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Swedish energy company Vattenfall, the developer of the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, is joining Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports (AYOP). By joining this public-private association which gathers more than 85 companies and organizations active in the offshore energy sector in the port area, Vattenfall wants to increase cooperation… Read More
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has entered “phase two” of a fact-finding investigation launched earlier this year by the agency into the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the regional ocean container supply chain. Following the first phase of the investigation, which focused on the virus impacts at the ports of Los Angeles and… Read More
Paul Rosenbohm routinely mixes lawn waste, food scraps and pumpkin residue from area farms for the Better Earth compost he markets throughout central Illinois. But he may have uncovered another ingredient for the mix: sediment from the Illinois River. While located nearby and virtually unlimited in quantity, the silt and sediment that’s been choking the… Read More
Corpus Christi, TX, USA – The Port of Corpus Christi is proud to recognize Buckeye Partners L.P. for achieving a historic milestone in its South Texas Gateway (STG) Terminal project – loading the first vessel with crude oil sourced from the Permian Basin for export to overseas markets. STG is a joint venture 50 percent… Read More
In the first half of 2020, ocean container volume for Delaware River seaports was up 4 percent. This is the only seaport on the U.S. Eastern seaboard to see more business than it enjoyed a year ago, according to Sean Mahoney, director of marketing for PhilaPort. Declines for other ports on the eastern seaboard average… Read More
Louisiana may significantly trim the $100 million annual bill it pays to cover its share of the $14.6 billion post-Katrina New Orleans area hurricane protection system if a gambit by the state’s congressional delegation to require the Army Corps of Engineers to renegotiate the state’s terms is successful. On Wednesday, a House Transportation subcommittee agreed… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has awarded a $2.1 million contract to Ryba Marine and Construction to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Maumee Bay, located along Lake Erie in Toledo Harbor, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. The contract calls for dredged material to be placed in… Read More
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Smart Waters program, implemented by Central Asia Regional Environmental Center (CAREC), in cooperation with the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) has handed over a $170,000 USD dredger to the State Committee on Water Management in Tashkopri, the south-east settlement of Mary province, Turkmenistan. The dredger… Read More
Tauranga-based stevedoring company, C3 Limited, was fined $240,000 by the Auckland District Court after a 15-tonne excavator was dropped from a ship’s crane, narrowly missing five workers on the wharf below. The incident happened at Northport in Whangarei when the log carrier, Aster K, was being loaded on July 16, 2017. C3 pleaded guilty to… Read More
Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc. (SCB), the manager of the American P&I Club, has made senior appointments to its management team in New York. Dorothea Ioannou takes on the role of Deputy Chief Operating Officer (DCOO) with immediate effect, and Mary (Molly) McCafferty becomes Senior Vice President and Director of Claims for the Americas as from… Read More