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KYIV. March 17 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Ukrainian Sea Port Authority in 2017 will invest UAH 3.5 billion in modernization and development of port infrastructure, Authority Head Raivis Veckagans said at the presentation of top priority plans of the authority for 2017 in Kyiv on Thursday. He said that UAH 1.738 billion will be sent to… Read More
“A river,” says Terry Cunningham of Fethard Historical Society, “is not just a big drain.” How we manage our rivers depends to a considerable degree on how we see them. EU legislation on water quality and flooding is driving great changes in our landscapes. Decisions taken now will have very big social and environmental impacts… Read More
Valeport is using Ocean Business17 as the launch venue for a new sensor especially designed for the dredging community, which will be on show for the first time at Ocean Business. Recognized as world leaders in sound velocity technology, Valeport’s latest addition combines a new turbidity sensor with the SWiFT SVP (CTD) technology to create… Read More
Thanks to its durability and high quality, the Lamor Seahunter has gained international popularity, and is used in many European countries for many commercial purposes. It is manufactured in Norway, Spain and Finland. The Lamor Seahunter can serve as a multiple use commercial platform or powered vessel. Each hull is designed to be connected together… Read More
Zurich Insurance Group and the Z Zurich Foundation have partnered with the Global Resilience Partnership to support the Global Resilience Challenge Water Window (Water Window) addressing resilience issues of flood prone communities in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and South and Southeast Asia, and building on synergies with the existing work of the Global… Read More
Lack of dredging has put Odisha’s lifeline Mahanadi river in danger of running dry. The situation is such that if dredging is not carried out soon, the river may run dry in the early days of summer season. Sources said red tapism has taken a toll on the river. With tender yet to be finalized,… Read More
M.V.Cargo has started building berth 25 for the grain terminal of Cargill at the Yuzhny maritime merchandise port (Odesa region). The corporate relations service of TIS LLC, the co-owner of which founded M.V.Cargo for the implementation of the Cargill project, the length of the new berth will be 385 meters and depth – 16 meters…. Read More
Members of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association are asking Congress to allocate $50 million for additional ICW dredging from the operating and maintenance budget of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The association argues that shoaling has created hazardous conditions in some areas of the ICW, with depths reported to be less than five feet,… Read More
‘Vopak’s strategy in the ARA region is to invest in productivity and service improvements at our current terminals instead of adding storage capacity for which we don’t see a need,’ says the terminal’s MD. The terminal operator and the Port of Amsterdam are to jointly invest in infrastructure improvements at Amsterdam Westpoort. A jetty will… Read More
THE latest “discussion paper” released by Infrastructure Victoria estimates building a container port at Hastings will cost more than double that of developing a new port at Bay West, inside Port Phillip. Using scenarios based on ships capable of carrying either 14,000 TEU (based on 20 foot long containers) or 18,500 TEU, the paper puts… Read More
Jacksonville Port Authority CEO Brian Taylor has resigned, giving no reason for the sudden departure, as the Northeast Florida port gauges whether it should encourage its top Asian container terminal to move in order to reduce the cost of deepening to better handle mega-ships. Taylor’s resignation is the second unexpected departure of a Jacksonville chief… Read More
Calling sea level rise an “existential threat,” Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine on Thursday called on federal and state authorities to do more to help coastal cities like Miami Beach deal with rising tides that he says are threatening cities like his. Levine spoke Thursday at a conference of five government agencies that make up… Read More
Coastal storms like Hurricane Sandy aren’t new, but what is new are the stakes. Today we have more development and people living on our coast. We also now face an unpredictable climate change and sea level rise, which could further compound coastal flooding. Bryce Wisemiller, project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New… Read More
Coming off a record 2016, the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore’s public marine terminals jumped right into 2017 with a record month in January. The Port handled 923,030 tons of general cargo (cars, containers, farm and construction equipment, forest products, and breakbulk). Most of that tonnage was containers which also had a record for… Read More
Tanjong Po in Bako is expected to be turned into another sea port for Sarawak. Describing Tanjong Po as interesting, Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Masing said even without dredging it has a natural depth of 10 metres. And because it is near Kuching, it has a lot of potential not… Read More