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Port infrastructure is being intensely developed in Russia. Draught Strategy for the Development of Seaports Infrastructure till 2030 implies more dredging, also in Arctic conditions. Prospects of Russia’s dredging industry and import substitution were discussed by the participants of the 3rd International Forum of Dredging Companies organized by Media-Group PortNews. The Forum also saw the achievement… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will meet with non-federal sponsors, customers and agency partners to collaborate on best practices regarding programs ranging from environmental to flood risk management, dredging the Texas coast and regulatory oversight of U.S. waters during a Stakeholder Partnering Forum, March 3, at the district’s headquarters building located at… Read More
Thanks to a cooperative agreement between the South Coast Ports Coalition and the state of Oregon, a $700,000 Ellicott 360 Swinging Dragon dredge named The Laura, will be used to clear mooring basins inside of breakwater areas at ports from Brookings north to Coos Bay. Individual ports will foot the bill for the transportation, set… Read More
THE approval of the US$675,5 million loan of the second phase of construction works at the Kribi Deep sea port has come as a major boost in Cameroon Vision 2035 ambitions by unlocking the country’s mining potential, create jobs and enhance trade with neighbouring countries. The Exim Bank of China has approved additional funding for… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said late Wednesday that test results of samples taken from the bottom of the Cuyahoga River shipping channel were clean enough to allow open-lake disposal of dredged sediment. The Army Corps‘ desire to dump dredged river sediment into Lake Erie has been a point of contention for more than… Read More
Dredging technologies of the future will be based on robotization and intellectualization, IAA PortNews correspondent cites Mikhail Chemodanov, Technical Director of Nonius Engineering Ltd., as saying at the 3rd International Forum of Dredging Companies organized by Media-Group PortNews. According to him, the future will see robotizaion of dredgers and barges as well as production of… Read More
A group of elected officials led by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to include Southern Brooklyn in any coastal protection projects it recommends in a new study of mitigation and resiliency programs in the New York/New Jersey harbor. Schumer (D-New York) and U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Coney Island-Canarsie-Eastern… Read More
An iron cannon has been unearthed during dredging work on Portsmouth Harbour. The relic was recovered during a seabed clearance to prepare for the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. Experts believe, although cannons can indicate the presence of unknown shipwrecks, it was an “isolated discovery”. It is being held at the Mary Rose Museum… Read More
Kamarajar Port Limited, which runs the port at Ennore in the state of Tamil Nadu on India’s eastern coast, is investing close to $1.2 billion in five projects that will add its first container terminal and nearly double capacity over the coming three years. The five projects are the 1.4 million twenty-foot-equivalent unit capacity container… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps Engineers has denied funding for a study of Red River which was requested in response to flooding in June. The newly-formed flood technical committee, a group of area engineers, hydrologists and other experts from Caddo-Bossier Parish, asked for $1.5 million to be allocated from the Corps’ federal budget for a study… Read More
Angered by the resurgence of illegal dredgers on its waterways, the Lagos State Government has decided to suspend all dredging activities in the state. The state commissioner for waterfront infrastructure development, Adebowale Akinsanya, who made the disclosure said the government would do all that is possible to arrest the fragile coastline of the state and… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers will allocate an additional $9 million this year toward dredging projects at Oregon’s small ports. More than $5 million of those funds will go toward the needs of small ports along Oregon’s South Coast, including $942,000 for the Port of Umpqua. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield, and Sens. Ron Wyden and… Read More
The Port of Wilmington has a lot to be proud of. It’s the nation’s top importer of bananas. As part of the greater Delaware River port complex, it helps that system bring in almost all of the East Coast’s oil. And it’s got prime access to truck routes in and out of the Mid-Atlantic. But… Read More
Ohio’s environmental regulators are unlikely to allow a federal agency to begin dumping sediment from Cleveland’s shipping channels into Lake Erie. The head of the state’s Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that a decision hasn’t been made. But Craig Butler says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hasn’t swayed him into thinking the sediment is… Read More
Disciplinary action has been taken against officers over mistakes made over the contract to dredge and dispose of silt from Peel Marina. The move follows a highly-critical Public Accounts Committee report which concluded the dredging project was mishandled and government financial regulations were ‘almost completely ignored’. In the House of Keys this week, Infrastructure Minister… Read More