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The situation in Scarborough Shoal “has not changed” and China is not building an artificial island in the disputed area, China said in a statement on September 7, 2016. “There are no dredging or building activities there,” said the Chinese Embassy in Manila, dismissing speculations that barges spotted by the Philippines in the West Philippine… Read More
Ask Matthew Traver, the mayor of this village north of Albany, his opinion of General Electric and its two closed factories that spilled PCBs into the Hudson River for decades, and his words could not be clearer. “G.E.,” he said, “has done a lot of damage to this community.” But ask Mr. Traver if he… Read More
Dredging company Boskalis as conducted successful tests on a sustainable wood-based drop-in biofuel, a world first for the maritime fleet. Along with GoodFuels Marine, a provider of sustainable marine biofuels to the global commercial shipping fleet, Boskalis tested the fuel UPM BioVerno supplied by Finnish company UPM Biofuels. Boskalis vessel Edax, a 1,696 dwt cutter… Read More
If reports about the presence of Chinese dredging ships near Scarborough Shoal are true, Beijing may be planning to start island-building on the disputed reef to turn it into another military outpost. The U.S. Pacific Command should order a military air and surface reconnaissance operation to check on the ships and to learn their intentions…. Read More
On 21 August last year, the Rijkswaterstaat (part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment) awarded the ‘Zeetoegang IJmond’ project bcontract for the design, building, financing and maintenance (DBFM) of a new sea lock at Ijmuiden. The winner – Consortium OpenIJ – consists of BAM-PGGM, VolkerWessels and DIF. The new lock will be… Read More
Even as the Modi government has ambitions to developing ports, logistics and coastal shipping sector through the Sagarmala project, in reality, coastal shipping continues to be hit by many issues, including higher expense per tonne when compared with the roads and rail sector. Experts say the coastal shipping has still not taken off because of… Read More
The first report by Infrastructure Victoria into the best site for Victoria’s second container port is scheduled to go to the state government in May 2017. The two options being investigated are Hastings in Western Port and Bay West in Port Phillip, but Infrastructure Victoria has cautioned that “evidence we gather may not be conclusive… Read More
One major Chinese company that has invested billions of dollars in Jamaica in the past decade, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), is publicly denying any knowledge of an ‘established practice’ to pay bribery to Jamaican government officials. CHEC affirmed to The Sunday Gleaner that it was “not aware of any such practice”. Questioned further if… Read More
For the first time in at least a decade, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has failed to dredge the six-mile Cuyahoga River shipping channel this summer, putting at risk thousands of jobs and billions of dollars, officials at the Port of Cleveland said. While the Port and Ohio EPA dispute the issue with the… Read More
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has launched Africa’s first dredging simulator – a computerised training cockpit for aspirant dredger operators – in Durban. The dredging simulator is located at Durban’s Maritime School of Excellence (MSoE) and will form the core of the school’s newly launched Dredging School, which is one of only four worldwide. The… Read More
Hanjin Shipping elected to file for court receivership on Tuesday, the first step towards what will be the largest container line bankruptcy in history – six times larger than the collapse of United States Lines three decades ago, the previous record holder. Hanjin operates 98 container ships totalling 600,000 TEU, 11 port terminals and 74… Read More
Chairman of Ports Australia Wodonga to act as freight ‘pressure-valve’ for SCT and CEO of Flinders Ports, Vincent Tremaine, said that, “the Code was developed to demonstrate to the community and other stakeholders that Australia’s ports community is at the leading edge of capital and maintenance dredging management.” “The Code is one of a number… Read More
The federal government announced it will invest $33.5 million to carry out harbour improvement projects — including wharf construction, maintenance and dredging — at 29 small harbours throughout B.C. “Small craft harbours are the hub for our fishing industry,” said Joe Peschisolido, Liberal MP for Steveston-Richmond, who announced the funding on Aug. 31. “Fish is… Read More
Tropical Storm Hermine, which has already disrupted activity at a dozen oil and gas facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, has been upgraded to a category 1 hurricane as it approaches Florida. It is set to be the first hurricane to make landfall in the state in 11 years. In a statement Thursday afternoon the… Read More
An 11-year high tide combined with beach erosion to shut down South America’s busiest port and cast doubt on plans to dredge to 17 meters (55.8 feet) so the port can handle larger ships. The 30-hour shutdown caused delays for dozens of vessels and was the latest symptom of government failures to provide adequate and… Read More