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El Diálogo de Cartagena: Preparación de Puertos, Ciudades y Destinos para el próximo día de crucero (bilingual article. Ver español al final) Como parte del Comité Científico del Diálogo, estamos colaborando en la organización de esta importante reunión en febrero próximo en Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Una sesión especial sobre el tema en el ámbito… Read More
Climate change is one of six key trends driving ASCE’s Future World Vision scenario-planning model. Already, right now, in the present world vision, climate change – specifically sea-level rise – is driving demand for flooding solutions in Southeast Florida. Civil engineers in the region, along with local governments and cooperative efforts like the Southeast Regional… Read More
Started in January 2015, the $973 million Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) is on time and budget with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers overseeing the initiative that is deepening the federally-owned channel from 42 to 47 ft. at low tide (54 ft. at high tide) from Garden City Terminal (GCT) throughout the entrance channel… Read More
International Farakka Committee-New York has urged the government to build a basin-based management system of the joint rivers flowing from the neighbouring country. ‘It’s essential to build up this basin-based system to attain sustainable development goals,’ IFC-New York secretary general Syed Tipu Sultan said at a luncheon meeting with journalists at the National Press Club… Read More
Groups Push Back on Plans to Expand Bay Area Refining OAKLAND, Calif.— Public-interest groups filed a joint letter Monday with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers strongly warning against efforts to dredge a deeper channel through San Francisco Bay. The Army Corps’ proposal would result in a 13-mile dredging project designed to make it easier… Read More
Let me get this straight. Trafigura, through its Texas Gulf Coast Terminals Project (TGTP), announces plans to construct a single-point mooring buoy system in the Gulf of Mexico 14 miles off the coast of Padre Island to export U.S. crude oil and the Port of Corpus Christi and its public-entity followers cry foul. But when… Read More
While the calculated economic costs to the entire nation is expected to peak at $416 billion, Florida’s regions are heavily represented in the report’s pages. MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – The provocatively titled report High Tide Tax was released Thursday by the Center for Climate Integrity and claims Florida will have to spend $74 billion in… Read More
The Government of Canada has announced a major investment of $17 million to increase container capacity at the Port of Belledune. According to a statement, the injection of funds will help Canada to transport its goods more efficiently via international markets, as well creating quality, middle-class jobs and supporting economic growth. The expansion includes filling… Read More
WASHINGTON — The head of the Georgia Ports Authority is warning that the Trump administration’s latest round of proposed Chinese tariffs could take a nearly $18 million bite out of the state’s booming ports. The White House is currently mulling whether to add ship-to-shore cranes to its fourth batch of Chinese tariffs. The state’s Ports… Read More
The autonomous corporation of Colombia’s Magdalena river, Cormagdalena, awarded a 3bn-peso (US$937,000) contract to perform emergency dredging works at the access canal of Barranquilla (Atlántico department) to Belgian firm European Dredging Company Sucursal Colombia. The company will remove 226,895m3 of sediments from the port access canal during a one month period, Cormagdalena said in a… Read More