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With annual visits in the 1 million range, an 800-person, 10-year-long waiting list to rent marina slips, parking issues and localized boating congestion, Summersville Lake, West Virginia’s largest and most popular body of water, needs help to plan for its future. That’s why personnel from the Huntington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
An Ohio Senate bill awaiting Gov. John Kasich’s signature would give the state EPA more power to regulate dredging in Lake Erie and landfills throughout the state. Senate Bill 2 revises environmental protection laws, putting a spotlight on Northern Ohio issues. It passed through the assembly on June 22, and Kasich is expected to sign… Read More
Urban waterways are natural centers of gravity for cities around the world. Today, however, many old industrial waterfronts and other neglected urban waterways are ripe for new design, development, and purpose. Mayors worldwide are rethinking how best to harness the unique, underutilized strategic value their rivers, canals, and harbors can present to their cities. Through… Read More
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has taken over the management and operations of Malalag port in Davao del Sur to upgrade the terminal and bring it to international standard as it positions the facility to become a third major international gateway. In a statement, the port regulator said P500 million will be initially spent starting… Read More
An Indar manufactured submersible motor such as will be installed on the Chinese newbuild dredger Dutch marine electrical system integration specialists Bakker Sliedrecht will deliver two submersible motors for a new hopper dredger being built for China’s Chang Jiang Waterway Bureau (CWB). Georgia USA based GIW Industries, which manufactures heavy duty dredge pumps, has ordered… Read More
The Senate on Wednesday began to investigate the $3 billion dredging of Calabar Channel, Lagos Channel and Bony Channel supervised by the Nigeria Port Authority. The Senate accused the NPA of conniving with Lagos Channel Management Limited, Bonny Channel Company Limited and Calabar Channel Management Company Limited to defraud Nigeria. Leading the debate on the… Read More
Magufuli orders contractor to fasCARGO handling at the Dar es Salaam port is set to surge to 28 million tonnes from the current 18 million per year, upon completion of the mega 926.2bn/- project. President John Magufuli yesterday laid the foundation stone, launching the construction works to deepen and upgrade the port’s berths one to… Read More
The 10,100 teu capacity Maersk Gibraltar arrived at APM Terminals Pipavav on June 16th, marking both the first call of Maersk Line’s ME1 service to the facility, and setting a new record for the largest vessel ever to call Pipavav port. The 337m long container ship loaded cargoes of refrigerated agricultural products, and iron castings… Read More
The Takoradi Port in the Western Region has begun recording increase in revenue from traffic to the sea port after the expansion works on the port were completed. This was made known by the Public Relations and Marketing Manager of the Takoradi Port Peter Amoo Bediako at a public lecture held on the revitalization of… Read More
Dredging of Arvandroud river is contingent on salvaging boats and ships submerged during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and this, according to general director of Khorramshahr Ports and Maritime Organization, Adel Daris, requires the cooperation of neighboring country Iraq. The southern end of Arvandroud constitutes a natural border between Iran and Iraq, and based… Read More
Reclamation has a very specific meaning for the sediment management industry. But beyond moving earth and creating land masses, reclamation can have a profound impact on the communities where the work is done. Rikuzentakata, Japan, is a prime example of what can happen when reclamation is truly integrated into the vision of the community. Following… Read More
Reporting to the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority, Executive Director Roger Guenther announced today the completion of maintenance dredging of the Bayport channel. The Bayport channel is accepted and will be maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) at a depth of 48.5 feet mean lower low water (MLLW). This… Read More
A new Ministry for Waterways has been established by the Fijian Government. This has been done to address the growing threat that flooding poses, a threat that is projected to worsen due to the effects of climate change. The ministry will be responsible for the maintenance of drainage systems and management of waterways in Fiji,… Read More
When the $5.5 billion expansion of the Panama Canal opened on June 26, 2016, dignitaries from around the world and 25,000 Panamanians lined the banks of the canal. But on the first anniversary, it was pretty much a working day. Five NeoPanamax vessels — ships too long, too wide and too heavy to fit through… Read More
The reported Indian proposal seeking Bangladesh to meet 20 per cent of the cost for dredging the routes of its two major rivers under the Protocol of Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT) does not seem to be fair. India, according to a report published recently in this paper, has floated a proposal to amend… Read More