Laden with 76,195 tonnes of coal, the Alam Pesona sailed in to Port yesterday, smashing the record for the largest cargo on the Tyne previously set by sister ship Alam Penting. The ship has travelled from New Orleans (Louisiana) and taken 18 days to reach the Port of Tyne without stopping, covering a distance of [...]
The Port Hope harbour dredging may even begin this mont, according to northumberlandtoday.com. Karen Sharpe, the Parks, Recreation and Culture director, said: „As soon as they get the go-ahead from the Ganaraska Regional Conservation Authority, they’ll get underway.“ Approximately 1,500 cubic metres of sediment will be excavated to create a channel with a minimum depth [...]
The Mombasa Municipal Council has challenged a major port expansion and dredging project, reports AllAfrica. The council had instituted a criminal suit against the Kenya Ports Authority for failing to comply with the requisition. They argued that on April 12 Ndua was served with the physical planning notice by the council requiring him to stop [...]
The Port of Los Angeles has received project achievement awards from the Southern California Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) for two of its major waterfront development projects: Cabrillo Way Marina in San Pedro and Wilmington Waterfront Park in Wilmington. The new Cabrillo Way Marina Phase II facility has won the 2012 [...]
According to The Portland Tribune (Pamplin Media Group), the Port of Portland plans to dredge 10,000 to 40,000 cubic yards of Willamette River sediment near its T-2 terminal. The port describes the dredging as routine maintenance necessary to assure safe navigation of the river. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has reviewed data about the [...]
Deal de la Guyane and Société Baggerbedrijf de Boer BV have signed a dredging contract for the port of Degrad des Cannes. The works are intended to maintain access to the port of Degrad des Cannes, including: – The maintenance of all access ports for a period of 42 months; – The maintenance of the [...]
Autorità portuale di Piombino has invited bidders to submit offers for the Port of Piombino dredging project. This project includes: – Remediation works to the Port of Piombino involving dredging works to the main basin; – Treatment of dredged materials with the transporting of environmentally clean sediment by sea and depositing in a designated disposal [...]
The Port of Tyne yesterday announced its best ever financial results. A massive rise in the volume of cargoes coming in and out of the River Tyne resulted in the Port’s turnover increasing by almost a third to £60 million and profit more than doubling to £9 million. This financial performance is the best in [...]
Ricardo Menéndez, the Venezuela’s industry minister, has inked a contract with China Railway Engineering Group (CREG) to begin works to increase the capacity at state iron ore producer Ferrominera Orinoco’s (FMO) Palúa port. “The agreement is for US$112mn to begin the basic engineering works for the design of the expansion of the port’s loading area,” [...]
Port Hedland is a key export location for Australian iron ore exports. BHP Billiton is undertaking development of a 100-million-tonne-a-year outer harbour expansion at the port. GHD, a global engineering and environmental services firm, commissioned the system in order to provide marine water quality data from monitoring sites located in areas surrounding the port dredging [...]
