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Essential dredging work at the country’s largest port, Santos, is in danger after the Special Ports Ministry, or SEP, canceled a contract with local dredging outfit EEL, necessitating the institution of draft restrictions in the harbor. “We have so many top-class, farcical soap operas going on in Brazil these days, and this one in Santos… Read More
WELCOME to Forest City, the residential island more than 10 square kilometres in size, with no cars and lush vegetation. It’s one of four sand banks built by Malaysia in the narrow sea separating it from Singapore as part of a $60 billion project. The neighbouring nation is none too happy about the new piece… Read More
State-owned oil firm Petrobras is reportedly considering a voluntary layoff program to reduce headcount by 12,000 positions, according to the paper O Estado de Sao Paulo. The plans are to be formally announced next month, company sources say, as part of a strategy for operations through 2020. The firm’s executives reported general plans for layoffs… Read More
Metro Vancouver is trying to figure out the best way to persuade the federal government to launch an environmental review of the bridge proposed to replace the Massey tunnel, after staff said it didn’t have enough information on the $3.5-billion project to make a compelling case. Directors on Metro’s intergovernmental committee asked staff Wednesday to… Read More
Massport and one of the largest shipping companies in the world plan to test the limits of Boston’s Conley Terminal in the coming weeks, bringing in the largest container ship in the port’s history. “It’s a challenge, like anything else,” said Thomas Glynn, chief executive of Massport. “They wouldn’t be giving us the challenge if… Read More
A Puget Sound shipping terminal crucial for exporting Crow Nation coal appears headed for denial, said U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont. Zinke said he expects the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to abort a yearslong environmental study of Gatetway Pacific Terminal and reject the project as Washington’s Lummi Nation requested in January 2015. The proposed… Read More
General Electric has issued a final rejection of the Environmental Protection Agency’s $613 million proposal to clean chemicals from a western Massachusetts river. The Berkshire Eagle reports GE Vice President for Global Operations Ann Klee said in the rejection letter posted Wednesday that the company’s position is “clear and unchanged.” The EPA had proposed cleaning… Read More
An overflow crowd of more than 350 concerned citizens turned out for a public forum on Tuesday night in support of the EPA proposal for the cleanup of the Housatonic River. But they also want to be clear that they oppose any plan to dump the PCB-tainted material in their community. The meeting, led by… Read More
Somali al Shabaab fighters have seized a small port in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, the latest sign of a resurgence in activity by the Islamist militants in the Horn of Africa nation. A series of offensives last year by the African Union force AMISOM and the Somali National Army had driven al Shabaab out of… Read More
The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has described as a rip-off government’s $633 million contract with Conti for the dredging of the Odaw River, and wants government to come clean on the matter. AFAG asked why a 75-kilometer stretch of the Niger River in Nigeria costs $210 million dollars, and the 12-kilometer Odaw River would… Read More
The Western Canadian province of Alberta is blessed with abundant oil reserves, while an oil refinery located in the Eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick seeks delivery of that oil, via pipeline. However, several mayors of towns and cities located in the province of Quebec oppose the pipeline carrying oil through their towns. The town… Read More
A lawsuit filed by a regional water board accuses the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of violating the federal Clean Water Act during two dredge and fill operations along the Los Angeles River and its tributaries. The suit announced Thursday by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board alleges the Army Corps failed to… Read More
The Wisconsin Assembly on Thursday approved an amended version of a bill that would scale back regulations for development on Wisconsin bodies of water. The state Senate made several changes to the bill on Tuesday, eliminating several controversial provisions that would have loosened rules on dredging. The bill had previously cleared the Assembly, but the… Read More
A state official who approved a dredging permit for Building and Land Technology’s Southfield Avenue boatyard plan is defending her decision. Janice Deshais, a hearing officer with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, issued an explanation after the Stamford Harbor Management Commission last month sent a letter to Attorney GeneralGeorge Jepsen asking him to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is tentatively recommending shoreline renourishment for part of Vilano Beach and South Ponte Vedra Beach, but those plans could change. The corps recently released a nearly 200-page report on its website, outlining a “tentatively selected plan” for the part of the coastline that’s been studied. The vulnerability of State… Read More