KCI welcomes Suhair Al Khatib as a Practice Leader for Transit. He will focus on expanding KCI’s existing capabilities with respect to bus, light-rail, high-speed and freight rail lines, metro heavy rail and support facilities. Al Khatib’s career spans more than 30 years with the Maryland Department of Transportation, where he originally joined the Maryland… Read More
Dredging of the New Bourbon Port harbor and placing rip-rap on the Riverside Levee are both moving along, Chris Koehler of Koehler Engineering reported during the February 27 New Bourbon Regional Port Authority board meeting. Magruder Construction was about ready to tackle the dredging, Koehler said. “They have the pieces of the dredge back and… Read More
The River Brue Seen From A39 The Causeway In Glastonbury. CREDIT: Google Maps. URGENT calls for action have been voiced after cash set aside for flood prevention in Somerset has gone unspent and could be lost. The chairman of the Somerset Rivers Authority, John Osman, is among those calling for action on the River Brue… Read More
Dredging Market Forecast, Trend Analysis & Competition Tracking – Global Review 2017 to 2022 XploreMR report is prepared by the evaluating on the analysis of past years market, controls, and operators which impacted on Industry growth. This report will provide potentially productive and significant information about the market which decreases the witnessed unusual growth patterns… Read More
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Army Corps of Engineers want to hear from you as they put together an interim report for a Back Bays Study Officials say that the interim report is a milestone in developing a comprehensive flood-mitigation strategy for the state’s extensive back bay areas. The Army Corps’ New… Read More
Nanton Town council carried first reading of a bylaw to borrow up to $1.25 million to dredge the raw water reservoir Nanton News file photo Nanton Town council took the first step last week in the process of borrowing up to $1.25 million to pay for the dredging of the raw water reservoir. Council approved… Read More
The Greater Houston Port Bureau has named Jim Black, president and CEO of Moran Shipping Agencies Inc., as the recipient of the bureau’s 2019 Maritime Leader of the Year award. The Greater Houston Port Bureau will honor Black at its annual maritime dinner event, scheduled for August 17. Black moved to Houston some 44 years… Read More
Photo: Danser Every year, some 15,000 containers are transported directly between Rotterdam, Vlissingen, Terneuzen and Ghent via a regular inland shipping service. Two years ago, the port of Rotterdam and North Sea Port jointly invested in this new connection, which was set up by logistics service provider Danser Group. ‘It allows us to transport more… Read More
Island-situated PortMiami is attracting calls from a growing number of megacontainerships of carrier alliances following completion of its channel-deepening project. Already handling record cargo volumes, ports along the Atlantic Coast of Florida are making extensive investments, including in deeper channels and larger cranes, to support efficient movement of even more business. In addition to enhancements… Read More
Photo of Carla Qualtrough TWILLINGATE & OLD PERLICAN, N.L. To increase search and rescue capacity, construction is underway on two new search and rescue stations, located in Twillingate and Old Perlican. These areas were chosen based on identified gaps in the Canadian Coast Guard’s maritime search and rescue capacity, as well as an anticipated increase… Read More