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A plan to reduce erosion on the Huia Domain and foreshore has been approved by the Wait?kere Ranges Local Board following extensive consultation with the local community, iwi, coastal engineers and council representatives. The plan developed by all the stakeholders and signed off by the local board will: maintain the current seawall and rock revetment… Read More
With the creation of the NWSA in August of 2015 the ports of Seattle and Tacoma integrated their operations forming a mega complex spanning 25 miles of Puget Sound. So what’s happened in the year that followed? New Leadership for the Alliance: Last week the alliance announced the addition of Zachary Thomas and Bob Meyers… Read More
In early June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) proposed to reissue its nationwide permits (“NWPs”) for certain wetland impacts. The proposed changes present some interesting issues and new opportunities for wetland permitting at the federal level. Nationwide permits issued by the Corps are general permits authorizing certain categories of activities impacting navigable waters… Read More
A shift in policy, away from building dams and toward running irrigation channels to farmland, has led to a 50 percent cut in the request for irrigation funding next year, the agriculture ministry says. U Myo Tint Tun, assistant secretary in the ministry, told The Myanmar Times on July 18 that expenditure in 2017-18 would… Read More
Port Otago is going to put out tenders shortly in preparation for a $15 million 140m wharf extension at Port Chalmers, to better accommodate vessels over 280m in length. The venture was one of several presented to 100% owner the Otago Regional Council, where port chairman Dave Faulkner and chief executive Geoff Plunket yesterday outlined… Read More
While opposition from Johnston County landowners stalled a proposed CSX container hub, Rocky Mount, North Carolina economic development officials quietly pieced together 700 acres for a partnership willing to take on the project. For that reason, the $272 million CSX rail hub once destined for Johnston County will instead go 50 miles north to Rocky… Read More
While opposition from Johnston County landowners stalled a proposed CSX container hub, Rocky Mount, North Carolina economic development officials quietly pieced together 700 acres for a partnership willing to take on the project. For that reason, the $272 million CSX rail hub once destined for Johnston County will instead go 50 miles north to Rocky… Read More
Dredging has resumed on the Cooper River, but this time there is not a total ban on boating. While the final phase of the $10 million dredging project is underway on the river’s upper stretch near the Cuthbert Boulevard Bridge, boating is permitted west of Veterans Island near the new Cooper House restaurant – much… Read More
Removing the accumulated sediment in Mountain View Lake –– a problem that is contributing to the growth of invasive Eurasian milfoil in the waterway –– is expected to cost roughly $2.5 million, the president of the environmental consulting firm overseeing the project told the Bellmont Town Board last week. EcoLogic President Elizabeth Moran said removing… Read More
Hapag-Lloyd and United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) have signed a business combination agreement to merge both companies. Following the integration, the new Hapag-Lloyd will rank among the five largest container shipping lines in the world, with 237 vessels and a total transport capacity of around 1.6 million TEUs, an annual transport volume of 10 million… Read More