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The Connecticut Port Authority (CPA) is relatively new. The authority wasn’t formed until 2015 and didn’t hire the new port director, Evan Mathews, until September of 2016. So, the process of “table setting” for future projects is still in the stage of finding out what’s in the drawer. It’s no easy task as the CPA’s… Read More
New England’s Port. The Port of Boston, specifically Massport’s container facility at Conley Terminal, is New England’s port. For years, it might have been debatable whether the Port of Montreal in Canada or the Port of New York/New Jersey was really New England’s port but not now. That day has passed. What’s changed over a… Read More
Beachgoers and boaters again are wondering when the Oceanside harbor will get its annual dredging, which keeps the entrance open and supplies sand for the nearby beach. The work was scheduled to start this month, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees the project, notified Oceanside city officials last week that the dredging… Read More
As waves continue to eat away at the shoreline of Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk and neighboring Ogden Dunes, officials still are looking for a long-term solution to battle erosion of these prime recreational assets. A new state law, which will require clean dredged material to be placed on the beach rather than out into Lake… Read More
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has signed a directive giving himself more authority to determine environmental regulations for projects near regional waterways, according to a memo released Wednesday. The internal document obtained by the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) gives the EPA chief final decisionmaking authority over the protections of… Read More
U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney says he’s working with a broad Connecticut coalition to contest a lawsuit filed by New York state opposing a federal plan to allow dredged sediments to be dumped into Long Island Sound. The Democrat appeared Thursday with regional governmental and marine organizations, local businesses and state officials to announce plans to… Read More
Congressman Matt Gaetz toured the East Pass with the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday to determine the level of need for expedited dredging. Destin City Councilman Rodney Braden, Okaloosa County Commissioner Kelly Windes and Matt Trammell of Taylor Engineering accompanied Gaetz on the tour. They later discussed the dangerously shallow water throughout East Pass during… Read More
The Port of Brownsville plans to get private industry to pay for the deepening of the ship channel, in hopes that the federal government will later reimburse those companies. For over a decade, the Brownsville Navigation District has worked on a project to have the ship channel deepened from the current 42 feet to 52… Read More
LIVE export is set to resume from the Karumba Port with a six and a half year channel dredging commitment providing certainty for graziers in the Gulf. The $6.8 million will begin in coming months to create a channel depth of 3.2 metres after a deal was negotiated between the State Government, Port’s North, and… Read More
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) acquires Estonia’s biggest terminal operator Transiidikeskuse AS. A corresponding contract was signed on 26 March. The new subsidiary will be allocated contractually and organizationally to HHLA International GmbH. This will make HHLA the market leader in container handling at the Port of Muuga, located close to the Estonian capital… Read More