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Asian shippers are siding with the Notorious B.I.G.’s declaration of regional loyalty from the 1997 hit “Goin’ Back to Cali”: “If I got to choose a coast, I got to choose the East.” The expansion of the Panama Canal that doubled its capacity has started shifting freight to east coast ports, which have invested billions… Read More
An environmental group said Tuesday it plans to sue a South Carolina utility that insists there is no way to remove coal tar that has settled at the bottom of a river. The tar sits on about a dozen acres of the Congaree River in downtown Columbia, the byproduct of a plant that burned coal… Read More
More than three years after consultants identified options for dealing with up to 400,000 cubic metres of mercury-contaminated sediment—the product of decades of industrial activity in Thunder Bay’s north harbour—the toxic material remains at the bottom. The preferred solution in the report was to dredge the sediment and transfer it to the Mission Bay Confined… Read More
After widespread devastation from Hurricane Matthew, North Carolina is using experts to study the Cashie, Lumber, Neuse and Tar rivers to help prevent future flooding, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. “Communities throughout Eastern North Carolina are rebuilding from Hurricane Matthew, and we want to learn all we can from these floods so we can better… Read More
Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday released a proposed $87.4 billion budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year. Lawmakers will negotiate a spending plan during the legislative session that starts in January. Scott’s proposal, “Securing Florida’s Future,” includes $53 million to help combat the opioid epidemic, $50 million for the Florida Forever Conservation program and $30 million… Read More
Bothered by the persistent flooding of parts of Benue State, Governor Samuel Ortom has appealed to the Senate to prevail on the Federal Government to hasten the dredging of River Benue to check recurrence of flood disaster in the state. Gov Samuel Ortom Governor Ortom, who made the call in Makurdi yesterday, while receiving the… Read More
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced yesterday that it had released nearly P79 million to benefit its Climate Change and Adaptation and Mitigation (CCAM) projects in Region 1. DSWD Regional Director Marcelo Nicomedes J. Castillo said various CCAM projects are now set to be implemented in 38 Local Government Units (LGUs) in… Read More
A new study shows just how important it is for the Calcasieu Ship Channel to be dredged to its congressionally authorized depth and width. Officials with the Baton Rouge-based firm CSRS said the ship channel could bring 10,000 new employees to the Lake Area by 2023, along with another $4.9 billion in annual local revenue… Read More
Shipping lines have expressed their apprehensions over calling at Mumbai port following reduced draught levels making their position vulnerable while berthing. In a letter addressed to chairman of Mumbai Port, Mumbai and Nhava Sheva Ship Agents Association has pointed out the decline in draught levels would lead to bunching of deep draught vessels increasing their… Read More
Stakeholders in the maritime industry have drummed support for the continuous dredging and maintenance of the channels leading to Nigerian ports. The stakeholders, Mr. Okonkwo Adiele and Chief Andrew Ogunleye argued that a mechanism needed to be put in place to ensure that there was no hitch in the navigation of vessels into the nation’s… Read More
The tourism ministry’s chief officer outlined a precise timeline for the progress of the cruise berthing project when he answered questions in Finance Committee Wednesday. But conflicting messages from the premier on the unresolved talks with the cruise lines, which were revealed Friday, and environmental questions over coral relocation throw the timeframe into question. The… Read More
Union government will help IIT Chennai for creating a Centre of Excellence which will troubleshoot various issues that arise during the current spate of development of ports and rivers. Union minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, Nitin Gadkari today announced the appointment IIT Chennai for creating Centre of Excellence. The minister… Read More
Peel Ports has confirmed that a sinkhole at the Liverpool 2 container port has been fully repaired, while chief executive Mark Whitworth said outline designs for the port’s second phase were now being prepared. Place North West reported last Friday that contractor Bam Nuttall had completed works at the sinkhole, which was first discovered in… Read More
Last month, global management firm McKinsey released a report analysing the future of the container shipping industry. Inspired by the changes in the global sector following containerisation in 1967, McKinsey began reimagining the industry 50 years from now and what role the rapid advancement of technology would play in the coming decades. One key point… Read More
It’s official: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft feasibility study recommending the advancement of a nearly $322 million project to dredge the port’s main shipping channels to at least 55 feet. If all goes as planned, the Port of Hampton Roads would have shipping channels deeper and wider than the Port… Read More