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Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has emphasised the need for developing inland waterways to improve the country’s economy. Stating this while at a public meeting here on Saturday, he pointed out that China was transporting 47 per cent of its goods and passenger traffic through waterways. Similarly, Korea, Japan and several European countries were also… Read More
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron called on the government to do more to protect communities, claiming that hundreds of flood defence schemes had been branded ‘low priority’ and shelved. Flooding which brought chaos to Britain and saw thousands of people evacuated from their homes may have been avoided if the Government had not cancelled hundreds… Read More
Upstate opponents of a decision by regional Environmental Protection Agency officials to let General Electric Co. close its PCB cleaning plant in Fort Edward had an audience this week with high-ranking national EPA officials in Washington, D.C., to make the case that GE should be held back. A coalition representing nine environmental groups met Wednesday… Read More
The provision of a €10 million flood relief scheme for Bandon remains a priority and work will begin in 2016, according to Simon Harris, Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works. Mr Harris said the OPW was “progressing the Bandon project as a matter of urgency” with the project gone to… Read More
Howth is one of the most beloved and visited seaside towns in Dublin and Ireland and one of the country’s six national working fishery harbours. It is also the premier fishery port on the east coast with a synchro lift and repair yard. Tourism to Howth port and peninsula has increased greatly, with as many… Read More
As part of its efforts to provide communities and businesses with products, tools, services, and funding to better address weather- and climate-related threats, today NOAA announced $4 million in recommended funding for six habitat restoration projects across the United States. The projects recommended for funding, under NOAA’s 2015 Coastal Ecosystem Resiliency Grants Program, focus on… Read More
AS yet another year comes to an end the question of whether or not the port gets the go-ahead from the Marine Management Organisation in the near future for the capital dredging project still hangs in the air. The harbour commissioners were expecting to make some kind of announcement this month regarding dredging. Once dredged… Read More
Findlay Mayor Lydia Mihalik and Safety-Service Director Paul Schmelzer discussed updates and funding of the Findlay flood-control project with officials in Washington this week. Mihalik and Schmelzer met with U.S. Rep. Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown on Wednesday, and Republican Sen. Rob Portman on Thursday. Mihalik said it had been a… Read More
A suspected unexploded Second World War bomb has been found in a shipping yard. Police were called to the site in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne at 11.30 am after reports it had been found. The bomb was pulled from the shore and staff were evacuated from the area as a precaution while experts attempted to… Read More
As photos over time indicate, Dauphin Island is eroding. Yet for decades the issues of why that erosion is occurring and how significant it is have been mired in debate. Some have pointed to the Mobile Bay shipping channel as the culprit, which as recently as last year was the subject of contention when the… Read More
The Port of Kalama has been awarded a $50,000 economic feasibility grant to help identify how to best maximize the economic and community benefits at the new Spencer Creek Business Park. The Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) recently approved the grant as part of $246,113 in public investments for studies targeting business growth… Read More
Environmental activists have released a letter from Prime Minister Hun Sen to the National Assembly penned in response to allegations of illegal sand dredging in Koh Kong province. In the letter, Hun Sen dismisses claims by activist group Mother Nature of foreign ownership of the two firms in question – Direct Access and International Rainbow… Read More
Wahkiakum County commissioners approved transportation plans for 2016 and beyond and worked on other issues when they met Tuesday. Besides working on road construction and ferry improvement plans, the board discussed progress on placing dredged sand on eroding properties. The board approved a contract with Coast and Harbor Engineering for engineering design and permitting for… Read More
According to the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority”, dredging fleet of the contractor started works over the 7th sweep of Dnieper-Bug estuary channel in accordance with the agreement concluded between the State Enterprise “USPA” represented by the branch “Delta-pilot” and SE “Ukrvodshliakh” (state enterprise of the Ministry of Infrastructure administration). Operational dredging is performed… Read More
Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari, said on Tuesday that Kolkata Port Trust would take the help of IIT-Madras for dredging at the Sagar anchorage, which is proposed to be turned into a major port. “The draft at Sagar (150 km downstream on the Hooghly from Kolkata) is proposed to be… Read More