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The Indonesian government and its Japanese counterpart are discussing how to finance the new deep-sea port project in Patimban, Subang, West Java. The new port will replace the scrapped Cilamaya port project. Following the cancellation of the Cilamaya port project, the Indonesian government offered the Japanese government the option to take out the largest share… Read More
Australia passed legislation on Thursday to enable the long-term lease of its largest shipping container terminal, the Port of Melbourne, freeing up privatization plans to move ahead after months of political headwinds. Investors from China to Qatar are flocking to Australian infrastructure because it is seen as well-regulated and predictable, offering a reprieve from volatility… Read More
Private beachfront property taken for a dune-building and beach-widening project would become public space when the work is finished, attorneys for New Jersey said on Friday. The admission in court was the first time attorneys for the state Department of Environmental Protection publically acknowledged that by seeking easements from oceanfront property owners for beach replenishment,… Read More
The Republican-controlled Senate appears headed for a showdown with the Republican-controlled Assembly over a “private property rights” bill that would roll back laws protecting lakes and wetlands. The Assembly passed the bill last week, but on Tuesday the Senate will be asked to vote for a new version that removes or softens about a dozen… Read More
Container lines have been accused of raising costs across the global supply chain — from cargo terminals to hinterland transport — as they pursue economies of scale through the deployment of increasing numbers of mega-ships. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
A Baltimore roundtable Tuesday of Obama administration members and port, labor and shipping leaders discussed the importance of ports in the U.S. and ways to grow them long-term. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Commerce Penny Prtizker and Secretary of Labor Tom Perez met with the port and retail industry, says the American Association… Read More
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has this week pledged to consider dredging the Teviot and Slitrig. SEPA chief executive Terry A’Hearn visited Hawick yesterday (Thursday), and was joined at a high-level meeting in the town hall chambers by local MSP John Lamont, and councillors Stuart Marshall, Watson McAteer and George Turnbull. The summit was arranged… Read More
The Port of Gothenburg in Sweden has announced its plan to build a new freight terminal at the outer port area on the Hisingen side of the river, at the estuary of the Göta Älv. The expansion project, listed as the largest expansion project at the port since the 1970s, will involve the construction of… Read More
On Friday, environmental officials announced that they had made final a plan to remove more than a century’s worth of industrial toxins from the lower eight miles of the Passaic, the most dangerously tainted ribbon of the river. The project, officials said, would be among the most ambitious and expensive cleanup efforts in the 35-year… Read More
CMA CGM plans to upgrade a trans-Pacific service to the West Coast by deploying six ships with capacities of 18,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units, starting late May, a bet that container terminals can handle the largest mega-ships to call the U.S. and that volume will steadily grow.
he Port of Gothenburg is set to expand with the construction of a new terminal at the outer port area. It is the largest expansion project at the port since the 1970s. The terminal will be built using dredging spoils and is expected to be completed at some point after 2020. The Land and Environment… Read More
State-owned firms such as Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI) and Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI) and other government departments and agencies will have to buy only Indian-built ships from 2025 onwards when a ten-year financial assistance scheme approved by the cabinet ends. This stipulation forms part of the draft guidelines written by the… Read More
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is again asking the Army Corps of Engineers to advance a northern deep-water Alaska port to serve vessels in Arctic waters. The Alaska Republican at a budget hearing Wednesday questioned the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, Jo-Ellen Darcy, on why the corps is not seeking funding a proposed… Read More
As many areas in the north of England and Scotland struggle to return to normal life after months of flooding, residents live in fear of yet another heavy bout of rainfall which environment experts say could be avoided by simply dredging rivers. But because of the EU’s European Water Framework Directive, rivers and streams are… Read More
A PLAN to improve access to the Port of Cairns through a 4.4 million cubic-metre capital dredging project has triggered a spat between the federal and state governments. Recently, Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt wrote to his Queensland Government counterpart Steven Miles regarding the project, which is being assessed at the Environmental Impact Statement phase…. Read More