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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
Maneuvering smoothly across the water, the Amphibex dredger resembles a vehicle from a Star Wars movie with its stilt-like spuds and front excavator arm. But once in position and production dredging, the powerful machine’s efficiency and value are apparent. Back in 1987 it was easy to dredge from the shoreline or from a platform in… Read More
The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) set a new annual record for moving containers this year … but will it be enough to keep up with the competition? According to a release from the agency, SCPA terminals moved 2.14 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) during the fiscal year that ended on June 30 – up… Read More
Last week marked the beginning of the residency of a new quasi-public state entity, the Connecticut Port Authority (CPA), in Old Saybrook. Nomadic since it was created in 2014, with monthly board meetings set in port and harbor towns throughout Connecticut,the CPA announced at its Old Saybrook Town Hall meeting last week that Old Saybrook… Read More
The city is planning to dive deeper into analyzing the condition of the federally owned Owen Sound harbour as it continues port divestiture talks with Transport Canada. City manager Wayne Ritchie said the federal agency has agreed to cover the costs for the city to obtain a more detailed examination of the harbour by environmental… Read More
What if we built an $86 million Port of Entry, only to let it flood during the next rainy season? Columbus Mayor Phillip Skinner thinks such fears may be exaggerated. “The whole port is elevated several feet,” he told the Headlight. However, the New Mexico Border Authority has been at work on a $10 million… Read More
Members of Florida’s Congressional Delegation say plans to deepen the Harbor at Port Panama City are “shovel ready”, but they say the Army Corp of Engineers in not funding the project. A deeper port can accommodate larger ships and that means more money and jobs. Senator Bill Nelson and Representative Neal Dunn are supporting the… Read More
A year ago, Gov. Larry Hogan put out a call for private industry to suggest how Maryland should address the pollution that was quickly piling up behind the Conowingo Dam — a staggeringly expensive problem that many policymakers thought could wait. For nearly a century, the dam had stopped silt and polluting muck in the… Read More
Across the state of Iowa, crops are flourishing in the rich Midwestern soil, to be harvested throughout the summer and the fall. After the harvest, millions of pounds of corn, soy, wheat and other important commodities will be put onto barges and floated down the Mississippi River. Once they arrive in Louisiana, they will fill… Read More
South America’s largest port for containerized cargo had its official draft improved from 12.3 meters (40.4 feet) up to 12.6 meters Tuesday after emergency dredging concentrated on stretch one of the Santo port channel. The move comes a week after the Capitania dos Portos de São Paulo (CPSP), which is part of the Brazilian Navy,… Read More
Our two main reservoirs of Plover Cove and High Island hold 85 per cent of our freshwater supply, three quarters of which comes from a costly source: the Dongjiang. The Hong Kong government rejected the lateral expansion of reservoirs as too damaging to surrounding country parks, but it never looked into deepening Plover Cove to… Read More
Ecuador’s Manta port, under new management, plans cruise-related improvements to the tune of US$15m, including building a passenger terminal. There is great potential to grow tourism in Manta and the surrounding area, according to Samuel Franco C., general manager, Terminal Portuario de Manta, who cited ‘beautiful reserves, parks, beaches and small, eco-friendly resort facilities.’ With… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Survey Team conducted project condition surveys (PCS) for the Alaska District in Southeast Alaska from June 5, 2017 through June 16, 2017, covering the Aurora and Harris harbors in Juneau, and the North Harbor in Petersburg. The Buffalo District Survey Team has provided similar survey services assistance… Read More
Kuryk international ferry port on the Caspian Sea, which started operation in the beginning of the year, has received 93 ships and more than 400,000 tonnes of cargo. Plans are underway to increase the number up to one million tonnes, according to a Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) press release. First Deputy Prime Minister Askar Mamin… Read More