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A hefty US$150 million has been earmarked by Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) to significantly boost the container capacity at the port and to increase the maximum boat size able to access Port Bustamante by way of deepening the channel and bay through dredging. The Kingston Container Terminal expansion project is scheduled for completion in… Read More
When a boat carrying soy oil destined for India ran aground on the Parana River near Buenos Aires in late January, ships loaded with most of Argentina’s grains exports were blocked for hours. It was the latest accident on one of the world’s great food highways, which is straining to carry rising volumes of Argentine… Read More
China is flexible on the conditions of the drafted Hambantota port agreement, Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Yi Xianliang said yesterday amid the contradicting statements made by powerful cabinet ministers during the past several months. “We are flexible. This is a decision by the (Sri Lankan) government. We never requested a definite how much portion… Read More
Developing Rosyth’s international container port is a potential step change for the Scottish economy, according to a leading Fife politician. Babcock is currently seeking contractors for the initial stages of the ambitious £85 million project, recognised in the Scottish Government’s national planning framework 2. That set out a vision for Scotland for 2030 and listed… Read More
“Sediment has been identified as a significant contributor to the aggradation of the San Joaquin River and reduces its capacity to carry flood waters.” — Excerpt from the December 1992 report by the Department of Interior Fish & Game Wildlife Service prepared for the Army Corps of Engineers California’s natural cycle — if you haven’t… Read More
A neglected portion of the upper Cuyahoga River may soon see revitalization. Irishtown Bend is an overgrown stretch of the river near the West Side Market that will be getting a new look by the start of next year. The Port of Cleveland voted last week to survey the land for possible public use. The… Read More
Chinese construction company Sinohydro is negotiating with Odebrecht to take over the Brazilian company’s stake in Colombia’s Magdalena River navigability project, a deal that could save the $873 million contract, a government official said. Power China is interested in becoming involved through its Sinohydro unit, Luis Fernando Andrade, president of Colombia’sNational Infrastructure Agency, told Reuters… Read More
President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the dredging of four major rivers in the country, which are heavily silted resulting to floods that destroy crops and properties every year, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said Wednesday. In a Facebook post, Piñol said Duterte directed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of Agriculture… Read More
Brazil’s third-largest container port is finally getting the funding it urgently needs for emergency dredging as the Itajai Port Authority announced the port handled more than 1 million twenty-foot-equivalent units. The 39 million reais ($12.5 million) will help bring the operational draft of the Itajaí-Açu River back down to 12.5 meters from the current 10.5… Read More
THE Department of Finance (DOF) will review a ruling by a World Bank arbitration court that requires the Philippines to shell out P800 million to a Belgian dredging firm for the cancellation of the Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project (LLRP) during the Aquino administration, and will pay up if needed. “As President [Rodrigo] Duterte has said,… Read More
Ukraine is making the dredging works market open and invites businessmen to participate in it, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has said. “We are opening the dredging works market for business. I hope that the market will be open and transparent,” he said at a meeting with dredging companies in the American Chamber of Commerce… Read More
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Arturo Valdez said a dredger vessel docked near the Aklan River has been barred by the government from leaving Philippine waters until an ongoing investigation is completed. The ship, MV Zhong Hai 18, was commissioned by Santarli (STL) Panay Resources Company Limited to dredge the silted Aklan… Read More
After a decade of discussion and planning, the head of JaxPort expects this will be the year construction begins on the $684-million project to deepen the ship channel of the St. Johns River. “We are closer than we have ever been to getting this project started,” Jacksonville Port Authority Chief Executive Officer Brian Taylor said… Read More
THE World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ruled January 23 that former President Benigno Aquino III’s unilateral cancellation in 2011 of a Belgian firm’s P18-billion flood-control venture, the Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project, was illegal and unfair. It ordered the Philippine government to pay the Belgian dredging firm Baagerwerken Decloedt En… Read More
President Donald Trump has released a list of 50 Emergency and National Security Projects, totaling $317.5 billion in investment and supporting the creation of over 193,000 jobs. The list includes three Louisiana projects, one of which is the dredging of the Mississippi River. The list appears to be a first stage in the president’s infrastructure… Read More