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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to expedite coastal resilience projects in the Rockaways a year earlier than the initial 2020 timeline after U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) secured $730 million in federal funds with the help of Mayor Bill de Blasio. The funds for the Sandy Supplemental Appropriation of 2013 will help… Read More
Stand out on the shore in downtown Corpus Christi or on the North Beach side of the Harbor Bridge, and you’re likely to see quite a sight. Large tankers or barges, some pushed by one or more tugboats, making their way across Corpus Christi Bay sail into the Port of Corpus Christi. Those vessels will… Read More
To gain the $19 million required to complete Phase V dredging in the Port of New Bedford, state Rep. Tony Cabral wants the parties involved to focus on $650,000. The number drawing Cabral’s focus is the amount needed to establish a design to execute the dredging. “I think it would be wise for all the… Read More
One crew member was killed and 14 others, most of them Chinese, were missing Wednesday after a sand-dredging vessel capsized off Malaysia, with some believed trapped alive inside the sunken hull. The coastguard said authorities in the southern state of Johor were alerted at 8:50 am that the vessel, the JBB Rong Chang 8, had… Read More
The public accounts committee (PAC) rapped the Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) for irregularities in allotting land on lease to eight developers for ship building and maintenance without following the due procedure and not taking any action against illegal ship building. The committee said the developers did not comply with the conditions, including those related to… Read More
An effort to make the city of Norfolk more resilient against coastal storms passed a critical milestone last week. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters, approved the team to move forward in the study process by having the study pass the Agency Decision Milestone. That means Army Corps of Engineers leadership agreed with the… Read More
Industry players are eagerly anticipating the completion of a cruise terminal at Bali’s Port Benoa late this year after multiple delays, with the enhanced infrastructure expected to help address capacity strains at Denpasar airport and boost tourism numbers. Once construction is completed, the Port of Benoa is expected to transform into a world-class port that… Read More
Sometimes, when people at different levels of government put their minds together, good things happen. Take what’s going on at Port Clinton, Ohio, where the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the City of Port Clinton, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have joined together to restore 12 acres and… Read More
The World Bank approved a $27.8 million project for the Economic and Environmental Rehabilitation of the Niger River (PREEFN), consisting of $13.9 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit and a $13.9 million IDA grant. The Niger River (4,200 km long) is the third longest river in Africa and the largest in West Africa. The Niger… Read More
The Pakistan Navy (PN) commissioned a dredging vessel and its accompanying two barges in a ceremony held on 15 March at the naval dockyard in Karachi, according to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military. Backhoe dredger Rah Kusha and split hopper barges Tarseel 1 and 2… Read More
The proposed high-level meeting on the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT) between India and Bangladesh next month is expected to finalise its Standard Operating Procedures (SoP), an official said. Once the PIWTT SoP is in place, inland waterways will boost trade to the north eastern states and Bangladesh from Kolkata, he said…. Read More
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the UAE’s largest industrial company outside of the oil and gas sector, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Abu Dhabi Ports (ADP). Through the agreement they will work together to develop opportunities to upgrade the ports, logistics infrastructure and services used abroad by EGA to load raw materials destined… Read More
The port of Savannah in the state of Georgia is the fastest growing and fourth-busiest container terminal in the U.S., handling over 4 million TEUs in 2017. The congressional delegation of Georgia recently pushed a $100 million budget for expansion efforts at the port, following which President Trump has pledged $49 million for the dredging… Read More
The construction work on a major shipyard on Saudi Arabia’s eastern coast is under way with dredging and associated activities in progress, a partner in the venture has said. In an update, the joint venture (JV) partner Lamprell said all conditions needed for the JV company, International Maritime Industries Company (IMI), to formally commence business… Read More
The Pakistan Navy has held an induction ceremony for a dredging vessel and its accompanying two barges at the naval dockyard in Karachi. The backhoe dredger Rah Kusha and split hopper barges Tarseel 1 and Tarseel 2 were built for the Pakistan Navy at Tianjin Shipyard in China. The navy said Rah Kusha, which will… Read More