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New infrastructure and a lift in cargo, cruise ship and logging volumes has given Port Nelson a net profit of $10.8 million, a result that also boosts council coffers. The company reported an operating profit of $22.8 million for the 2016-17 financial year, up on the $18.3m for the previous year. The net profit after… Read More
Less than a year after Edisto Beach dug out from Hurricane Matthew, Irma leveled dunes that had been rebuilt 15 feet (5 meters) high, flooding the barrier island anew and filling its roadways with sand. So now, following a nearly $19 million project that pumped more than 900,000 cubic yards (688,000 cubic meters) of sand… Read More
As the Port of Charleston greeted it biggest ship to date, the federal government announced a deal to ensure a new generation of supersized cargo vessels won’t run aground, even at low tide. The Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday that its local office awarded the first construction contract for the long-planned deepening of Charleston… Read More
The port of Hamburg may have prevented further declines in the first half of 2017, but the delays surrounding the expansion of the Elbe Fairway continue to cost the German gateway. Container volumes for the period were flat on last year’s at 4.45m teu, and while some saw this as a welcome respite after two… Read More
Muscat finalised the construction contract on a key downstream scheme at Duqm on the east-central coast in late August. The move was spurred by the long-awaited award earlier in the month of the main packages on the greenfield refinery that forms the centrepiece of the new economic hub under development at the site. The government’s… Read More
August container volumes at the nation’s busiest port climbed by 6.1 percent compared to August 2016 volumes. 847,857 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) came through the Port of Los Angeles, marking the busiest August and the second-busiest month in the port’s 110-year history. Eight months into 2017, Port container volumes are 9 percent ahead of 2016,… Read More
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has approved the permit application from Kinder Morgan Canada for the portion of the project that is within our jurisdiction involving upgrade and expansion of the existing Westridge Marine Terminal in the Port of Vancouver. The decision was made after a thorough and robust project and environmental review of the… Read More
MAN has revealed the successor to its 48/60CR engine in the company’s line of high-performance diesel engines. The new MAN 45/60CR marine diesel engine will initially be available as 12 and 14 V versions with power outputs of 15 600 and 18 200 kW respectively, with inline versions following at a later date. For land-based… Read More
A few of Florida’s seaports have reopened following the destructive Hurricane Irma, with Georgia ports set to reopen on Wednesday morning. In an update on Tuesday afternoon, the Florida Ports Council said PortMiami, Port of Pensacola and Port Everglades were already open, but restrictions may apply. “More ports are expected to open later today and… Read More
After Hurricane Harvey ravaged Houston, the shutdown of Gulf Coast refineries strained fuel supplies in much of the United States, including Florida, which gets almost all of its oil by boat. As Hurricane Irma menaced the Caribbean, increased demand within Florida drove up gas prices even further. There and in Puerto Rico and the U.S…. Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA) Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have executed a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) for the deepening and widening of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel (CC Ship Channel). The PPA, effective September 9, 2017 was signed by John LaRue, PCCA Executive Director, and Colonel Lars N…. Read More
Two hundred years ago this summer, in a forest just south of Rome, New York, local judge and contractor John Richardson took a spade and broke ground for a canal. First, though, he said a few words: By this great highway unborn millions will easily transport their surplus productions to the shores of the Atlantic,… Read More
Clean Earth announces Clean Earth Connect, a new, proprietary, web-based tool providing customers with on-demand, pertinent information about their soil projects’ materials moving to Clean Earth facilities for treatment and recycling of contaminated soil. Clean Earth Connect provides: Real-time Scale Data Historical Scale Reports Digital Copies of Weight Tickets and Manifests Digital Copies of Invoice… Read More
The 14,400 teu capacity vessel, CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt has become the largest container ship to call the Port of New York and New Jersey after arriving at APM Terminals (APMT) Elizabeth container terminal. The ship also became the largest vessel to pass under the raised roadbed of the Bayonne Bridge, which now gives air… Read More
RESEARCHERS from Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) said the modernization of the Davao Sasa Port has to be pushed through being the best strategic point for trade in Davao City despite its apparent inadequacies. AdDU Center for Business Research and Extension Director Cleofe Arib said she made a study last year, along with other researchers,… Read More