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The state of Ohio said in a court filing Monday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers always intended to dump dredged material from the Cleveland Harbor into Lake Erie, and used curse words and pictures of middle fingers to make its point in internal emails. The emails, obtained by the state and the Port… Read More
The Ukrainian Sea Port Authority took liabilities to carry out dredging works in the project to build a grain terminal by Cargill and the authority will implement them in full amount and in accordance with the project terms. M.V. Cargo LLC said on its Facebook page that Head of the Ukrainian Sea Port Authority Raivis… Read More
The Padma Bridge Authority (PMB) has declined the use of heavy dredgers to keep the Shimulia-Kewrakandi (now Kathalbari) ferry route open, prompting the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to fear that it may have to close the route from September next. According to sources, the BIWTA does not have heavy dredgers (26-inch) to cope… Read More
Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) intends to “restart” relations with leading Ukrainian and international dredging companies. Dredging works will become clear and predictable for businesses, and the transparency of the tender documents will be increased, the Acting CEO of USPA Raivis Veckagans informed on January 20 during a meeting with representatives of the transport business at… Read More
In its efforts to further strengthen India-Bangladesh friendship, New Delhi is eager to develop the neighbouring country’s proposed Payra seaport. Recent reports suggest that the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh is also likely to award some segments of the Payra Port Project in south-western Patuakhali district to India. India Ports Global, a joint venture between… Read More
The Port Authority of Valencia has announced a major investment plan to expand the port facilities. Three harbours come under the umbrella of the Spanish port; Valencia itself, Sagunto a few miles to the north and Gandia a few miles to the south. The planned investment has been designed to improve the facilities at all… Read More
The Chamber of Deputies Maritime Affairs Commission on Friday toured the aeras in and around to Sabana de la Mar, eastern Hato Mayor province, to get a first-hand impression of the conditions of the town’s pie, which requires dredging to fully operate. The pier is a key facility in the operations of several ferry boats… Read More
Early in November 2016, Brazil’s Port of Pecém, in the state of Ceará, received a number of technicians from the country’s National Institute of Waterways Research (INPH) and the nation’s Navy Hydrography Center (CHM), to perform bathymetry tests at the port terminal, as a way to expand it. The port should add three new berths,… Read More
“Yuzhny” sea port authority has recently announced that the deadline for tender proposals regarding the dredging in the port, on the basis of numerous complaints of the bidders in “Prozorro” system will be extended for at least 28 days. We are talking about the operational deepening projects of the internal waters and the inner approach… Read More
A papermaker has agreed to shoulder the financial burden for completing cleanup work on the Fox River in a settlement, federal environmental officials said Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that NCR Corporation has entered into a consent decree to finish the final phase of removing polychlorinated biphenyls,… Read More
Although 2016 was not a banner year for shipping through the docks along Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River, it wasn’t awful, either. The local results mirrored the results for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway inland waterway system. In particular, the Cleveland-Europe Express, the only regularly scheduled cargo and container service between the Great Lakes… Read More
The much-delayed Pakistan’s first deep-water container terminal at the Karachi Port has eventually entered the final phase of infrastructure development to welcome mother vessels by mid-April this year, say officials. Mother vessels have the capacity to carry 17,000-18,000 containers of 20-foot each. Existing container terminals in the country house vessels of the capacity of around… Read More
The Lagos State Government has restated the need for an Environmental Impact Assessment report for any proposed project in the state. It said the EIA is a decision making tool, which provides decision makers with the necessary information to satisfactorily assess both the environmental and social effects of a planned project. The State Commissioner for… Read More
The recent storms are doing a serious number on the Santa Cruz harbor. Parts of it are no longer safe to navigate and the storm damage has come with quite a price tag. The low king tide is proving to be a royal pain as it exposes large mounds of sediment that have been deposited… Read More
It doesn’t take long for visitors to Pyongyang to notice the small boats dotted along the Taedong river, mounted either with cranes or laden with aggregate-filled cargoes. The presence of these dredgers, removing sands, sediment, and shingle from the bottom of the water body, is one of the many things that set the city apart…. Read More