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Mud Cat is pleased to introduce the new highly portable and affordable Mud Cat® MC 115D, which boasts unmatched versatility in the mini-dredge product space. The MC 115D maximizes output on its 24 ft. (7.3m) long platform with a 115 HP (85 kW) diesel engine. An optional self-launching hydraulic tilt trailer and built-in pipe rack… Read More
Honda moved 47,700 vehicles across the docks at the Colonel’s Island port terminal in the last fiscal year, nearly tripling the amount of cargo the company shipped through the Port of Brunswick, according to a release from port officials. American Honda Motor Company added 34,700 vehicles to its traffic through the local port in fiscal… Read More
A Chinese-made dredging vessel, the largest of its kind in Asia, started water testing in east China’s Jiangsu Province Friday. The 140-meter-long vessel, with the designed capacity to dredge 6,000 cubic meters per hour, can dig as deep as 35 meters under the sea floor. The vessel named “Tian Kun Hao” was funded and designed… Read More
A key part of the plan to dredge Charleston Harbor to 52 feet received the go-ahead Monday with the announcement of the most expensive contract in the history of the Army Corps of Engineers — a $213 million deal to help make the waterway the deepest on the East Coast and more accessible to supersized… Read More
With five major windfarm projects off the Dutch coast in the pipeline, the Port of Rotterdam is stepping up efforts to attract the sector – including the construction of reclaimed island to house a cluster of offshore service providers. By the end of the year, the five tenants to occupy the 70ha site will be… Read More
A new report by McKinsey and Company has predicted what will influence capacity growth for container shipping vessels as they develop to reach sizes of up to 50,000 TEU by 2067. The London-based global management consultancy’s research has concluded that the maritime supply chain will develop over the next fifty years to give rise to… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to revive a Louisiana flood protection board’s lawsuit seeking to make oil, gas and pipeline companies pay for decades of damage to coastal wetlands. The suit drew fierce opposition from the energy industry and many in state government when it was filed in 2013 by the Southeast Louisiana Flood… Read More
In Singapore, sand is just as precious a resource as oil and water. Securing a steady supply is proving to be trickier these days. By filling the sea along its coasts with imported sand, the tiny island nation has expanded its physical size by about 24 percent since 1960, according to data from the Singapore… Read More
Barbara Montone walks barefoot through a house built on the New Jersey shore, leaving her spiky heels outside to avoid scratching the hardwood floors. It has a turreted roof, a kidney-shaped swimming pool and a six-burner Thermador stove. But one reason alone explains why it is listed for $2.2m: the back garden is on Barnegat… Read More
Non-major ports in the country have edged past major ports in cargo volumes growth over the past five years. Between 2012-13 and 2016-17, cargo at non-major ports witnessed a spike of 25 per cent compared with 18 per cent registered by major ports. Total cargo handled by major ports rose from 545.60 million tonnes (mt)… Read More
THE much anticipated Bagamoyo Port that is expected to boost the country’s economy and attract big investments in the country is expected to kick off operations between 2020 and 2021, Deputy Minister for Trade, Industries and Investment, Engineer Stella Manyanya has confirmed. Eng Manyanya who was addressing a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industries, Trade and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is starting to recognize the wisdom of a practice the Port of Cleveland has employed for the past three years: repurposing sediment from its harbor. The Corps dredges 1.5 million tons of sand and soil each year from the bottom of eight harbors and shipping channels along the southern… Read More
Superstorm Sandy tore through the New York region five years ago. It was a storm unlike any other we had seen before. Life was never the same for many tristate residents after October 29, 2012. The monster storm caused unprecedented storm surge and record flooding. Dozens of people died. Thousands lost their homes. Countless prized… Read More
DHI Australia is excited to announce that a new web based solution is operational at Queensland’s premier multi cargo port, the Port of Brisbane. The Nonlinear Channel Optimisation Simulator system, known as NCOS Online, is an advanced operational forecast service allowing for bigger and deeper draft vessels than ever before to service the Port, without… Read More
August’s Drewry global container port throughput index reached an all-time high of 126.8 points. The August figure, the highest since inception of the index in January 2012, was nearly 7 points up on August 2016 (120.0 points) and more than 11 points up on the August 2015 level of around 116 points. The global index… Read More