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South Korean media reported Sunday that Korea’s Big Three shipbuilders have already shed 5,000 jobs so far this year, and will cut at least 1,000 more positions by the end of December (including voluntary retirements). Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering have been restructuring their operations and cutting costs… Read More
Ellicott Dredge Technologies (EDT) is pleased to announce the successful start up and installation of a state-of-the-art Mud Cat brand ROV (remote operated vehicle) at the world famous Gardens by the Bay nature park in central Singapore. ML Trading International purchased a Mud Cat Model SRD-6EHV ROV System to fulfill a contract to clean approximately… Read More
SonTek Product Manager, Isaac Jones, and HYPACK General Manager, Harold Orlinsky give you an overview of this new technology and share customer examples of how it is solving real-world problems. The webinar is free but registration is limited – registered participants may review the recorded event at their convenience. For more information and registration, visit:https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4113292067281072388
China and Sri Lanka have agreed to replace a controversial agreement for the construction of a new port city in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. On Friday, both countries signed a modified version of the 2014 deal with new terms and conditions. The new agreement, signed between China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) and Sri Lanka’s Ministries… Read More
Maritime activities closed on Friday with the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Usman, giving an indication that the management would audit funds sunk into dredging projects. Usman made the disclosure to newsmen at the end of her tour of Calabar port, which many stakeholders suggested should be dredged to accommodate bigger ocean-going… Read More
Australia’s competition regulator cleared the two domestic investors bidding for the country’s biggest general cargo terminal, Port of Melbourne, paving the way for a privatization the government hopes will raise A$5.3 billion ($4 billion). Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims said on Thursday that after inquiries with stakeholders he “formed the view… Read More
Advocates of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to approve a site in eastern Long Island Sound for silt, sand, rocks and mud dredged out of channels and harbors are joining forces to counter plans by New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to sue the federal agency to stop open-water disposal. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District,… Read More
University of Sunshine Coast (USC) researchers are testing the use of drones to combat the effects of erosion on beaches. The project is part of a collaboration with Sunshine Coast Council launched in April, which involves researchers collecting data on wave movements at Mooloolaba and Maroochydore beaches. The locations were chosen due to their popularity… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is prepared to launch a long-awaited flood-mitigation study of the Upper Susquehanna River Basin, according to Sen. Charles E. Schumer. In a news release, the senator announced a deal between the corps and New York State that will fund a three-year probe into the status of the basin’s levees,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Dredging Operations Technical Support Program will launch a new website dedicated to the practice of thin-layer placement of dredged material. The newly developed Thin-Layer Placement of Dredged Material website will officially launch during the next DOTS webinar August 31, and will consolidate a growing wealth of information and resources… Read More
East Coast ports eager to capitalize on the newly expanded Panama Canal are engaged in massive dredging projects to reach the ideal channel depth of 50 feet or more, but so far results are uneven. Construction in Panama increased the canal’s productivity to as much as 14,000 20-foot-equivalent units per ship from 5,000 TEUs pre-expansion,… Read More
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, backed by about 30 elected officials, announced on Thursday the state may take legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency to stop a plan to allow dumping in Long Island Sound of materials dug up from dredging. “The EPA’s plan to establish a new disposal site not only poses a major threat… Read More
Ports Dubai and Canadian government officials recently announced that DP Ports will lease, operate and expand Rodney Container Terminal at Saint John in Eastern Canada’s New Brunswick province. This port is located on the Bay of Fundy and undergoes a twice daily tidal change of 50 feet (15 meters), posing a challenge for port cranes… Read More
It used to be that the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority would just keep an eye on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the federal agency managed the dredging that would keep the Cuyahoga River channel open for commercial shipping. Making sure the Corps did its job of keeping the channel deep enough for the… Read More
Charlie Poole remembers when lobster boats used to tie up at the head of Portland Harbor’s Union Wharf, the privately owned pier that has been in his family for generations. But the slow buildup of silt carried down the Fore River and the sporadic bursts of sewer and stormwater runoff have robbed him of the… Read More