tag is among a slew of reasons why Porirua Harbour should not be dredged, a new report has found. Removing the build-up of silt from the harbour’s bottom was unlikely to be consented, might not be supported by iwi, and didn’t guarantee a fix for the murky waters, it says. Porirua… Read More
The government may not go ahead with the signing of an agreement with a joint venture company that was earlier tasked to clear the Wular lake of the encroachments on its banks and the bottom, highly placed sources indicated. “There are serious procedural issues involved,” one well-informed source in the government said. “It has been… Read More
Government is poised to spend $100 million to reclaim lands destroyed by activities of illegal miners in the country through the Multi-sectorial Mining Integrated Project (MMIP). The five-year project is an initiative of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) aimed at combating ‘galamsey’ and also sanitizing the artisanal small-scale miners in the country…. Read More
With Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inaugurating the Shahid Beheshti Port at Chabahar on Sunday, India stands to gain not only strategically but on the trade front, too. While strategically Chabahar will counter China’s development of the Gwadar port in Pakistan, experts say it will also open up the lucrative central Asian markets for Indian products… Read More
The Puducherry port will be ready to handle cargo operations by the end of this month or beginning of next year, Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy said here on Saturday. Addressing a press conference, the Chief Minister said Marg company, which operates the port at Karaikal, had taken over dredging from the Dredging Corporation of India…. Read More
Midway Beach, a small oceanfront community on the New Jersey shore, was barely impacted by Superstorm Sandy, due largely to the large sand dunes its nearly 400 homeowners built and maintained over the decades. Then, state officials told the community’s condominium association that the government was seizing the beach to make way for protective sand… Read More