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Engineers working on the design of Sydney harbour’s second cruise ship berth have identified a preferred location north of the existing dock after extensively testing specific conditions. To locate the berth without affecting the existing facility was a challenge, Richard Morykot of CBCL Ltd. told Ports Day this week. They looked at four particular orientations… Read More
Local watermen and other fishing industry representatives urged Rep. Andy Harris (R-1st) last week to lean harder on the Army Corps of Engineers to find a solution to the sandbars and shoals that are hampering navigation of the Ocean City Inlet area. The corps is gathering information on the 53-foot scour hole near Homer Gudelsky… Read More
AN ACTION plan has been drawn up in a bid to increase the profile and use of Musselburgh’sFisherrowHarbour and waterfront area, with a potential investment of between £1.7 million and £2.3 million in the pipeline. Future projects could include pontoon berths, dredging the harbour, a designated dog toilet at the East Beach and more dog… Read More
Much has been written (incorrectly) about how to deploy boom in order to protect, deflect or contain oil. We have long promoted using math and science when deploying spill countermeasures not only because it works, but because it’s faster, safer, more effective and it saves time, money and impact. What we’ll focus on in this… Read More
Innovators Ben Arntz and Nick Noordam of The Hague-based GBM Works have developed a noiseless method for sinking monopiles into the sea bed.With their invention, they have made it all the way to the finals of the Philips Innovation Awards. This new approach can substantially lower the installation costs of underwater deep foundations. Nick Noordam… Read More
CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), a specialist in the sampling, monitoring, and assessment of marine environments, recognizes the challenge of mobilizing equipment and personnel in a cost-effective, safe, and efficient manner, often with short notice. The greatest challenge lies in rapidly integrating, packaging, and transporting appropriate, fit-for-purpose equipment and supplies customized for a particular project,… Read More
Author: EIVA CEO Jeppe Nielsen A previous post on the trend of large data sets touched upon how the use of not just one but multiple autonomous/unmanned systems have recently escalated among offshore and shallow water survey specialists. These include AUVs (autonomous underwater vehicles), ASVs (autonomous surface vehicles) and USVs (unmanned surface vehicles). (Unmanned in… Read More
Minister of State for Forest and Environment, Mir Zahoor Ahmad today paid visit to World Famous Wetland Hokersar in the city of Srinagar and took stock of the measures and initiatives taken up by the Department of Wildlife Protection for restoration of the reserve site of Hokersar. MLA Batmaloo, Noor Mohammad Sheikh, Principal Chief Conservator… Read More
PRESSURE is mounting on Ports North as two of Australia’s biggest cruise operators call for nationwide port upgrades, including Cairns, so bigger ships can be accommodated. Both Carnival Australia (P & O Cruises and Princess Cruises) and RCL Cruises (Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises) say the only factor holding back growth is better port facilities… Read More
The outlook for the shipping industry under President Donald Trump, so far, has been a bit of a mixed bag. Some policies will be good for business, others might hamper it. Despite that, the CEO of the Port of New Orleans says the future looks good. Since taking office, Trump has pulled out of an… Read More
Belarus intends to implement a project on the development of port infrastructure in Nizhnie Zhary village, which borders Ukraine. Ukraine sees this as a perspective for the navigation development along the Dnieper and the potential for cargo transit. This requires dredging from Kiev to the border with Belarus, reports UkrAgroConsult. In the long term, such… Read More
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