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The city has decided to again venture deeper into the process to take over the federally owned Owen Sound Harbour. Council on Monday night directed Mayor Ian Boddy to sign a letter of intent, which officially informs Transport Canada that the city has an interest in acquiring the port, as well as a disclosure of… Read More
While he is celebrating a “record breaking” winter tourism season, based on the number of cruise vessels to the island, President of the Antigua & Barbuda Cruise Tourism Association Nathan Dundas said government will have to go back to the drawing board to make additional changes to accommodate much larger vessels. Making specific reference to… Read More
The work at the side canal in Egypt’s East Port Said will be completed by the end of June 2016, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish announced. The statement came following President Abdel Fatah al Sisi’s visit to the site Thursday. “Digging operations of the new side canal will start next week. It… Read More
Mayor Lovely Warren wants to study what it might take to turn the Port of Rochester into a greater destination for cruise ships and boating. Warren submitted legislation to City Council this week to enter an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out the study. If approved, the city would pay… Read More
In an interim order, National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday directed the Kiranpani Port Private Limited (White Orchid Estate Private Limited) not to undertake dredging at the mouth of River Tiracol without required permissions, till further hearing. NGT has also directed the seven respondents in the case—Kiranpani Port Private Limited government of Goa, Goa coastal… Read More
A Chinese dredging company that is the world’s largest has delayed a planned initial public offering in Hong Kong as it responds to queries from the city’s stock exchange about dredging work done for Beijing in disputed territory in the South China Sea, according to people with knowledge of the matter. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
The terminal of Transneft – Port Kozmino LLC (port Vostochny, Primorsky Territory) is going to boost its annual production capacity by 20% to 36 mln t in 2017, IAA PortNews correspondent cites Sergei Dolgikh, the stevedoring company’s Deputy Director General for commodity-transport operations, as saying at the 10th International Congress ‘Oil Terminal 2015’ in Saint-Petersburg…. Read More
There was a time when the Los Angeles River was in danger of becoming a freeway. In 1988, California Assemblyman Richard Katz proposed exactly that. He figured that by turning this concrete drain system of a river into a freeway would ease traffic congestion on the Ventura and Long Beach freeways by as much as… Read More
Three Bays Preservation and Mass Audubon Society are seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Nantucket Sound and Cotuit Bay. The plans call for the dredging of 133,600 cubic yards of clean sand from a 218,400-square-foot area to be placed on Dead Neck Sampson’s Island in Osterville. The majority of… Read More
The Port St. Joe Port Authority recently took the next step in developing the Port of Port St. Joe. The Port Authority board officially entered into a joint participation agreement (JPA) with Hatch Mott MacDonald engineers and the Florida Department of Transportation. The agreement is for Hatch Mott to initiate the work on the design… Read More
India’s Ministry of Shipping has updated its guidelines for awarding capital and maintenance dredging contracts at major state-owned ports. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
If Margate didn’t want dunes, it should have challenged the project more than a decade ago. That was the message from state’s attorney Stephen Eisdorfer Friday afternoon during a 75-minute court hearing on the battle over the plan to seize dozens of city-owned properties as part of a larger dune project. The two sides argued… Read More
The Greater Lafourche Port Commission received national attention for a project that restored about a mile of beach and dune habitat near Port Fourchon. The American Association of Port Authorities awarded the commission the 2015 Environmental Enhancement Award for the project, which bolsters the port’s first line of defense against hurricanes and storm surge. The… Read More
Presque Isle Advisory Committee members are concerned about contaminants. The group has questions about a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposal to use material dredged from Erie’s harbor to build up Presque Isle’s Gull Point. “Is the potential harm or contamination worth what we really get out of this?” park Operations Manager Matt Greene asked…. Read More
The city of Lebanon and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District held a signing ceremony today that signals the beginning of a Flood Risk Management Study of the Bartons Creek watershed. The study includes Bartons and Sinking Creeks and will look at measures to reduce flood risk as well as provide the city with… Read More