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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
A tugboat towing a dredging barge to a job off Ocean City lost power Saturday in heavy seas off Atlantic City. Swells of five to seven feet and winds of about 25 miles per hour beached the drifting tug and barge on the Brigantine side of Absecon Inlet. The inlet divides the island city of Brigantine… Read More
Rotterdam has unveiled a 275 million euro ($302 million) project to re-route 2.5 miles of rail freight track away from a bridge in the port so that shipping and rail traffic “will cease to get in each other’s way.” READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
The government is set to use the state budget to fund a new deep sea port project in West Java to handle exports and imports for Indonesia’s manufacturing hub — a plan that has strayed from the initial proposal to have private investors fund the entire project. Indonesia is currently negotiating with Japan for a… Read More
In a sometimes-heated public meeting Wednesday night, members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented the results of a two-year study of river-training structures they hope to build in the Mississippi River. The $6-8 million project would add nine structures — including three of a new, untested design — and remove two structures from… Read More