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U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Monday announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has allocated $274,300,000 for the Port of Mobile in its Fiscal Year 2020 Work Plan, officially providing the final resources needed to dredge Alabama’s seaport. The funding – which accounts for the full federal share of the project cost –… Read More
ATLANTIC BEACH — The Liberty Island dredge boat went into port Friday but had already nourished roughly 8,000 linear feet of the strand in Atlantic Beach, depositing 280,000 cubic yards of sand. “The project is going very well, and the completed section of the beach looks fantastic,” Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore… Read More
BATON ROUGE — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that the RESTORE Council has voted to approve $130 million in Deepwater Horizon oil spill dollars to fund the River Reintroduction into the Maurepas Swamp project, a major win for the state’s coastal program. Administered by Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), the project will… Read More
A.P. Moller – Marsk is bolsterings its logistics and services with the acquisition of Performance Team, a US-based warehousing and distribution company. The value of the transaction is USD 545 million including lease liabilities of around USD 225 million. Performance Team specializes in B2B and B2C distribution solutions within retail, wholesale and e-commerce with 24… Read More
Vessels that violate the current United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) on trading with North Korea will not be registered with the Palau International Ship Registry (PISR), the ship registry said. As informed, both the registry and the Palau government have taken strong measures to ensure a proper vessel screening before ships are registered under… Read More
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — The Port of Virginia is digging itself into a deep hole — and Sen. Mark Warner is thrilled. The hole is actually dredging, which will make the Port of Virginia the deepest port on the East Coast. “This really is the economic future of the commonwealth,” Warner told WAVY.com. He… Read More
The Maryland Port Administration press release: The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore recorded another record-breaking year in 2019. Figures released this week show new high marks for cargo tonnage passing through the Port’s public and private marine terminals, as well as new benchmarks for containers and the number of cars and light trucks handled…. Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced last week that it has awarded more than $280 million in discretionary grant funding through the new Port Infrastructure Development Program. This funding is designed to improve port facilities at or near coastal seaports. The Port of Savannah is a major recipient. “Ports are gateways… Read More
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is cutting port dues to provide relief to vessel owners and operators who have seen a drop in passenger volumes due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Namely, the port authority said it would offer a 50 percent port dues concession for passenger vessels. The measure is part of… Read More
The government of Bangladesh has prepared a dredging master plan to dig a total of 10,000 km of rivers to enhance their navigability facilitating water transportation. State minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said about 178 rivers will be dredged in the next five years. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and Bangladesh Water Development… Read More