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East Baton Rouge began the complex process Friday of distributing its share of more than a quarter-billion dollars the state of Louisiana stands to receive to improve infrastructure following the August flood, with the city-parish government launching a study of the region’s drainage. Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s office formally asked engineering firms to submit their… Read More
Kuryk international ferry port on the Caspian Sea, which started operation in the beginning of the year, has received 93 ships and more than 400,000 tonnes of cargo. Plans are underway to increase the number up to one million tonnes, according to a Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) press release. First Deputy Prime Minister Askar Mamin… Read More
ICTSI Senior Vice-President and Regional Head of Asia Pacific Christian R. Gonzalez said the firm is currently monitoring three port projects in Africa, one in Asia, and another in an undisclosed location. “We’re pushing ahead with… at least five projects… one, I can’t tell you where, but that’s fairly imminent, and then another one also… Read More
The letter drafted by Georgia’s lawmakers was, on its face, a routine one: The delegation wanted more federal money for dredging work at Savannah’s harbor. But look a little closer and the semantic gymnastics were apparent. Congress’ earmark ban prevented the representatives from directly asking the House Appropriations Committee for what they wanted. They instead… Read More
Safe harbor has been a relative term of late for many of the hundreds of boats that tie up in Bodega Bay to seek refuge from pounding North Coast swells. Navigation channels used by boats to enter and leave the small port — one of the few available to ocean-going fishermen and pleasure boats north… Read More
After an intensive tendering procedure the Flemish-Netherlands Scheldt Committee is planning to award the contract for the construction of the New Lock in Terneuzen to the Sassevaart consortium. The following parties belong to this consortium: BAM Infra B.V., DEME Infra Marine Contractors B.V., Dredging International N.V., BAM Contractors N.V. and Algemene Aannemingen Van Laere N.V…. Read More
The fiscal year 2017 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work plan was announced on May 24, 2017, and included funding to maintain critical navigation infrastructure near the Ports of Ilwaco and Chinook. The navigation channels leading from the Columbia River into the ports are federally authorized and, depending on funding, maintained by the U.S. Army… Read More
A mucky gray mix of gravel, sediment and peat rolls up conveyor belts and plops onto piles along the shore of Pompton Lake each day, waiting for dump trucks to haul it away to a landfill in Pennsylvania. Since June 5, the largest phase of a long-anticipated three-year project to remove contaminated sediment from a… Read More
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation will apply to the State and Federal Governments for approval to widen the Clinton Channel by about 100 metres. If implemented, the project will cost between $65 million and $80 million and would require the dredging of about 800,000 cubic metres of soil, according to the GPC. The proposal is designed to… Read More
A fast-and-furious month for lining up money to start deepening Jacksonville’s ship channel resulted Monday in the port authority board voting to move forward with the first phase of the dredging, a decision cheered by supporters who broke into applause in JaxPort’s boardroom. JaxPort board members engaged in no discussion before unanimously voting to proceed… Read More