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Foltz: Savannah Port to Take Advantage in Global Commerce Evolution
All four of the super post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes that arrived at the Port of Savannah in June are now fully operational at Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City Terminal. The cranes arrived on a specialized vessel June 5. After the cranes were offloaded, crews began raising the booms, and the
Kuwait Coastal & Marine Engineering Conference Approaches
Kuwait Coastal & Marine Engineering Conference and Exhibition (4-5 Dec. 2013, Hilton Kuwait Resort) will be the most comprehensive and in-depth supply of technical and practical insight into the planning, design, development and maintenance of coasts, ports and marine structures, the officials annou
VIDEO: CEDA Forum 2013 – Working Under Exotic Circumstances
The Central Dredging Association CEDA recently issued the program for its interactive, case-study led event, designed to maximise knowledge sharing in a great ambience. Taking as its theme “Dredging in a changing world”, CEDA Forum’s centrepiece will be two interactive workshops taking place on Thur
VIDEO: Panama Canal Expansion Program Update – October 2013
The Panama Canal expansion project will double the capacity of the Panama Canal by 2015 by creating a new lane of traffic and allowing more and larger ships to transit. The program consists in the construction of two new sets of locks – one on the Pacific and one on the Atlantic side of the [&hellip
AOP Conference Call Set for October 28 (USA)
The Missouri River Basin Water Management office will host a conference call on Monday, Oct. 28, to take comments and answer questions from stakeholders regarding the 2013–2014 Draft Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the Missouri River Mainstem System. Five public meetings had been scheduled throughou
Myanmar Port Development Forum Begins Next Month
The Myanmar Port Development Forum is scheduled for 11-13 November 2013, in Parkroyal Yangon, Myanmar. Officially endorsed by the Ministry of Transport, the first Myanmar Port Development Forum will showcase key Port projects, related infrastructure development and partnership opportunities being cr
DSM Ocean Wins Paraiso Dredging Deal (Mexico)
Ocean Dredging DSM Ocean inc., an Ocean sister company, will carry out a harbour dredging contract with its Mexican partner Dragados del Golfo, in Paraiso, a town located in the state of Tabasco in Mexico. The dredging of the port of Dos Bocas will extend over a period of more than 60 days and a [&h
USA: Great News for Lake Charles Harbor and Plaquemines Port
The State Bond Commission approved nearly $160 million for projects statewide and over $814,000 in savings from refinancing existing public debt at its October 17 meeting, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy. “We saved taxpayers money by refinancing $9 million of public debt in St. Tammany Par
Australia: Ports’ Reform for WA to Capitalise on Growth
The reform of the State’s ports reached a key milestone today with the introduction of legislation to consolidate seven regional port authorities into four overarching authorities. The Ports Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 introduced to State Parliament will see four new regional port authorities es
Guinea: President Inspects Conakry Port Expansion Project
On 14th of September, the President of The Republic of Guinea, Alpha Conde, accompanied by Guinea’s Transport Minister and Culture Minister, inspected the construction site of the Conakry Port Expansion Project in Guinea, announced chec.bj.cn. The general manager of the oversea office in Guinea, Gao
Greens: Running Out of Time to Save GBR (Australia)
The Coalition has today squibbed a chance to protect the Reef by ruling out further development on Gladstone’s Curtis Island, by deferring the approval decision on Arrow’s LNG plant to just days before Christmas, say the Australian Greens. “The Reef didn’t need another deferral from the government t
Davenport Project: Corps Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (USA)
The public and media are invited to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the substantial completion of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers flood risk management project protecting the Davenport, Iowa, Iowa American Water Treatment Plant in Davenport, Iowa, announced usace.army.mil. The ceremony,
Canada: Navis Celebrates 25 Years of TOS Leadership
Navis, the global technology standard for managing the movement of cargo through terminals, today marks the 25th anniversary of its terminal operating system (TOS) amidst a surge of container terminal projects around the world whether they are automated, semi-automated or manual. Due to the continue
USA: Officials Introduce FEMA Reauthorization Act
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA); Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV); Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA); and Emergency Management Subcommittee Ranking Member Andre Carson (D-IN) introduced the first ever reauthorization of