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IADC Releases Dredging in Figures 2016

United States

IADC’s annual review of the global dredging market, Dredging in Figures, is now available. This edition focuses on the international dredging industry’s revenue for 2016. Report Reviews Revenue This paper highlights essential information about the dredging industry, which is divided into three sections – Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that includes sustainability, emissions and safety, the… Read More

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Tuas Mega Port: First Phase of Works Crosses Halfway Mark

Singapore

The first phase of round-the-clock works to build a future port in Tuas has crossed the halfway mark, with about 2,000 workers and supervisors on site. When The Straits Times visited the site recently, dredging and reclamation works were in full swing. The world’s largest grab dredger, which has a bucket capacity of 200 cubic… Read More

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Redevelopment of Benoa as a Passenger Cruise Port Begins

Indonesia

Bisnis Bali reports that the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, presided at a “sand-breaking” ceremony at Bali’s southernmost port of Benoa on Monday, September 18, 2017, marking the commencement of a port improvement project targeting to transform Bali into a modern passenger cruise ship destination. The ceremony, held at the eastern pier… Read More

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Port Partners to Tackle Ship Channel Dredging

United States

The Port of Lake Charles has partnered with the Water Institute of the Gulf on a study that will identify the source of sediment building up in the Calcasieu Ship Channel, areas to dispose dredged material and solutions on how to best use dredged material. Port Board members in August approved $360,000 for the contract… Read More

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Save Country’s Lifelines

Bangladesh

Most of the country’s rivers are struggling to survive due to encroachment, sand and stone lifting, and pollution, experts said at World Rivers Day. Also, excessive siltation and limited flow of water from the upstream compounded the threat to the continued existence of these vital lifelines, they added. If the government does not take strict… Read More

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Indiana Signs Purchase Deal on Possible Ohio River Port Site

United States

State officials say they’ve reached a purchase agreement for a former electric plant site in southeastern Indiana as a possible new Ohio River shipping port. The Indiana governor’s office says the Ports of Indiana Commission will complete a review by the end of 2018 before finalizing its purchase of the 725-acre site near Lawrenceburg. The… Read More

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

United States

Earlier this year, top Louisiana governmental officials and the executives with Lotte Chemical USA announced a project that is proof the five-parish area of Southwest Louisiana not only is growing in population and economic vitality, but garnering the interest of domestic and international firms that want to do more than build production facilities in the… Read More

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Harvey Damages Keep Port from Operating Without Restrictions

United States

The Port of Corpus Christi may look like it is fully reopened, with vessels traveling through the ship channel, but the Port is still operating under restrictions nearly a month after Hurricane Harvey. Port officials are working closely with their federal partners, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to achieve… Read More

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Marine Dredging Technology Is Changing

Fiji

Port Fantasy marina, situated in the integrated tourism resort development in Wailoaloa, Nadi is designed as two areas, each operating separately from the other. There is one island dedicated to handling physical tourism and a totally separated island for industrial and freight activity. A number of lots of different sizes were created so that different… Read More

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Revenue Increase through Efficient Channel Management

Nigeria

In 2011 Nigeria opened her doors to the largest container vessel ever to call on any West African port called West African Max (WAFMAX) which has 4,500 twenty equivalent units (TEUs) capacity on a single voyage. The vessel which requires a minimum of 13.5 meters draught was brought into Apapa port by Maersk Nigeria Limited…. Read More

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Ships, Trains and Trucks Recovering from Harvey’s Havoc

United States

Container ships bound for Houston called on other ports as Hurricane Harvey slogged its way across the upper Texas coast and into the history books. For weeks after the storm’s massive floodwaters receded, trucking companies lost revenue and endured delays. And still today, a heavy buildup of silt is blocking many of the barges that… Read More

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A Deep Dive into the Impacts of Harbor Dredging: What it is, why it’s Done

United States

Dredging is the process of excavating sediment deposits, trash, and other debris from the harbor floor and disposing of them elsewhere. An essential aspect of harbor maintenance, dredging is routinely performed in ports around the world for a variety of reasons. The main purpose of this process is to maintain the depth of existing ports… Read More

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Harvey Cripples Waterway for Commerce

United States

The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at the Colorado River is impassable after Hurricane Harvey, leading some to worry that products from the Crossroads aren’t making it to the global market efficiently. Specifically, the waterway’s west lock on the Colorado River near the community of Matagorda is closed to both commercial and recreational traffic. There, the U.S…. Read More

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Dutchess County Exec, Others Call On EPA To Require More PCB Cleanup

United States

The Dutchess County Executive and local leaders went to the Poughkeepsie waterfront Monday, calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to require more PCB cleanup of the Hudson River. This comes as the agency considers public comment on its five-year review. Republican Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro urges the EPA to take further action. “And we… Read More

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Coomera Boost with New Dredge Facility

Australia

The Queensland government has signed off on the contract for the construction of a new $3 million dredge facility on the Gold Coast, opening the way for larger vessels to access the Coomera marine precinct. The Coomera Dredged Sediment Management Facility (CDSMF) will take sediment from a 14 kilometre stretch of the Coomera River and… Read More

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