Cape Lookout National Seashore Superintendent Jeff West has been watching for weeks as a Louisiana-based company gets ready at the seashore’s visitor center on Harkers Island to begin maintenance dredging in the nearby waterways. Next Generation Logistics, the company contracted for the work, will not only make the channels to the federally protected barrier islands… Read More
Current Manging Director at APM Terminals Poti, Julián Fernández, will assume the role of Managing Director of APM Terminals Spanish Gateways, effective 1st April 2024. He will take over from Carlos Arias de Molina, who is appointed CEO of APM Terminals Callao in Peru. “I am very pleased to have Julián in his new role,… Read More
Exactly two months after Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works Lydia Peeters and Flemish Minister for the Environment Zuhal Demir gave the go-ahead for the construction of the Waaltjesbos ecoduct in Lommel, today they together put the shovel into the ground for the eco-valley under the N76 in Oudsbergen, near the Zwartberg slag heap…. Read More
Nippon Paint Marine, the world’s first manufacturer of biocide-free marine coatings, has announced the appointment of Gladys Goh as its President, effective immediately. As President of Nippon Paint Marine Group, Gladys Goh is the first female and foreign national to lead a principal operating company in Japan. With a history of over 140 years, the… Read More
Decisions on whether to extend New Zealand’s first mechanical caulerpa suction dredging trial into the Bay of Islands and beyond will come after its Omākiwi Cove results at the end of February. . The two-week trial began in the Bay of Islands’ caulerpa epicentre last week. Wellington-based Biosecurity New Zealand caulerpa national response manager John Walsh said… Read More
On the 19th of January, the steel cutting ceremony for the new Construction Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) 9020 for Ta San Shang Marine Co. Ltd (TSSM), a joint venture between Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. of Japan, and Ta Tong Marine Co., Ltd. of Taiwan, took place in Ha Long, Vietnam. This was just two months after the initial… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, inducted Regional Business Director Phil Johnson to the Senior Executive Service during a ceremony Jan. 30 at division headquarters in Cincinnati. Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, 55th chief of engineers and USACE commanding general, presided over the ceremony and recognized Johnson on this… Read More
U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) and Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR-AL) today introduced the National Oceans and Coastal Security Improvements Act. The bill would support coastal communities’ ability to prepare for and respond to a variety of coastal threats, including flooding, extreme weather events, climate hazards and changing ocean conditions by improving coastal infrastructure and supporting… Read More
Decisions on whether to extend New Zealand’s first mechanical caulerpa suction dredging trial into the Bay of Islands and beyond will come after its Omākiwi Cove results at the end of February. The two-week trial began in the Bay of Islands’ caulerpa epicentre last week. Wellington-based Biosecurity New Zealand caulerpa national response manager John Walsh… Read More
Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries released a final joint strategy to protect and promote the recovery of endangered North Atlantic right whales while responsibly developing offshore wind energy. The strategy identifies the agencies’ goals and key actions for continuing to evaluate and mitigate the potential… Read More