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Two US offshore wind projects, thrown into doubt last year after inflated supply chain costs rendered them uneconomical, have been awarded new contracts by the New York state government worth just over $US150 per megawatt-hour ($A230/MWh) – almost double the original strike price. New York governor Kathy Hochul says the state hadsawarded two projects for… Read More
As I arrived at the Port of Oakland, a high-tech nautical mud abduction was underway. On a cherry-red dredger, a 55-cubic-yard clamshell bucket hung from a crane by a webbing of cable, like a 45-ton chandelier. With open jaws, the bucket descended into the water, sank to the harbor floor, closed over a thick scoop… Read More
State officials joined union leaders at a commercial diving school in Camden County on Friday to tout the prospect of new jobs in New Jersey’s growing offshore wind industry. The Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters opened its dive school in Sicklerville two years ago, to train some of the workers that will soon… Read More
The Port of Virginia’s shipping channel is now wide enough for two ultra-large container vessels to pass at the same time, concluding a significant part of the $450 million dredging project to make the port the widest and deepest harbor on the East Coast. According to the Friday announcement, the port expects to finish the… Read More
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District released today the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (DPEA #598) for the Reach A, Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction Project, Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico (MTG), Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana for public review and comment. The proposed plan evaluates alternatives to construct a hurricane… Read More
Our top sources contend that U.S. seaports are in relatively good shape today compared to two years ago when faced with congestion issues caused by pandemic-related cargo surges. “U.S. Ports were looking to be in decline for all of 2023; however, the last three months showed an increase in volume over 2022 imports, particularly in… Read More
A consortium consisting of Aecom and Arcadis has been appointed to design a new tunnel and the underground stations of the Ontario Line. The Pape North Connect Team, the name of the consortium, will provide design services for the Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations (PTUS) contract for the planned metro in the Canadian city. Webuild… Read More
Ports of Indiana shipped 12.6 million tons of cargo in 2023, the second-highest tonnage in its 63-year history. This is a 6-percent increase over 2022 and second only to 2018, when Indiana’s three ports handled 14.8 million tons of cargo. The largest single cargo increase in 2023 was coal exports from Mount Vernon, which jumped… Read More
Conversations have started between Port Taranaki and users of the harbour as work begins to renew its dredging resource consents. It’s two years out, but the Port is working towards putting in its dredging consents application with Taranaki Regional Council by the end of 2024 as it was crucial to its ability to trade as… Read More
Will the India-Middle East Corridor (IMEC) replace a large chunk of the Suez Canal traffic to Europe? Nope! At most, a few crumbs. Dry canals cannot compete with ‘wet’ canals! And that is why there is no truly dry canal in the world. The heaviest rail traffic in the world goes from the American ports… Read More