A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has announced the opening of a new Global Service Centres (GSC) for the Americas Region, based in Mexico City, Mexico, with a dedicated satellite centre in Santos, Brazil. These new locations will combine talent availability across functions and disciplines in areas such as customer experience, finance, process management, technology, and… Read More
Yesterday, NEO-LEGIA, the consortium of Jan De Nul Group, CIT-BLATON and Willemen Groep, successfully installed the bicycle and pedestrian bridge over the ‘Darse de Meuse’. This bridge creates a soft and safe link with Park Astrid for the future residents of the new Rives Ardentes neighbourhood. Its location at the future tram stop ‘Astrid’ will… Read More
Harsco Corporation (NYSE: HSC), a global market-leading provider of environmental solutions for industrial and specialty waste streams, today announced the appointment of Jeffrey Beswick to Senior Vice President and President, Clean Earth, effective May 1, 2023. He will be a member of the Company’s Executive Leadership team. Mr. Beswick joins Clean Earth after spending nearly 30 years… Read More
The sand dredge at the Boca Inlet was moved Sunday due to adverse weather conditions, but mobilization of the Regional Sand Nourishment project continued on the city’s south beach. Crews, heavy equipment, and pipes were on the beach which remains closed. The long-awaited nourishment – a cooperative effort between the cities of Boca Raton, Deerfield… Read More
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has started wresting cargoes meant for Nigerian ports from neighbouring countries including Benin Republic, Togo, and Ghana. NPA said with the inauguration of the Lekki Deep Sea Port in Lagos and improved port efficiency, many cargoes have been pulled from the seaports of the neighbouring countries. The Managing Director/CEO of NPA, Mohammed… Read More
The Delaware Inland Bays Program will receive $1.8 million in restoration funds as part of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to estuaries of national significance, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. “This funding is a valuable investment in equity, clean water and resilience for Delaware’s sensitive coastal shoreline,” said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional… Read More
Over $100 million from a federal revenue-sharing initiative will help upgrade infrastructure and restoration efforts along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) of 2006 created a revenue-sharing model for oil- and gas-producing gulf states. Under the act, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas receive a portion of the revenue generated… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is dredging up public opinion about a proposed project in the Intracoastal Waterway. The Corps is soliciting comments on planned maintenance dredging in sections of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway or GIWW. The Corps’ stated objective is to maintain the safe navigability of the Intracoastal Waterway. The Corps’ additional goals… Read More
At the Port of Oakland, California, on a recent weekday, trucks, cranes and container-laden ships moved goods across the sprawling 1,300-acre complex with the precarious precision of a Rube Goldberg machine. Mere blocks from downtown Oakland, the port operates essentially as a city within a city. It’s the ninth biggest port in the country and… Read More
The union ministry for ports, shipping and waterways has proposed giving infrastructure status to coastal shipping, a government priority. The status entitles a sector to several benefits and concessions, including cheaper bank loans. In an interview, the Union minister of ports, shipping and waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, said the ministry is holding stakeholder consultations for developing… Read More