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Australia’s competition regulator cleared the two domestic investors bidding for the country’s biggest general cargo terminal, Port of Melbourne, paving the way for a privatization the government hopes will raise A$5.3 billion ($4 billion). Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims said on Thursday that after inquiries with stakeholders he “formed the view… Read More
Advocates of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to approve a site in eastern Long Island Sound for silt, sand, rocks and mud dredged out of channels and harbors are joining forces to counter plans by New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to sue the federal agency to stop open-water disposal. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District,… Read More
University of Sunshine Coast (USC) researchers are testing the use of drones to combat the effects of erosion on beaches. The project is part of a collaboration with Sunshine Coast Council launched in April, which involves researchers collecting data on wave movements at Mooloolaba and Maroochydore beaches. The locations were chosen due to their popularity… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is prepared to launch a long-awaited flood-mitigation study of the Upper Susquehanna River Basin, according to Sen. Charles E. Schumer. In a news release, the senator announced a deal between the corps and New York State that will fund a three-year probe into the status of the basin’s levees,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Dredging Operations Technical Support Program will launch a new website dedicated to the practice of thin-layer placement of dredged material. The newly developed Thin-Layer Placement of Dredged Material website will officially launch during the next DOTS webinar August 31, and will consolidate a growing wealth of information and resources… Read More
East Coast ports eager to capitalize on the newly expanded Panama Canal are engaged in massive dredging projects to reach the ideal channel depth of 50 feet or more, but so far results are uneven. Construction in Panama increased the canal’s productivity to as much as 14,000 20-foot-equivalent units per ship from 5,000 TEUs pre-expansion,… Read More
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, backed by about 30 elected officials, announced on Thursday the state may take legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency to stop a plan to allow dumping in Long Island Sound of materials dug up from dredging. “The EPA’s plan to establish a new disposal site not only poses a major threat… Read More
Ports Dubai and Canadian government officials recently announced that DP Ports will lease, operate and expand Rodney Container Terminal at Saint John in Eastern Canada’s New Brunswick province. This port is located on the Bay of Fundy and undergoes a twice daily tidal change of 50 feet (15 meters), posing a challenge for port cranes… Read More
It used to be that the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority would just keep an eye on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the federal agency managed the dredging that would keep the Cuyahoga River channel open for commercial shipping. Making sure the Corps did its job of keeping the channel deep enough for the… Read More
Charlie Poole remembers when lobster boats used to tie up at the head of Portland Harbor’s Union Wharf, the privately owned pier that has been in his family for generations. But the slow buildup of silt carried down the Fore River and the sporadic bursts of sewer and stormwater runoff have robbed him of the… Read More
Time is running out for U.S. port projects in need of federal dollars, after Congress adjourned for its summer recess this year without authorizing any new money under a Water Resources Development Act. The clock is also ticking for port authorities hoping to see a provision make it into the final WRDA legislation that would… Read More
New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland Limited and Napier Port have formed a strategic alliance which they believe will provide operational, economic, sustainability and community benefits. “Ports of Auckland and Napier Port are the gateways to two of the largest North Island provincial economies with significant growth and demands on infrastructure,” says Ports of Auckland Chief… Read More
Seven crewmembers of a Chinese-registered dredging vessel were detained off the coast here for illegal encroachment. The vessel was intercepted by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) about eight nautical miles off Tanjung Keling on Tuesday evening. MMEA’s Kuala Linggi enforcement chief Maritime Officer Mazlan Mat Rejab said the vessel’s crew had failed to produce… Read More
Much is talked about the possible uses of drones or – to give them their proper titles – unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or unmanned aircraft systems (UASs). How useful could they be for those in the dredging and port construction sectors? During the last quarter of the 20th century, ever-improving technology allowed greater miniaturisation of… Read More
Louisiana soon will be asking the rest of the nation for some love — about $3.5 billion worth. That’s what the state will owe the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the next 30 years as its share of the cost of the New Orleans area’s new $14.5 billion hurricane defense system that’s due to… Read More