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Following feedback from Taieri ratepayers on the fairness of scheme funding in this year’s Long-Term Plan, Otago Regional Council (ORC) has agreed to review the public versus private benefit of the four flood protection and drainage schemes in the Taieri and Lower Clutha catchments. The review is being done by independent economic consultants Castalia, of… Read More
Governor Tom Wolf has announced his strategic plan for sustained management, maintenance, and development of the Port of Philadelphia. The governor emphasized his key priorities of investing in infrastructure, creating jobs, and keeping Pennsylvania economically competitive. “Today is a new day at the Port of Philadelphia,” Gov Wolf said. “Our port has a strategic location… Read More
A team of Dutch water specialists from companies including Royal HaskoningDHV and Van Oord is to assist the Philippines with a plan to safeguard the coast around Tacloban from typhoons. In 2013, the country was hit severely by the destructive typhoon Haiyan, resulting in thousands of casualties and vast material damage. Foreign trade and development… Read More
The Queensland government will change legislation to allow the expansion of a far north Queensland port. State Development Minister Anthony Lynham will next week amend the Sustainable Ports Development Bill 2015 to allow capital dredging at Cairns Port, despite it not being considered a “priority port”. It will allow Ports North to dredge up to… Read More
The President of the Republic of Marshall Islands, Christopher Loeak, today officially opened the Coastal Causeway Project in Woja Island, Ailinglaplap Atoll, as part of the country’s efforts to build resilience to climate change. The project has involved constructing a rock causeway combined with soft engineering measures to strengthen the vulnerable and narrow road link… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary, Anthony Foxx has just announced 39 awards for $500 million in funding to be made in the seventh round of Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants. Of those, five awards totaling $44.3 million, or about 9 percent of total funding, are going to commercial seaports or to… Read More
The contractor for the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant, Titan-2, has awarded a contract for dredging of the harbour basin at Hanhikivi to Wasa Dredging Oy Ltd. The contract covers removal of soil and transportation of the dredged material to a marine spoil area in accordance with permits granted by the Regional State Administrative Agency… Read More
The US EPA recently joined state and local dignitaries to announce US$5 million in federal funding to continue efforts of the Southeast New England Programme for Coastal Watershed Restoration. The programme brings together innovation and partnerships to apply an ecosystem approach to protecting and restoring the coastal watersheds of southeast New England from Westerly, RI… Read More
THE business-boosting Gladstone Ports master plan is busy boosting business in all the region’s ports except Rockhampton’s, but Port Alma and Fitzroy Delta have been offered an environmentally friendly incentive for being scrapped from the new plans. The release of an amended proposed boundary had 88,000 hectares of land under the Port of Gladstone, the… Read More
The fight over the future of Cairns Port is heating up with a week to go until the Sustainable Ports Development Bill is debated in State Parliament. Development Minister Anthony Lynham has not changed his position on the controversial Bill, stating in a response to a petition tabled in parliament late last week that his… Read More