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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
Gambia Ports Authority Managing Director Abdoulie Tambedou has disclosed that the nation’s port is attracting varied interests from lucrative international quarters such as Chinese and Bolloré firms. Speaking in an interview, MD Abdoulie Tambedou said the Chinese company is interested in partnering with the GPA to improve the ports infrastructure, as well as to implement… Read More
Government agencies connected to the Port City project met for the fourth review meeting and site visit, a press statement said today. The Department of Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management was the leading agency coordinating the review process. The Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development, Ministry of… Read More
The Port of Coos Bay has the task of maintaining the largest deep water channel between San Francisco and Seattle and all the additional transportation infrastructure that goes along with it. In the coming years, the Port will focus its efforts on rehabilitatiing the Coos Bay rail line tunnel, replacing the Vaughn Viaduct Bridge and… Read More
Unlike many cities, the French capital has made good on its promise to re-open urban waterways to bathers. How did they do it? We’ve all heard promises from cities to make their once-fetid urban waterways swimmable—probably too many. Boston has been pledging to extend the Charles River’s swimmable days for years now, while Berlin’s beautiful… Read More
The Charleston Harbor deepening project is officially ready to begin construction. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District and the S.C. State Ports Authority signed a project partnership agreement Wednesday. The document is a legally binding agreement between the federal government and a non-federal sponsor of a water resources project, and it kicks off… Read More
The 55 years it might take before Hudson River fish are safe for human consumption isn’t good enough for state, local and federal officials, who say General Electric Company’s PCB cleanup project isn’t done. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which oversaw the court-ordered work, says dredging that ended in 2015, plus natural remediation, will eventually… Read More
The European Commission’s formal adoption of the General Block Exemption Regulations (GBER) guidance on state aid has stirred up reaction in the ports sector – not only because it has increased the highest possible state aid threshold to E150m, but also because the GEBR now effectively exempts most subsidised dredging activity – including both capital… Read More