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The Environmental Audit Committee publishes report finding that the Government is failing to protect communities at risk of flooding. The Committee warns that a reactive approach to funding for flood defence exposes the Government’s lack of long-term strategic planning to manage flood risk. The Committee found that funding fluctuates year-on-year. During the last Parliament funding… Read More
DP World will build and manage Ecuador’s first deepwater port, boosting the country’s competitiveness as the Panama Canal expands. The 50-year concession will allow the ports operator to expand its footprint in South America, where it already has terminals in Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Suriname, the company said yesterday. The first phase of the multi-purpose… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today it is seeking comments on its proposal to renew and revise 50 nationwide permits for work in wetlands and other waters that are regulated by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. In addition, USACE… Read More
As of now, the construction of 15 kilometer-dike around Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando River System (MMORS) is ongoing, which is part of the Valenzuela-Obando-Meycauayan Flood Control Project that will prevent water from Manila Bay to come in during high tide and heavy rains,” Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado said yesterday. The mayor called on local government units, civic groups… Read More
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From the banks of the Mississippi River, a group of stakeholders saw the site where the Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port is completing federal permits. “This would be a $27.95 million project,” said Ann Schneider, a consultant who is working with the port commission on grant applications. Sixty-five business, government and community leaders gathered Monday at… Read More
Government has released funds for the desilting of major drains in the national capital and the Tema Metropolitan Area (TMA), to deal with the perennial flooding problem in Accra and other parts of the country. The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo revealed this to Citi News. On Sunday, some parts of the… Read More
South Korean observers are increasingly concerned that Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) will enter court receivership in coming weeks. Government officials have said that they are neither “optimistic nor pessimistic” about the possibility of HMM meeting a requirement for charter rate reductions. HMM has been under pressure from financial regulators and from its creditors to achieve… Read More
Legislation slowly winding its way through Congress would fund long-awaited improvements to the nation’s aging waterways infrastructure, including replacement of three locks on the upper Ohio River. First, though, the Army Corps of Engineers has to finalize its Upper Ohio Navigation Study, which is 13 years and $17 million in the making. That should be… Read More
Bigger ships and more cargo flowing through the ports of Philadelphia and South Jersey should mean more jobs and greater economic activity when the Delaware River deepening project is completed next year, but the benefits may not be a slam-dunk for the region as expected. Fierce competition from other East Coast ports for an expected… Read More