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With the largest cargo ship ever to visit the U.S. East Coast docked behind him, Gov. Nathan Deal said Friday he’s willing to spend an additional $20 million from Georgia taxpayers to make room for more giant ships to reach the Port of Savannah. Deal visited Savannah as dockworkers unloaded the COSCO Development, a massive… 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
The green light has finally been given for dredging of the St. Lawrence River to begin at the Port of Ogdensburg as early as next year, according to U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y. Sen. Schumer said Thursday that the acting secretary of Army civil works will sign an agreement with the Army Corps of… Read More
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt says he plans to prioritize the agency’s Superfund cleanups, even as the Trump administration seeks deep cuts to the program responsible for restoring the nation’s most polluted sites. In a memo to EPA staffers this week, Pruitt wrote that Superfund cleanup efforts “will be restored to their rightful place… Read More
DP World and India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the logistics sector in India. This news follows DP World’s previous announcement it would seek trade opportunities in the country worth over USD$1bn. DP World confirmed it plans to invest the cash in developing the port… Read More
The largest cargo ship ever to visit ports on the U.S. East Coast is so long the Statue of Liberty and Washington Monument could fit end-to-end along its deck and still leave room for Big Ben. The COSCO Development arrived Thursday at the Port of Savannah in Georgia after cruising past dozens of onlookers —… Read More
South Carolina Ports Authority announced its strongest April container volumes on record, with 189,315 twenty foot-equivalent units (TEUs) handled last month. In addition to being the strongest April in SCPA history, last month’s volumes were the second-highest ever handled by the Port. Nearly 1.8 million TEUs have moved across the docks of SCPA’s two container… Read More
A massive dredging project at the Baltimore Harbor underscores the tight, cooperative relationship between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) — a bond that has been vital to the state’s maritime success. The goal of this latest venture is to remove about 1 million cubic yards of mud, silt,… Read More
GERS and WICO are undertaking a multi million dollar Havensight Mall enhancement project. It includes a very impressive stone gate entrance and huge marquee Havensight sign in gold, blue bit stone walls and a black cast iron gates throughout the property for security and to direct the flow of traffic, enhanced landscaping, painting of all… Read More
A group of residents from a northern Indianapolis suburb are threatening legal action against the city if it moves forward with its plans for a flood wall along a canal, a plan they say could subject their homes to serious flood damage. Four residents from the town of Rocky Ripple hand delivered a tort claim… Read More
The Kankakee River Roundtable, reactivated Thursday after 18 idle months, has launched a campaign to pressure the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to investigate ways to curb the long-standing sand and sediment problems in the river in Illinois and Indiana. Roundtable chairman Tim Nugent is encouraging organizations in the river basin to write to federal… Read More
North Korea is building up islands in the Yellow Sea and may be preparing them for installation of military hardware, analysts have claimed. A string of islands near the Sohae satellite launching station, north-west of Pyongyang, have been beefed up with buildings, extra concrete areas and wide roads over a period of several years, according… Read More
The National Marine Manufacturers Association released details about the ways a bill funding the federal government through fiscal 2017 will affect the marine industry. Last week President Donald Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (H.R. 244) after the House and Senate passed it. The measure is a $1.163 trillion spending bill that will… Read More
AN abrupt about turn by Frankston councillors withdrawing support for a container port at Hastings has plunged council into troubled waters. The Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Shire councils previously officially supported the establishment of a port at Hastings by a state government potentially decades from now. A second container port to service the Melbourne area… Read More
This year Ukrainian seaports authorities (USPA) will start reconstruction of the hydraulic engineering part of berths #3 – #4 in Mariupol seaport, reports UkrAgroConsult. The modernization of both berths in the port of Mariupol provides a projected depth of 9.75 m. Reconstruction of hydraulic engineering part of berth ? 3 is planned to have a… Read More