The Port of Antwerp has partnered with energy utility Engie and five other entities in a consortium aiming to establish a full renewable hydrogen import value chain in Belgium by the end of the decade. The consortium announced on Wednesday (27 January) the completion of a feasibility study concluding that the project is both technically… Read More
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Tuesday that it hopes to reduce flooding during the next rainy season via the dredging of the Cagayan River, with operations to initially focus on three sandbars in the north of Cagayan province. “Within 100 days, we will be able to partially remove (the) sandbars… (around)… Read More
January 27, 2021 — The following was released by the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance: The United States commercial fishing industry is united around the common goals of protecting our traditional fishing communities, maintaining domestic food security, and leading with evidence-based decision making during an era of rapidly changing ocean use. We are encouraged by the new… Read More
The Tuesday agenda for the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners was short on business items, but commissioners, staff and the public found plenty to discuss. Commissioners heard about drainage problems from a Risk Road resident; they heard reports that the US Army Corps of Engineers is asking certain Columbia River shoreline residents for letters of… Read More
The Cochin Port Trust has woken up to the virtues of deepening the channel of its container loading terminal, acknowledging that its transhipment ambition has been weakened by the channel’s inadequate depth of 14.5 m and fully aware of the challenges posed by the opening next year of a private, deep-draft transhipment port at Vizhinjam,… Read More
This would be the first offshore wind farm in New York State. A proposal to build a 15-turbine wind farm in federal waters 30 miles east of Montauk Point came closer to fruition when the East Hampton Town Board approved two agreements with South Fork Wind, LLC. A press release issued by theTown says that… Read More
NAGS HEAD — The cost of “beach nourishment” projects along North Carolina’s Outer Banks will total $99 million. Beach nourishment usually involves adding sand or sediment to beaches to combat erosion and increase beach width. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va., reported Thursday that the money is the most being spent on the Dare County coast… Read More
The proposed project would place about 2,400 cubic yards of fill along 270 feet of the Sheyenne River. ST. PAUL — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking comments on a draft feasibility report and environmental assessment for the proposed Sheldon Road Bridge streambank protection project near Sheldon, N.D. The proposed project would place… Read More
Survey specialist Sulmara Subsea is making an expansion drive in the APAC region by opening a regional office in Singapore. A Glasgow-based firm, founded in 2019, also has operational hubs in Aberdeen, Scotland and Houston, Texas. With APAC identified early on as a key market, a regional presence was established in Singapore and this has… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi ended 2020 with record tonnage, mainly due to a 65% increase in crude oil shipments from the previous year. The port set a new annual tonnage record of 159.7m tonnes, a 31% increase over 2019, as well as a new monthly record of 15.9m tonnes for December, 15% higher than… Read More