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The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at the Colorado River is impassable after Hurricane Harvey, leading some to worry that products from the Crossroads aren’t making it to the global market efficiently. Specifically, the waterway’s west lock on the Colorado River near the community of Matagorda is closed to both commercial and recreational traffic. There, the U.S…. Read More
The Dutchess County Executive and local leaders went to the Poughkeepsie waterfront Monday, calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to require more PCB cleanup of the Hudson River. This comes as the agency considers public comment on its five-year review. Republican Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro urges the EPA to take further action. “And we… Read More
The Queensland government has signed off on the contract for the construction of a new $3 million dredge facility on the Gold Coast, opening the way for larger vessels to access the Coomera marine precinct. The Coomera Dredged Sediment Management Facility (CDSMF) will take sediment from a 14 kilometre stretch of the Coomera River and… Read More
Deeper, wider, safer. Or wider, deeper, safer. Either way, you get the idea. They’ve been the port community’s mantras for years and now it looks like the vision is a little closer to becoming a reality. A rough draft of a plan backed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommends that the port be… Read More
A meeting between top brass at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Gov. John Bel Edwards Monday on the long-stalled Comite River Diversion flood-control project left the governor feeling encouraged — but left open key questions over project funding. The Corps’ commanding officer, Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, called the Comite River project “critically… Read More
New infrastructure and a lift in cargo, cruise ship and logging volumes has given Port Nelson a net profit of $10.8 million, a result that also boosts council coffers. The company reported an operating profit of $22.8 million for the 2016-17 financial year, up on the $18.3m for the previous year. The net profit after… Read More
Less than a year after Edisto Beach dug out from Hurricane Matthew, Irma leveled dunes that had been rebuilt 15 feet (5 meters) high, flooding the barrier island anew and filling its roadways with sand. So now, following a nearly $19 million project that pumped more than 900,000 cubic yards (688,000 cubic meters) of sand… Read More
As the Port of Charleston greeted it biggest ship to date, the federal government announced a deal to ensure a new generation of supersized cargo vessels won’t run aground, even at low tide. The Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday that its local office awarded the first construction contract for the long-planned deepening of Charleston… Read More
The port of Hamburg may have prevented further declines in the first half of 2017, but the delays surrounding the expansion of the Elbe Fairway continue to cost the German gateway. Container volumes for the period were flat on last year’s at 4.45m teu, and while some saw this as a welcome respite after two… Read More
Muscat finalised the construction contract on a key downstream scheme at Duqm on the east-central coast in late August. The move was spurred by the long-awaited award earlier in the month of the main packages on the greenfield refinery that forms the centrepiece of the new economic hub under development at the site. The government’s… Read More
August container volumes at the nation’s busiest port climbed by 6.1 percent compared to August 2016 volumes. 847,857 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) came through the Port of Los Angeles, marking the busiest August and the second-busiest month in the port’s 110-year history. Eight months into 2017, Port container volumes are 9 percent ahead of 2016,… Read More
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has approved the permit application from Kinder Morgan Canada for the portion of the project that is within our jurisdiction involving upgrade and expansion of the existing Westridge Marine Terminal in the Port of Vancouver. The decision was made after a thorough and robust project and environmental review of the… Read More
MAN has revealed the successor to its 48/60CR engine in the company’s line of high-performance diesel engines. The new MAN 45/60CR marine diesel engine will initially be available as 12 and 14 V versions with power outputs of 15 600 and 18 200 kW respectively, with inline versions following at a later date. For land-based… Read More
A few of Florida’s seaports have reopened following the destructive Hurricane Irma, with Georgia ports set to reopen on Wednesday morning. In an update on Tuesday afternoon, the Florida Ports Council said PortMiami, Port of Pensacola and Port Everglades were already open, but restrictions may apply. “More ports are expected to open later today and… Read More
After Hurricane Harvey ravaged Houston, the shutdown of Gulf Coast refineries strained fuel supplies in much of the United States, including Florida, which gets almost all of its oil by boat. As Hurricane Irma menaced the Caribbean, increased demand within Florida drove up gas prices even further. There and in Puerto Rico and the U.S…. Read More