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A lawsuit filed by a regional water board accuses the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of violating the federal Clean Water Act during two dredge and fill operations along the Los Angeles River and its tributaries. The suit announced Thursday by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board alleges the Army Corps failed to… Read More
The Wisconsin Assembly on Thursday approved an amended version of a bill that would scale back regulations for development on Wisconsin bodies of water. The state Senate made several changes to the bill on Tuesday, eliminating several controversial provisions that would have loosened rules on dredging. The bill had previously cleared the Assembly, but the… Read More
A state official who approved a dredging permit for Building and Land Technology’s Southfield Avenue boatyard plan is defending her decision. Janice Deshais, a hearing officer with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, issued an explanation after the Stamford Harbor Management Commission last month sent a letter to Attorney GeneralGeorge Jepsen asking him to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is tentatively recommending shoreline renourishment for part of Vilano Beach and South Ponte Vedra Beach, but those plans could change. The corps recently released a nearly 200-page report on its website, outlining a “tentatively selected plan” for the part of the coastline that’s been studied. The vulnerability of State… Read More
A tugboat towing a dredging barge to a job off Ocean City lost power Saturday in heavy seas off Atlantic City. Swells of five to seven feet and winds of about 25 miles per hour beached the drifting tug and barge on the Brigantine side of Absecon Inlet. The inlet divides the island city of Brigantine… Read More
Rotterdam has unveiled a 275 million euro ($302 million) project to re-route 2.5 miles of rail freight track away from a bridge in the port so that shipping and rail traffic “will cease to get in each other’s way.” READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
The government is set to use the state budget to fund a new deep sea port project in West Java to handle exports and imports for Indonesia’s manufacturing hub — a plan that has strayed from the initial proposal to have private investors fund the entire project. Indonesia is currently negotiating with Japan for a… Read More
In a sometimes-heated public meeting Wednesday night, members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented the results of a two-year study of river-training structures they hope to build in the Mississippi River. The $6-8 million project would add nine structures — including three of a new, untested design — and remove two structures from… Read More
The Indonesian government and its Japanese counterpart are discussing how to finance the new deep-sea port project in Patimban, Subang, West Java. The new port will replace the scrapped Cilamaya port project. Following the cancellation of the Cilamaya port project, the Indonesian government offered the Japanese government the option to take out the largest share… Read More
Australia passed legislation on Thursday to enable the long-term lease of its largest shipping container terminal, the Port of Melbourne, freeing up privatization plans to move ahead after months of political headwinds. Investors from China to Qatar are flocking to Australian infrastructure because it is seen as well-regulated and predictable, offering a reprieve from volatility… Read More
Private beachfront property taken for a dune-building and beach-widening project would become public space when the work is finished, attorneys for New Jersey said on Friday. The admission in court was the first time attorneys for the state Department of Environmental Protection publically acknowledged that by seeking easements from oceanfront property owners for beach replenishment,… Read More
The Republican-controlled Senate appears headed for a showdown with the Republican-controlled Assembly over a “private property rights” bill that would roll back laws protecting lakes and wetlands. The Assembly passed the bill last week, but on Tuesday the Senate will be asked to vote for a new version that removes or softens about a dozen… Read More
Container lines have been accused of raising costs across the global supply chain — from cargo terminals to hinterland transport — as they pursue economies of scale through the deployment of increasing numbers of mega-ships. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
A Baltimore roundtable Tuesday of Obama administration members and port, labor and shipping leaders discussed the importance of ports in the U.S. and ways to grow them long-term. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Commerce Penny Prtizker and Secretary of Labor Tom Perez met with the port and retail industry, says the American Association… Read More
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has this week pledged to consider dredging the Teviot and Slitrig. SEPA chief executive Terry A’Hearn visited Hawick yesterday (Thursday), and was joined at a high-level meeting in the town hall chambers by local MSP John Lamont, and councillors Stuart Marshall, Watson McAteer and George Turnbull. The summit was arranged… Read More