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When it comes to cause and effect in a maritime economy, you can’t get much bigger than the Panama Canal expansion project and its ripple effect on ports 1,800 nautical miles away. With the dredging of the Delaware River almost complete, attention has turned to regional port officials, timelines, and the question of just who… Read More
With the Delaware River dredging and the widening of the Panama Canal nearing completion, talks of expanding the Philadelphia Port are picking up steam and Democratic mayoral candidate Jim Kenney is going with it. At event after event, Kenney has been beating the drum on how the port expansion could bring thousands of working-class jobs… Read More
A project to remove the equivalent of nearly 17,000 pick-up truck loads of old sawmill wood and debris from Muskegon Lake will have the added benefit of providing needed fill material for the former Sappi site. Hydraulic dredging of the Muskegon Lake bay between the Grand Trunk launch ramp and the Lake Express Ferry dock… Read More
Capital dredging works on an unprecedented scale is on the cards as the Indian government pushes its ambitious Sagarmala project that will see regional economic clusters centred on port development. “The proposed integration of coastal and inland waterways for faster and more eco-friendly movement of cargo along India’s sea and river ports will open up… Read More
A massive dredging project is under-way on the bottom of the Gulf of Finland in Russia. The amount of dredging required for the Port of Bronka, a deepwater port under construction south of Kronstadt, is so high that the cloudiness of the water is discernible from space, with recent satellite pictures showing that the cloudy… Read More
The Cape May County Chamber of Commerce will host a Dredging Forum, “Our Economy is Aground” focusing on the need for regulatory changes now, and future issues to be addressed. Congressman Frank LoBiondo will be the keynote speaker addressing concerns on the federal level followed by a panel of speakers to discuss dredging issues on… Read More
Due to the development of the Black Sea region as one of the major regional centers of world trade, the ports and countries intensify competition. Recently, Ukraine has taken a number of measures aimed to increase the attractiveness of its maritime ports. Russia also intends to increase the attractiveness of its Black Sea deep-water ports… Read More
The Adani Group has claimed that the Vizhinjam port in Kerala would be up and running in 1000 days with the construction starting this November. It would be the deepest sea port in India with a transhipment hub. It would be the first port in India that would be capable of handling giant mainline container… Read More
Dhaka has sought Thimphu’s opinion about whether it is interested to join a consortium aiming to get regional IDA assistance from the World Bank to increase navigability on Indo-Bangla water protocol route through dredging, officials said. To get the assistance from International Development Association (IDA) for a regional project, involvement of at least three countries… Read More
Container cargo through JaxPort could triple by 2035. Nearly 14,000 new jobs could be created. The regional economic impact could top $850 million per year. But before that can happen, $684.2 million must be spent to deepen JaxPort’s shipping channel. A bit less if the scope of the project is scaled back. The first installment… Read More