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The Jaxport Board approved the purchase of conservation land needed for its deepening project. Jaxport is pushing for local, state and federal funding for the almost $700 million project. The Jaxport Board voted unanimously to approve the purchase of two parcels of land totaling 53 acres. The cost of the land was about $457,000. The… Read More
California faces an estimated $50 billion price tag for roads, dams and other infrastructure threatened by floods such as the one that severely damaged Oroville Dam last month, the state’s natural resources secretary said Wednesday. Nearly 200,000 people living near the country’s tallest dam were evacuated three weeks ago amid fears of a catastrophic flood… Read More
A San Francisco shipyard faced with potential closure due to a legal dispute between its former and current operators will remain open for the next 90 days while a longer term plan is worked out, city and port officials said Wednesday. The Port Commission on Tuesday approved an interim operating agreement with Puglia Engineering, Inc…. Read More
Port Otago has received resource consent from the Otago Regional Council to continue to use three marine sites adjacent to beaches to dump spoil from its routine channel dredging maintenance programme. Local surfers, concerned the nationally recognised Aramoana beach break could be affected, and Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, were successful in having extra monitoring… Read More
The provincial government here is open to investors interested to dredge the heavily silted Cagayan River, provincial administrator Joseph Llopis said. Llopis reiterated the observation of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol during the aerial assessment to determine the extent of Lawin’s damages in the region, that the Cagayan River needs dredging as it is already silted…. Read More
A number of projects requiring large scale dredging including that in the Arctic conditions have been announced in Russia. The participants of the 4th Forum of Dredging Companies discussed different urgent issues of dredging. This year, the scope of dredging works in water areas and canals of Russia will remain at the level of the… Read More
The Philippine government, with the endorsement of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), is eyeing official development assistance (ODA) and other forms of funding from the Chinese government to bankroll the proposed rehabilitation as well as the expansion projects for the Agus-Pulangui hydropower complex in Mindanao. The Agus-Pulangui retrofit and upgrade plan is among… Read More
Imagine 160 miles of continuous open water on the Allegheny River from the Kinzua Dam in Warren County to the Natrona dam in Harrison. It’s not just a dream; it’s the subject of two studies: The nonprofit American Rivers, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is studying and advocating for the removal of the Allegheny River’s upper… Read More
Shippers in Delta have appealed to the Federal Government to dredge the Escravos water channel which connects the Atlantic to Warri Port, to enable bigger sail to the port. The President, Delta Shippers Association (DESA), Mr Austin Egbegbadia, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Warri…. Read More
A glut of idled river barges is clogging Mississippi River shorelines from St. Louis to New Orleans, leaving U.S. barge companies that haul grain, coal and other bulk goods counting their losses. Even with record-large exports of corn and soybeans, typically a boon for shippers that haul grain to Gulf Coast export terminals, the collapse… Read More
A hurricane passes directly over New York City. In just one hour, the harbor rises 13 feet and floods over wharves, causing rivers on each side of the island city to converge. Anyone living in New York would assume this is Hurricane Sandy that devastated the region just a few years ago. It’s actually the… Read More
Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) presented its draft improved tender dredging documents during a meeting with the dredging companies. The working group consisting of USPA experts, EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and the law firm Arzinger developed the new document, which meets the world’s best practices. “We are “restarting” our relations with the dredging… Read More
In one of the last legislative acts before adjourning for the year, lawmakers approved the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, which includes the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA 2016). The act included a provision that cut the cost share by nonfederal interests of harbor deepening projects with 45- to 50-foot drafts from… Read More
Total capital expenditures for the year were $85 million with approximately $54 million spent on the ATB. Regarding the ATB or the Ellis Island as we will refer to it going forward, 2016 was a milestone year. We transitioned from having a massive steel structure on land to launching the barge portion of the vessel… Read More
WEYMOUTH Harbour is set to end the financial year on a high, but there are still significant challenges ahead. The Harbour Management Board is set to meet on tomorrow, Wednesday, to discuss the 2016/17 budget. Reports prepared for the committee state that there will be a surplus of £139,441 on this year’s budget, which will… Read More