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Accusing the Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi of systematically trying to stall development projects, Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy on Tuesday said his government would go ahead with the port project as planned. Addressing a press conference here, Mr Narayanasamy said he was compelled to break his decision not to comment on Ms. Bedi after she came… Read More
Making way for literal boatloads of more tourists in Bali, the building of a cruise ship terminal at the island’s Benoa Port will begin in September, Indonesian officials announced last week. The decision to start construction next month comes after a meeting lead by Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan on August 1. The… Read More
A multimodal transportation infrastructure provides area manufacturers access to global markets, but there is a growing concern about the failure of the aging inland navigation system. The cost of addressing the backlog of critical maintenance projects along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System has increased 43 percent during the past two years — from about… Read More
The much-touted Puducherry port project undertaken in association with the Chennai Port Trust is in deep trouble as Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi has suggested dropping of the project and using the port land to develop tourism. A memorandum of understanding was signed between CPT and the Puducherry government in New Delhi on March 15 for… Read More
The Port of Antwerp, through its subsidiary Port of Antwerp International (PAI), is set to invest $10m in the Port of Açu in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The industrial deep-sea port was chosen by PAI, among other reasons, because of its strategic location near oil and gas fields and its proximity… Read More
Alliance for good governance (AGG), a forum of eco-friendly organisations in Puducherry, has urged the Puducherry government to delink the beach restoration project and port development project. In representations addressed to the lt governor Kiran Bedi, chief minister V Narayanasamy and chief secretary Manoj Parida, the forum charged that the port department has been diverting… Read More
It was just before sunset as Jim Jaffee walked along the beach beside a row of sea walls. Concrete was bolted against the bluffs to protect multimillion-dollar homes, perched along the top, from falling into the rhythmic tides below. Waves rolled in. Some landed at the walls, leaving no dry sand. High tide was still… Read More
At WEDA’s 2017 Dredging Summit held in Vancouver in June, Seafloor Systems introduced their latest EchoBoat unmanned surface vessel (USV) with fully integrated PicoMB Multibeam system. Seafloor Systems specializes in providing customized sonar solutions for the hydrographic, dredging, and research communities. It provides complete, integrated, turnkey multibeam systems scaled to meet individual performance requirements and… Read More
INDICATIONS are rife that the Federal Government is set to revoke some Joint Venture (JV) contracts between the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and some of its JV partners handling dredging and channel management of the nations seaports in the Eastern flanks of the nation waterways. This is even as findings revealed that this JV contracts… Read More
Kalibo, the capital of Aklan province, should go beyond its tag as the gateway to world-famous Boracay Island. “We should not forget Kalibo and its tourism potential,” said Governor Florencio (Joeben) Miraflores during his State of the Province Address (SOPA) last Thursday. Miraflores highlighted in the SOPA that Kalibo should not lag behind in terms… Read More
Sri Lanka signed a long delayed $1.1 billion deal on Saturday to lease its southern Hambantota port to China ignoring an appeal by opposition parties to debate the pact in parliament. The deal was signed between the two state firms — Sri LankaPorts Authority (SLPA) and China Merchants Port Holdings<0144.HK> to handle the commercial operations… Read More
Navigating the Mongla-Ghoshiakhali channel, the connecting route to Mongla port, has become perilous in recent times due to excessive silt deposits. Sources at Mongla port say ship captains find it difficult to steer through the channel because of sand bars and sedimentation. Talking to the local administration, our correspondent has discovered six main challenges to… Read More
Wellington’s quake-damaged seaport has signed a deal with the world’s largest shipping line to improve its cargo service out of the capital. CentrePort ceased container traffic because of severe damage from the Kaik?ura earthquake last November. The big gantry cranes on the wharf were rendered inoperable by quake damage, but later restored modest container trading… Read More
Managing dredge projects to minimise environmental impacts is an issue found internationally. A large dredging operation of Rohde Nielsen A/S – for New Zealand’s largest port of Tauranga – required strict limits on the turbidity during channel works. DHI worked with Rohde Nielsen A/S to provide a tool which estimated the turbidity level expected in… Read More
What GAO Found From 2010 through 2015, 13 Mississippi River ports that GAO selected for review varied individually in terms of the amount, type, and trends in traffic handled. As a group, these ports primarily moved a mix of agricultural commodities (corn, soybeans, and rice); petroleum products; and crude materials (such as sand and gravel,… Read More