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The European Commission has widened the scope of its rules on public investment in ports and airports to encourage infrastructure development. The Commission has extended the 2014 General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) to cover ports and regional airports, culture and ‘outermost regions’. Under the EU state aid rules member states must normally notify the Commission… Read More
British Ports Association (BPA) chief executive, Richard Ballantyne, has warned against the distortion of competitive port markets with major public subsidies. Commenting on the European Commission’s decision to formally adopted the revised General Block Exemption Regulations (GBER) on state aids, which include, for the first time, guidelines for ports, Mr Ballantyne said the revised GBER… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers expects to make changes by October in a key permit for Louisiana to start building the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion or other major environmental projects, a corps official said Wednesday (May 17). But it remains unclear whether the changes will accelerate the permitting process. Col. Michael Clancy, commander of the corps’… Read More
India and Bangladesh have initiated a process to improve navigability of inland water transit protocol route between the two countries so that the former can connect river Ganga with the northeastern states, an official said here on Tuesday. The two countries had agreed on the extension of Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT),… Read More
When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredges the Port of Wilmington’s shipping channel, it has to put the spoil somewhere. Traditionally, that has meant piling it onto three cells on Eagles Island’s southern end. By next summer, one of those will stand at 40 feet and the other two will be 42 feet. Still,… Read More
March 2017 saw Dumez Maroc (VINCI Construction International Network) hand over the new fishing port in Casablanca, a project forming part of a total redevelopment of the port area. Undertaken on behalf of Morocco’s ports authority, this complex operation – the biggest project ever implemented by the company – enabled Dumez Maroc to deploy all… Read More
Hover barges are generally found in Star Wars movies, science fiction novels by David Brin and virtual reality video games as they transport people and cargo down strange streets or unload hordes of furry aliens firing blasts from energy weapons in Wild West-style gunfights. In April 2017 though, after commissioning, passing hovering trials and a… Read More
In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration has ordered the local commission that advises the Cape Cod National Seashore to suspend its meetings until further notice, the first such decree since the 40-mile preserve was founded in 1961. The order has raised fears that the administration could disband the commission or pack it with new… Read More
While World War 2 shipwrecks off the Indonesian coast are more and more becoming the targets of further destruction, it looks like at least one ship that allegedly took part in that destruction has apparently been brought to justice. According to DiverNet, the Malaysian coast guard recently caught a dredging ship registered in China that… Read More
Walvis Bay — The port expansion project currently under construction at the Namibia Ports Authority (Namport) in Walvis Bay, has been delayed by at least a year and the commissioning of the project is now set for 2019 and not next year, as initially planned. Port engineer ElzevirGelderbloem spoke to New Era about the port… Read More
With the largest cargo ship ever to visit the U.S. East Coast docked behind him, Gov. Nathan Deal said Friday he’s willing to spend an additional $20 million from Georgia taxpayers to make room for more giant ships to reach the Port of Savannah. Deal visited Savannah as dockworkers unloaded the COSCO Development, a massive… Read More
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has launched Africa’s first dredging simulator – a computerised training cockpit for aspirant dredger operators – in Durban. The dredging simulator is located at Durban’s Maritime School of Excellence (MSoE) and will form the core of the school’s newly launched Dredging School, which is one of only four worldwide. The… Read More
The green light has finally been given for dredging of the St. Lawrence River to begin at the Port of Ogdensburg as early as next year, according to U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y. Sen. Schumer said Thursday that the acting secretary of Army civil works will sign an agreement with the Army Corps of… Read More
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt says he plans to prioritize the agency’s Superfund cleanups, even as the Trump administration seeks deep cuts to the program responsible for restoring the nation’s most polluted sites. In a memo to EPA staffers this week, Pruitt wrote that Superfund cleanup efforts “will be restored to their rightful place… Read More
DP World and India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the logistics sector in India. This news follows DP World’s previous announcement it would seek trade opportunities in the country worth over USD$1bn. DP World confirmed it plans to invest the cash in developing the port… Read More