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Virginia state lawmakers ended their legislative session on March 10 without an agreement on a two-year budget, delaying a decision on funding work to dredge at the Port of Virginia for at least a few weeks. The House of Delegates budget appropriated $350 million to cover the state’s portion of the $670 million total to… Read More
Rising sea levels are no longer an apocalyptic science-fiction trope; they’re a daily fact of life. In the South Pacific, five of the Solomon Islands have been swallowed by the sea in the last couple years. Flooding of the Jersey Shore is now at least ten times as common as it was in the 1950s…. Read More
The state capital appropriations bill that passed last week in the Ohio House of Representatives will include funding for programs designed to help clean Lake Erie, State Senator Randy Gardner and Representative Steve Arndt said. House Bill 529 passed Wednesday in the House by a vote of 92-3 and now goes before the Senate Finance… Read More
Seychelles wants to preserve its waters, essential according to the government to the economic development of the country. The government will establish a large marine protected area within the archipelago in the Indian Ocean which is 210,000 km², nearly 15% of Seychelles’ exclusive economic zone. The reserve is part of the blue economy concept, in… Read More
DETERMINED to leave backlash from past channel widening works in the past, Gladstone Ports Corporation has started early discussions for a project more than five years away. The company has taken a collaborative approach as it prepares to lodge an Environmental Impact Statement this year for the proposed duplication of Gatcombe and Golding Cutting Channels…. Read More
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has commenced arrangements to facilitate the dredging of Calabar Port, in Cross River State. The Calabar Port is one of the ports that had suffered so much in the past due to shallow waters, and controversies surrounding the dredging of the channel, but the Managing Director, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman,… Read More
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) in Batangas feels the prospect of making the port a hub for international cruises is “not so good.” Lawyer Leopoldo Biscocho, PPA Batangas Port manager, said there were a lot of factors to consider and the port may not be ready soon. “Not in the next 5 years. It would… Read More
THE Port of Newcastle has denied responsibility for Stockton beach’s erosion crisis and said it was already doing its bit to help the community. There is mounting pressure on the port owners to assist fund a long-term solution to the erosion problem that is largely caused by the Harbour-entrance breakwaters. But a spokeswoman for the… Read More
Chemical companies are pressing federal officials to spend billions of dollars on a coastal flood control system near Houston to protect petrochemical plants, oil refineries and shipping infrastructure from the next hurricane. The coastal spine, as the project is called, is among the most important infrastructure investments needed to mitigate damage from major storms, Bob… Read More
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority today released the 2017 year-end statistics for cargo through the Port of Vancouver. Overall cargo volume through the port reached a record high of 142.1 million tonnes, up five per cent from 2016. Sectors experiencing strong growth include containers and bulk grain, both of which hit new records in 2017…. Read More
Understanding and predicting coastal flooding is a challenging and urgent problem in the presence of sea-level rise, a changing climate, and ever-growing coastal populations. Although this issue is global in scale, understanding and predicting flooding along tropical coral reef-lined shorelines presents unique challenges owing to the complexity of these shorelines which have been little studied… Read More
American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has urged the US Government to up spending for the US Army Corps of Engineers and the department of transportation in the FY 2018 budget. AAPA’s letter to House and Senate appropriators, which identifies US$66bn in port-related infrastructure federal investment needs over the next decade and calls for the… Read More
Major environmental restoration work could be coming to the Quincy Bay area if a federal grant is awarded for the project. If completed, deeper water depths needed to support fish habitats would be restored in the area, and sediment accumulation in Quincy Bay could be reduced substantially. The proposed $20 million project would include dredging… Read More
Tradepoint Atlantic — the massive redevelopment project at the former Sparrows Point steel mill in Baltimore County — will get $20 million from the federal government to upgrade its port facilities, officials have announced. The money comes from a U.S. Department of Transportation program that funds projects that can spur economic development. The project will… Read More
These days there are a variety of methods aimed at making breakwater construction smarter; one is simply how the blocks are placed. So it is with the 3-kilometre breakwater at the new development of Safi in Morocco where waves of 12-15 metres come in that can lift a five-tonne rock. While placing of the ‘armour’… Read More