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What GAO Found From 2010 through 2015, 13 Mississippi River ports that GAO selected for review varied individually in terms of the amount, type, and trends in traffic handled. As a group, these ports primarily moved a mix of agricultural commodities (corn, soybeans, and rice); petroleum products; and crude materials (such as sand and gravel,… Read More
Bangladesh is a riverine country with about 700 rivers and their tributaries washing its shores. The economy of the country has predominantly been agricultural because of the rivers. Apart from constituting the economic backbone of the country and presenting the beautiful geomorphic features, these rivers have been contributing enormously towards agriculture, waterway communication, and energy… Read More
The long-awaited critical port infrastructure will increase economic development and reduce emissions by eliminating 20 million trucking miles annually. The demand for critical port infrastructure expansion in the Boston Harbor has been high for years, as shipping vessels become larger, and the need to remain competitive with larger ports on the east coast grows. In… Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a third public meeting on its review of the Hudson River Superfund cleanup, this one in New York City. The EPA says the meeting will be held in Manhattan on Aug. 19 to discuss the agency’s recent review of how well the $1.7 billion dredging project is working. Boston-based… Read More
While it’s not the zero-dollar funding proposed in the President Donald Trump administration’s budget, funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program was voted by a House Appropriations Committee to be cut by 18 percent for fiscal year 2018. The House Appropriations Committee — of which U.S. Rep. Andy Harris (R-1st District) is a member — voted… Read More
Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday signed a law to give the Ohio EPA more power to protect Lake Erie and regulate landfills. “We want to take good care of our environment,” Kasich said at the ceremony at the Great Lakes Science Center, overlooking Lake Erie. “This is one of the crown jewels of our state.”… Read More
President Donald Trump’s environmental chief issued a list of directives on Tuesday he says will revitalize the federal program that cleans up hazardous waste sites. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt unveiled 42 recommendations from a Superfund Task Force he appointed in March. Among the steps Pruitt outlined will be prioritizing sites that can be… Read More
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says the concession of Onitsha River Port in Anambra, will be completed before the end of 2017. Amaechi made this known at the National Inland Waterways Authority’s (NIWA) 2nd International Conference and Exhibition’ (ICE) 2017 on Tuesday in Lagos. According to him, the Federal Government has recorded tremendous… Read More
Georgia Ports Authority continues to push the envelope at its Garden City container terminal, setting – and then breaking – records for containers moved. In fiscal 2017, which ended June 30, the port handled an all-time high of 3.85 million TEUs – or 20-foot equivalent container units – marking an increase of nearly a quarter-million… Read More
Waterways Council, Inc. reports that the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the FY 2018 Energy & Water Development (E&WD), and Related Agencies appropriations bill. It significantly increases FY 2018 funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Program above the Administration’s budget proposal for FY18. The Corps’ overall funding level in the Senate… Read More
Chittagong Port Authority has taken a series of measures to ease persisting vessel congestion which continues to cause huge losses in the country’s export and manufacturing sectors. The decisions include allowing bigger container vessels at night and creating more space at the yard, procuring handling equipment, enhancing capacity of the off-docks, resuming capital dredging and… Read More
The Rotary Club of Jacksonville had hoped to hear opposing sides of the debate over plans to deepen the St. Johns River, inviting JaxPort’s top administrator to share the podium with a critic during the club’s Monday luncheon But Jacksonville’s port authority turned down the invitation, citing an ongoing lawsuit by St. Johns Riverkeeper, an… Read More
Bangladesh and India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to connect the north-east and West Bengal with Bangladesh through new waterways, Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said. “The new waterways would enable transportation of people and goods by ships. They would be set up by using the major rivers of Bangladesh, West Bengal and… Read More
The Shipping Ministry has dumped plans to build at new major port at Sagar Island in West Bengal after the State government categorically told the Centre that it was proceeding with a new greenfield port at Tajpur in West Midnapore district, about 50 kms away from Haldia dock of Kolkata Port Trust. The ministry had… Read More
The key Brazilian port of Santos’ efforts to bounce back from draft restrictions were set back this week after heavy weather and flooding forced the port to close for most of a working day and an urgently needed dredging contract was threatened by political wrangling. Waves of 3.88 meters battered the port on Tuesday and… Read More