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News is piling up about the continuing saga of chassis shortages. While the major US ports struggle to locate chassis, here in the Heartland the crisis fluctuates by region. For example, Iowa exporters need both chassis and containers to get their products to the international markets they serve. But the question remains how Iowa shippers… Read More
Controversial dredging of the Elbe River between Hamburg and the North Sea is now likely to be delayed by a further two years and could impact on handling, following a court ruling that current plans must be amended. The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig declared that long-planned Elbe deepening along the 130 kms stretch between… Read More
Why there has been so little scrapping in an industry beset by overcapacity Too many new ships, too few old ones scarpped. Since the financial crisis, after which trade growth slowed, the Baltic Dry Index-a measure of bulk freight rates has fallen by 93%. Prices for transporting containers have plunged by the same amount on… Read More
A judge in the Bahamas has fined a Canadian clothing manufacturer $50,000 for violating a court order to stop dredging near his beachfront home. The environmental group Save the Bays, which brought the case against Peter Nygard, calls the ruling “an extraordinary triumph for environmental justice in the Bahamas.” In a statement, a lawyer for… Read More
Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) reports that it has completed the project to redesign its Vorhafen Harbour Basin entrance. The improvements will provide more manoeuvring space for big ships, faster berth assignment and improved safety of navigation: Work was completed “well within the schedule, both in terms of time and money,” adds the HPA, with the… Read More
The Jaxport Board approved the purchase of conservation land needed for its deepening project. Jaxport is pushing for local, state and federal funding for the almost $700 million project. The Jaxport Board voted unanimously to approve the purchase of two parcels of land totaling 53 acres. The cost of the land was about $457,000. The… Read More
California faces an estimated $50 billion price tag for roads, dams and other infrastructure threatened by floods such as the one that severely damaged Oroville Dam last month, the state’s natural resources secretary said Wednesday. Nearly 200,000 people living near the country’s tallest dam were evacuated three weeks ago amid fears of a catastrophic flood… Read More
A San Francisco shipyard faced with potential closure due to a legal dispute between its former and current operators will remain open for the next 90 days while a longer term plan is worked out, city and port officials said Wednesday. The Port Commission on Tuesday approved an interim operating agreement with Puglia Engineering, Inc…. Read More
Port Otago has received resource consent from the Otago Regional Council to continue to use three marine sites adjacent to beaches to dump spoil from its routine channel dredging maintenance programme. Local surfers, concerned the nationally recognised Aramoana beach break could be affected, and Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, were successful in having extra monitoring… Read More
The provincial government here is open to investors interested to dredge the heavily silted Cagayan River, provincial administrator Joseph Llopis said. Llopis reiterated the observation of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol during the aerial assessment to determine the extent of Lawin’s damages in the region, that the Cagayan River needs dredging as it is already silted…. Read More
A number of projects requiring large scale dredging including that in the Arctic conditions have been announced in Russia. The participants of the 4th Forum of Dredging Companies discussed different urgent issues of dredging. This year, the scope of dredging works in water areas and canals of Russia will remain at the level of the… Read More
The Philippine government, with the endorsement of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), is eyeing official development assistance (ODA) and other forms of funding from the Chinese government to bankroll the proposed rehabilitation as well as the expansion projects for the Agus-Pulangui hydropower complex in Mindanao. The Agus-Pulangui retrofit and upgrade plan is among… Read More
Imagine 160 miles of continuous open water on the Allegheny River from the Kinzua Dam in Warren County to the Natrona dam in Harrison. It’s not just a dream; it’s the subject of two studies: The nonprofit American Rivers, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is studying and advocating for the removal of the Allegheny River’s upper… Read More
Shippers in Delta have appealed to the Federal Government to dredge the Escravos water channel which connects the Atlantic to Warri Port, to enable bigger sail to the port. The President, Delta Shippers Association (DESA), Mr Austin Egbegbadia, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Warri…. Read More
A glut of idled river barges is clogging Mississippi River shorelines from St. Louis to New Orleans, leaving U.S. barge companies that haul grain, coal and other bulk goods counting their losses. Even with record-large exports of corn and soybeans, typically a boon for shippers that haul grain to Gulf Coast export terminals, the collapse… Read More