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On July 26, the St. Johns Riverkeeper filed paperwork to dismiss a state lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concerning proposed dredging of the river. But Riverkeeper Lisa Rinaman assures us the fight is far from over. Instead, the non-profit organization has pulled the state lawsuit to pursue one at the federal level…. Read More
On Tuesday, September 20, at the September 2016 meeting of the Port Corpus Christi Authority, Port Corpus Christi Commissioners adopted a Resolution Approving a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District (COE) for work provided or performed prior to execution of a project partnership agreement for the Corpus Christi… Read More
It’s a promise of jobs and economic prosperity along the lakeshore, but not everyone is convinced. Rep. Holly Hughes, R-Muskegon, is among a group of legislators and business and community leaders pushing to establish a port authority in Muskegon to create more opportunities for shipping goods in and out of West Michigan. With shipments of… Read More
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, in a letter sent Friday, asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to postpone the completion of General Electric’s $1.6 billion cleanup of the upper Hudson River until further tests can confirm that dredging has sufficiently removed hazardous PCBs from the riverbed. The letter from Schneiderman’s office to Judith Enck,… Read More
The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted 95-3 to approve a bipartisan water projects bill that will be critical to ensure that Charleston’s harbor deepening project remains on track. South Carolina Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott have pushed for the $509 million harbor dredging project to move forward, backed by Gov. Nikki Haley. “This… Read More
Plans are underway along the East African coast to expand existing maritime terminals and to develop new terminals, in particular along the Kenyan and Tanzanian coasts. Infrastructure developments including dredging operations and rail links, could make a significant difference to the economic outcomes. While development of a new terminal located to the northeast of Mombasa… Read More
The head of Napier Port is confident any environment concerns arising from its expansion plans will be fully addressed. The regional council-owned port is proposing to spend 100-million dollars on a second wharf and dredging work, to deepen and extend its existing shipping channel. The project’s needed to allow larger ships into port, and increase… Read More
Ask Matthew Traver, the mayor of this village north of Albany, his opinion of General Electric and its two closed factories that spilled PCBs into the Hudson River for decades, and his words could not be clearer. “G.E.,” he said, “has done a lot of damage to this community.” But ask Mr. Traver if he… Read More
Port of Long Beach CEO Jon Slangerup announced his resignation, effective from October 28, 2016. He has accepted a position as Chairman and CEO of a leading aviation technology company effective October 31, 2016. Slangerup joined the Port in June of 2014. His leadership was instrumental in addressing the historic congestion challenge that affected the… Read More
If reports about the presence of Chinese dredging ships near Scarborough Shoal are true, Beijing may be planning to start island-building on the disputed reef to turn it into another military outpost. The U.S. Pacific Command should order a military air and surface reconnaissance operation to check on the ships and to learn their intentions…. Read More