The ongoing struggle for residents of Lido Key and the City of Sarasota to dredge sand from Big Pass to Lido’s eroded shoreline ran into a snag last week. Circuit Court Judge Andrea McHugh on Feb. 12 gave the City 20 days to argue why the court should not force the City to explain how… Read More
Feb. 22 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand Refining is investigating whether it may be able to bring forward a project to improve the shipping channel into Whangarei harbour by a year. The widening and straightening of the channel will enable users of the Marsden Point refinery to deliver crude oil in fewer, but larger tankers, and… Read More
Image of Charlie Helms, CEO/Harbormaster at Crescent City Harbor District Though they submitted a letter to the State Water Resources Control Board supporting the removal of four dams on the Klamath River, harbor commissioners continue to voice concerns about potential impacts from sediment and silt. During his CEO report on Tuesday, Harbormaster Charlie Helms said… Read More
Bay Area Business Park Will Become the Largest Single-Owner Industrial Park in Houston HOUSTON, Feb. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Stream Realty Partners (Stream) today announced that Bay Area Business Park (BABP), an industrial park owned by Principal Real Estate Investors located in the southeast Houston (Port) industrial submarket, has received approval to break ground on… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District is seeking public input on its plan to construct six water level management structures for the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in the Twin Cities. The purpose of the control structures is to improve habitat for fish and wildlife across approximately 2,000 acres of lakes, marsh… Read More
HTF MI recently introduced Global Dredge Pumps Market study with focused approach on market size & volumes by Application, Industry particular process, product type, players, and production & Consumption analysis considering major factors, cost Structure and regulatory factors. At present, the market is developing its presence and some of the key players from the complete… Read More
Low tide between Chandler’s and Widgery wharves on Feb. 14. The accumulation of silt may be costing pier owners 10 percent to 30 percent of berths, and dredging and storage could cost $30 million. PORTLAND — A group of city, state and federal officials digging into the process of dredging areas of the Fore River… Read More
Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has underscored its ambition to maintain growth at the port of Savannah with plans to accommodate increasing numbers of ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs). An expansion programme unveiled on 5 February outlines ambitions for the port to be able to handle six 14,000 teu ships simultaneously by 2024. It can currently serve… Read More
(Photo: Port of Virginia) Ports of Virginia and Charleston put up strong numbers to start 2019, but regional Fed warns that slowdown could be approaching. Ports in the southeastern U.S. are seeing record container volumes to start this year as their earlier expansion projects start paying off. The Port of Virginia reported that its container… Read More
A dredger at the Kisumu Port that will be used to harvest water hyacinth that is chocking Lake Victoria. (Collins Oduor, Standard) Efforts to revive Lake Victoria’s blue economy will cost over Sh15 billion, it can now be revealed. The four-pronged project comprises dredging and removal of water hyacinth from the lake, modernisation of the… Read More