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It was just before sunset as Jim Jaffee walked along the beach beside a row of sea walls. Concrete was bolted against the bluffs to protect multimillion-dollar homes, perched along the top, from falling into the rhythmic tides below. Waves rolled in. Some landed at the walls, leaving no dry sand. High tide was still… Read More
At WEDA’s 2017 Dredging Summit held in Vancouver in June, Seafloor Systems introduced their latest EchoBoat unmanned surface vessel (USV) with fully integrated PicoMB Multibeam system. Seafloor Systems specializes in providing customized sonar solutions for the hydrographic, dredging, and research communities. It provides complete, integrated, turnkey multibeam systems scaled to meet individual performance requirements and… Read More
INDICATIONS are rife that the Federal Government is set to revoke some Joint Venture (JV) contracts between the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and some of its JV partners handling dredging and channel management of the nations seaports in the Eastern flanks of the nation waterways. This is even as findings revealed that this JV contracts… Read More
Kalibo, the capital of Aklan province, should go beyond its tag as the gateway to world-famous Boracay Island. “We should not forget Kalibo and its tourism potential,” said Governor Florencio (Joeben) Miraflores during his State of the Province Address (SOPA) last Thursday. Miraflores highlighted in the SOPA that Kalibo should not lag behind in terms… Read More
Sri Lanka signed a long delayed $1.1 billion deal on Saturday to lease its southern Hambantota port to China ignoring an appeal by opposition parties to debate the pact in parliament. The deal was signed between the two state firms — Sri LankaPorts Authority (SLPA) and China Merchants Port Holdings<0144.HK> to handle the commercial operations… Read More
Navigating the Mongla-Ghoshiakhali channel, the connecting route to Mongla port, has become perilous in recent times due to excessive silt deposits. Sources at Mongla port say ship captains find it difficult to steer through the channel because of sand bars and sedimentation. Talking to the local administration, our correspondent has discovered six main challenges to… Read More
Wellington’s quake-damaged seaport has signed a deal with the world’s largest shipping line to improve its cargo service out of the capital. CentrePort ceased container traffic because of severe damage from the Kaik?ura earthquake last November. The big gantry cranes on the wharf were rendered inoperable by quake damage, but later restored modest container trading… Read More
Managing dredge projects to minimise environmental impacts is an issue found internationally. A large dredging operation of Rohde Nielsen A/S – for New Zealand’s largest port of Tauranga – required strict limits on the turbidity during channel works. DHI worked with Rohde Nielsen A/S to provide a tool which estimated the turbidity level expected in… Read More
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