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State officials are looking for ideas on how to use material dredged from the bottoms of Ohio’s commercial and industrial ports. Lorain County Community College will host“Dredged Material: Make It Your Business – Digging Up Ideas Workshop” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 11. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is convening the meeting to… Read More
An effort to make more government money available for port maintenance dredging and construction projects was rejected by President Barack Obama, who threatened to veto a budget proposal by US Senate lawmakers. Last week the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would have set aside USD6 billion for civil works projects carried out by… Read More
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd is in talks to merge with United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), representing the latest move in the container market to battle a faltering global economy and too many ships. Hapag-Lloyd shares hit a three-month high on Thursday as it said the talks were based on its shareholders owning 72 percent of the combined… Read More
The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 69) meeting in London did not reach agreement on a work plan for developing carbon emissions regulation, advocates said Thursday. Many industry groups and member states have called for addressing CO2 emissions within the International Maritime Organization’s regulatory authority, and the negotiators at this year’s COP21 climate discussions… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has awarded $4.9 million in grants to support capital improvements at nine small shipyards located throughout the United States. Provided through the Small Shipyard Grant Program, the funding supports industrial modernizations that increase productivity, allowing the nation’s small shipyards to compete more effectively in the global marketplace…. Read More
China will encourage ships flying its flag to take the Northwest Passage via the Arctic Ocean, a route opened up by global warming, to cut travel times between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, a state-run newspaper said on Wednesday. China is increasingly active in the polar region, becoming one of the biggest mining investors in… Read More
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) appears to be constructing a new port next to Assab International Airport in Eritrea, which could become its first permanent military base in a foreign country. Satellite imagery shows rapid progress has been made since work began sometime after September 2015. A square of coastline measuring about 250×250 m has… Read More
Fiji is expected to engage on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with India’s Ministry of Shipping not only to strengthen the close relations of the two countries, but to benefit from enormous opportunities available in India. This is one of the points highlighted at last week’s Maritime India Summit held at Bombay Convention and Exhibition… Read More
Container lines can reserve transits of vessels of up to 14,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units through the Panama Canal, providing carriers with the ability to gain greater economies of scale, which may or may not be passed onto shippers. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
This year’s high river conditions on the lower Mississippi River have again deposited enough sediment in Southwest Pass to continue to disrupt shipping, costing operators millions of dollars, industry officials told the Mississippi River Commission on Friday (April 15). The navigable depth of Southwest Pass has dropped to 42 feet, when the channel is authorized to… Read More
Jailed former Guatemalan President Otto Perez was accused on Friday of negotiating and receiving part of a $25 million bribe in exchange for granting a port concession to a Spanish company, the attorney general’s office said on Friday. The latest accusation comes a year after a bribery scandal toppled Perez’s government, forcing his resignation and… Read More
Drayage and inland infrastructure bottlenecks that have long been a drag on growth at state-owned Chennai Port continue to drive up demand for alternative port options on India’s east coast. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
The Patrick Port Botany Sydney terminal is closed as members of the Maritime Union of Australia participate in a 48-hour strike, with more work actions planned at the Brisbane container terminal next week. The stoppage, close behind one at Fremantle last week, has its roots in the breakdown of negotiations on employment terms and conditions… Read More
The U.S. government should concentrate harbor deepening funds on the most important gateways instead of scattering limited resources across multiple projects, said Curtis Foltz, CEO of the Georgia Ports Authority. Foltz suggested that the government identify the 10 or so most important gateways for major cargoes such as containers and bulk commodities, and give them… Read More
The high cost of dredging—deepening and maintaining port channels—is often cited as the main reason why ship calling costs, or so-called vessel-related charges, are high at Indian ports, compared with other harbours in Asia. This is because dredging costs are recovered from ships docking at the ports to unload and load cargo. That makes it… Read More