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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is well-known for maintenance dredging within the Great Lakes to support navigability and commerce. Tributaries connected to the lakes contribute to increased sediment loadings causing channels and harbors to fill in. Therefore, dredging is typically done in federal channels and harbors to maintain authorized depths. Primary sources for sediment… Read More
Hanjin Shipping on Thursday gave US importers awaiting the discharge of their stranded goods a better idea of when some ships will call but wasn’t able to give a timeline for two ships under arrest near the Panama Canal and another off the coast of Savannah. It’s not clear when Hanjin Baltimore and Hanjin Bremerhaven… Read More
Lawyers for the Ohio EPA, the Port of Cleveland and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday were attempting to hammer out an agreement to dredge the Cuyahoga River shipping channel, and to overcome a demand by the Corps that could sink the deal. The Army Corps proposed Monday to end the year-long stalemate… Read More
Transnet National Ports Authority has commenced a multi-million rand port infrastructure rehabilitation project at the small domestic seaport of Port Nolloth on the north-western coast of South Africa. The project is aimed at improving infrastructure for offshore activities and forms part of efforts to develop the country’s marine transport and manufacturing industry in line with… Read More
In an industrial area north of downtown Fort Worth, three bridges are under construction that, at least for now, serve little purpose. The bridges are going up over dry land in anticipation that they will someday span a 1.8-mile (3 km) channel off the Trinity River, part of an ambitious 13-year-old plan to transform the… Read More
Plans are underway to increase marine licensing fees in Wales from April 2017. The Welsh government is currently consulting over its proposals, which will mainly affect commercial operations. A wide range of activities in Welsh waters require a marine licence before works can be undertaken. These include navigational dredging and the disposal of dredged material… Read More
Standing at his post at a floodgate in the middle of Jakarta, Bejo Santoso says he has seen it all. He doesn’t mean a lifetime of experiences. He is talking about the variety of man-made waste that floats down the Ciliwung River before it is expunged into a deep bay that a Dutch fleet spotted… Read More
A major dredging project at the port of Guangzhou signals its intentions to capture Pearl River Delta cargo currently traveling to other competitors in the region, which is home to some of the world’s busiest harbors. The project to widen the stretch of water linking its container terminals at Nansha to the main east-west shipping… Read More
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has asked for immediate steps to resolve the problems that are responsible for under-utilisation of the Mongla seaport capacity, officials said. For the facelift, the ministry of shipping (MoS) has been handed a 10-point directive. The PMO move to elevate the seaport to its potential capacity came following a request… Read More
The largest container ship to visit New Zealand waters, the MV Aotea Maersk, will visit Port of Tauranga. The 9500 TEU (20ft equivalent units) vessel is the first call in a new direct service from Asia announced in July by Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, and Kotahi, New Zealand’s leading export supply… Read More
A “barangay” (village) watchman was killed and 10 others were injured when a dredging platform collapsed in Manila, a City Hall official confirmed on Saturday. Johnny Yu, the head of the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said the tragedy occurred on Saturday morning at the Ermita District, a popular tourist area in the… Read More
Hundreds watched as the largest dredge built in the United States made a splash Friday afternoon. Shortly after 12:30 p.m., crews at Eastern Shipbuilding Group side launched “Ellis Island” at the Allanton Shipyard. The vessel, an ATB Hopper Dredge Barge, is 433 ft. x 92 ft. x 36 ft. Steel cutting for this project started… Read More
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 on Wednesday, moving the 52-foot Charleston Harbor deepening project closer to the authorization needed to begin construction. Bill H.5303 passed by a 399-25 vote. The U.S. Senate voted 95-3 to pass the water bill on Sept. 14. A conference committee will now… Read More
As sediment has built up in the shipping channel, cargo ships have been compelled to lighten their loads to prevent bottoming out or becoming stuck in the river. Due to the lighter loads, the steel mill’s inventory of iron ore pellets has reached a critically low level, the motion said. “Each passing day decreases the… Read More
Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (part of United Shipbuilding Corporation) and FSUE Rosmorport will launch the Kadosh, third ship of TSHD 1000 design, on 5 October 2016, says the shipbuilding company. First two ships of TSHD 1000 design, named Sommers and Kronshlot, have been delivered to the customer. The contract between Rosmorport and Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard was… Read More