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The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA) Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have executed a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) for the deepening and widening of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel (CC Ship Channel). The PPA, effective September 9, 2017 was signed by John LaRue, PCCA Executive Director, and Colonel Lars N…. Read More
Two hundred years ago this summer, in a forest just south of Rome, New York, local judge and contractor John Richardson took a spade and broke ground for a canal. First, though, he said a few words: By this great highway unborn millions will easily transport their surplus productions to the shores of the Atlantic,… Read More
Clean Earth announces Clean Earth Connect, a new, proprietary, web-based tool providing customers with on-demand, pertinent information about their soil projects’ materials moving to Clean Earth facilities for treatment and recycling of contaminated soil. Clean Earth Connect provides: Real-time Scale Data Historical Scale Reports Digital Copies of Weight Tickets and Manifests Digital Copies of Invoice… Read More
The 14,400 teu capacity vessel, CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt has become the largest container ship to call the Port of New York and New Jersey after arriving at APM Terminals (APMT) Elizabeth container terminal. The ship also became the largest vessel to pass under the raised roadbed of the Bayonne Bridge, which now gives air… Read More
RESEARCHERS from Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) said the modernization of the Davao Sasa Port has to be pushed through being the best strategic point for trade in Davao City despite its apparent inadequacies. AdDU Center for Business Research and Extension Director Cleofe Arib said she made a study last year, along with other researchers,… Read More
One way to control floods is to dig up a national canal spanning the length of the country just below the edge of the hills touching Madhes. As the country slowly emerges from the devastation caused by recent flooding in Madhes—one of the worst floods in the region’s history—two questions crop up: Was there something… Read More
After the successful results obtained with MTG cutter-heads fitted with MTG Systems DMet, Boskalis has relied on MTG to design and manufacture a number of cutter-heads that will equip their new Helios dredger. The new Boskalis mega cutter Helios was named and christened on July 1 in Rotterdam (Netherlands). It’s the largest and most powerful… Read More
Eko Harden Technologies Oy of Helsinki has announced that its pioneering EKOGRID™ technology will be used in a one-year remediation research program of the City of Helsinki aimed at finding an ecological and economical method for cleaning up sea bed pollution in Töölö Bay. If successful, the research program could provide the blueprint for cities… Read More
Teledyne Seabotix’s vLBV observation class ROV can now be integrated with the Kongsberg M3 sonar system, Kongsberg announced on 29 August. The M3 sonar is a 2D multibeam system that provides high-resolution images by combining the rapid refresh rate of conventional multibeam sonar with image quality comparable to a single-beam sonar. Developed by Teledyne Seabotix,… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi was shut down for nearly a week because of Hurricane Harvey. It has since reopened, but recovery efforts continue there as well. Some vessels are passing through the ship channel, but the Port is open with restrictions. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers still has more work to do before… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA) has approved a project agreement for the deepening and widening of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel (CC Ship Channel), the port authority said in a statement. The $327 million project, also approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), includes widening and deepening the channel to 530… Read More
With Hurricane Irma bearing down on the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean, water managers in South Florida are bracing for heavy rainfall they say could exacerbate high water issues from record-setting rains the region experienced earlier this summer. “We’re probably looking at eight to 10 inches, depending on the path,” said John Mitnik, chief engineer… Read More
The 14,414-TEU CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, the biggest neo-Panamax containership to call on the U.S. East Coast, made its debut in New York Harbor Thursday, transiting under the newly elevated Bayonne Bridge at Port Elizabeth, N.J. The 1,200’x158’ Theodore Roosevelt, on its maiden voyage from Asia, drew a crowd to the Kill Van Kull to… Read More
General Electric Co. took aim at New York state and federal agencies in a duel over science that claims the $1.7 billion PCB dredging project of the Hudson River has been a failure. In a report filed Friday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is considering whether to declare the seven-year project a success,… Read More
The Nigerian Labour Congress and its counterpart, the Trade Union Congress have united in the condemnation of the Federal Government’s attitude in handling international corruption cases where top Nigerians have been indicted. The two unions frowned on the Federal Government’s treatment of the recent $20m bribery scandal case involving some former top executive officers of… Read More