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The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) board of directors adopted a 2018 fiscal year financial plan that includes six percent pier container growth, USD 251.1 million operating revenues, USD 44.1 million operating earnings, and capital expenditures of USD 262.3 million. The plan projects pier containers, or box volume, of 1.263 million during FY2018, a six… Read More
Stikland based Cape Mining Supplies (CMS) report the delivery of the largest Dragflow hydraulically driven submersible dredge pump yet supplied on the African continent. This order was received from Marine Civils Contractor Southern Oceaneering who was awarded the dredging and sand bypass maintenance contract at Coega’s deep water port of Ngqura. Its contract with Transnet… Read More
The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore handled nearly 10 percent more cargo last year than the previous year, making it the fourth fastest-growing port in North America, according to a recent study by the Journal of Commerce, an industry publication. In 2016, the port handled the equivalent of 648,770 20-foot containers, the truck-sized boxes… Read More
The Port of Charlottetown has applied for federal and provincial funding to dredge an area of the harbour of silt build-up in order to eventually extend the harbour’s berth to accommodate two cruise ships at the same time. Corryn Clemence, the port’s business development manager, explained that dredging would involve removing 5,000 cubic metres of… Read More
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has retrained the outsourced workers on the Tema Port Expansion Project from engaging in any illegal strike. In its ruling dated 23 June 2017, the Commission said,” The respondent Union are further restrained from engaging in any illegal action of any kind” The China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), which is… Read More
A REPORT claiming the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is set to fail is “mischievous”, Assistant Water Minister Anne Ruston says. The South Australian Senator said the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, which released the report on Monday, were “just trying to stir a possum”. The group argues that to deliver the Murray-Darling Basin Plan “in full… Read More
Port Canaveral recently approved more than $1.2 million to begin work on building a bigger and better Cruise Terminal 3 due to interest from cruise lines in adding more cruise ships to the port. The funds were approved by the Canaveral Port Authority commissioners as the port looks to the future and having more cruise… Read More
It will have taken 35 years to move five feet in the Delaware River – but they are five big feet. Five feet deeper. By this time next year, the channel-deepening project will have been completed. From an initial study by the Delaware River Port Authority in 1983, this project has consumed the attention of… Read More
GLOBAL ports industry powerbrokers have backed the development of Cairns’ Trinity Inlet to meet “crucial” environmental responsibilities while propelling the city’s economy forward. The general assembly of PIANC, also known as the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure, met in Cairns for the first time this week. It comes less than a fortnight after Treasurer… Read More
The Brazilian government is putting together a new infrastructure investment plan – Advance – to replace the Accelerated Growth Programme, first introduced in 2007. This latest initiative has been motivated by the 1% growth in GDP recorded in the first quarter of this year. The new investment programme aims to inject $16bn into various sectors… Read More
Environmental projects from the Lake Erie shores of Monroe to the Manistique River in the Upper Peninsula are threatened by proposed state and federal budget cuts. The federal budget proposed by President Donald Trump eliminates funding for Great Lakes restoration work, while the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality could lose as much as $40 million… Read More
As the State Ports Authority prepares this month to set an annual record for containerized cargo, the maritime agency’s board of directors on Wednesday approved a budget that would set even higher marks during the coming fiscal year. The SPA expects to finish fiscal 2017, which ends June 30, with a record 1.19 million cargo… Read More
Granting of a 25-year maintenance dredging and disposal consent for the Otago Harbour channel will allow Port Otago to cater for increasingly bigger ships on the New Zealand coast. Geoff Plunket, outgoing Port Otago Chief Executive, said the latest dredging consent, granted by the Environment Court earlier this month, puts in place all the necessary… Read More
Union Minister for Road, Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate cargo operations which will resume from the port here in August. Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy on Tuesday met Mr. Gadkari and apprised him of the progress of port development works. Mr. Gadkari has agreed to attend the inaugural function, slated to be held… Read More
Port Tampa Bay is moving forward with plans to widen and deepen the Big Bend Channel after securing instrumental state and federal funding for the project. The port was awarded a $5.7 million grant from the Florida Department of Transportation, which will be used toward the widening and deepening of the Big Bend Channel. The… Read More