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President Donald Trump wants $108 million to deepen harbors for two U.S. seaports, while other ports scrambling to make room for larger cargo ships will benefit from a boost of more than $56 million already approved by Congress. The Port of Jacksonville is one of five harbor-deepening projects scheduled to benefit from the $56 million… Read More
A Bill to amend the Indian Vessels Act, 1917, with the purpose of settling rules of sailing on the rivers that have been declared national waterways, is likely to be placed in the next session of Parliament. The government has notified 111 national inland waterways across the country and statutory provisions will have to be… Read More
Dredging of the Sirajganj-Daikhawa stretch would help create a nearly 4,000km-long fairway connecting Uttar Pradesh and Assam through Bangladesh India will finance 80% of the estimated $34m required for dredging to maintain navigability on the Sirajganj-Daikhawa stretch of the Jamuna river and the Ashugunj-Karimgunj stretch of the Kushiyara river in Bangladesh. Both the stretches are… Read More
Democratic Congressional representatives from districts surrounding the Hudson River have written to federal authorities asking for an expanded assessment of the river. WAMC’s Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Lucas Willard reports the letter comes as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to soon release a second five-year review of the massive Superfund cleanup. Senator Kirsten… Read More
The Gouvernement du Québec is granting $40 million in financial assistance to the Montréal Port Authority in order to upgrade its infrastructures, which will help increase productivity and maintain the competitiveness of the Port, the second largest in Canada. Mr. Laurent Lessard, Minister of Transport, Sustainable Mobility and Transport Electrification, Mr. Jean D’Amour, Minister for… Read More
Ocean Scientific International Ltd. (OSIL) are introducing the latest version of the Small Field Buoy at the Ocean Business show in Southampton, UK. The platform, which is now a more manageable 55cm in diameter, also offers a more robust top section that sits higher in the water than previous platforms, meaning it is better suited… Read More
Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke has profited from offshore drilling. But now the businessman, who started as a fisherman, wants to give back with a colossal yacht for marine research. The vessel will be able to scoop up around five tons of plastic every day, and then melt it down – all in yet another… Read More
In reviewing the details announced today in President Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget request, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) – the recognized and unified voice of America’s seaports – sees declines for most federally funded, port-related programs. However, AAPA is encouraged by the Administration’s recently announced major infrastructure initiative to support $1 trillion in… Read More
A Chinese construction company will deepen the approach channel and alongside depth of the Ukrainian port of Yuzhny as the government steps up efforts to secure investment under the Belt and Road program. The deal follows the official adoption earlier this year of an ambitious development plan for the port, which sits on the Black… Read More
Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, joined by Representatives Peter DeFazio (OR-4), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), and Earl Blumenauer (OR-3), today urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) to support essential dredging and maintenance of Oregon’s small ports in its 2017 work plan. “Oregon’s ports and harbors are the lifeblood of the coastal… Read More
The folks down at the Port of Baltimore are grinding hard, and they’re accruing the awards and data to show for it. According to newly released figures, the port broke a quarterly record already this year for general cargo. The exact number was 2,560,065 tons of general cargo, which primarily comprises shipping containers, farm and… Read More
Experts Friday pointed put various lacunae in the tender allocated to a Kolkata-based firm for dredging of river Jhelum and machinery pressed for execution of the project. They cautioned about 2014 like disaster in making in case immediate measures are not taken to correct the messy dredging with suitable and effective equipments. They said that… Read More
The outlines of President Trump’s promised $1-trillion, 10-year infrastructure initiative are coming into clearer focus. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has provided more information about the plan, saying states and localities that bring their own funding and financing to the table will get priority in receiving the additional federal dollars the proposal will contain. Speaking at… Read More
QUEENSLAND Treasurer Curtis Pitt is confident an environmental study will give the green light for dredging of the Cairns shipping channel to allow bigger ships to enter the port. He said he was “excited” about the results of Ports North’s drawn-out Environmental Impact Statement due at the end of next month. Mr Pitt said he… Read More
A new plan is in the works to control floodwaters threatening to inundate the fast-growing neighborhoods upstream of the Addicks and Barker reservoirs, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday. Army Corps officials said they would seek to study the Addicks and Barker dams, built six decades ago, and see what improvements could boost… Read More