The port of Antwerp is expected to have handled 183.8 million tonnes of freight this year. This represents a drop of 1.8% compared with 2011, when the volume was 187.2 million tonnes. All things considered, these figures are a mild reflection of the state of the economy and of the shipping industry.
Dike design needs to focus more on the subsoil structure and variations over the entire length of a dike. The soil structure determines the risk of piping and varies more than is assumed in the present standards. This may represent a risk for the dike, but it can also be used to make local dike [&he
Governor Rick Scott held a press conference call with Florida port leaders to discuss the importance of Florida’s ports during the ongoing negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) regarding their contract, which is set to
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will be issuing a solicitation in 2013 for removal of dredge material from transfer sites located in Upper Mississippi River Pool 4. Traditionally the Corps has awarded contracts for this type of activity via an invitation for bid (IFB) that provi
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in cooperation with the Flood Diversion Board of Authority will host a meeting Jan. 8 for landowners of the Oxbow, Bakke and Hickson area affected by the proposed Fargo, N.D./Moorhead, Minn., diversion channel. The Corps and Diversion Authority ar
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, along with Valley City, N.D., will hold a public meeting to provide a status update to the public to the Valley City Sheyenne River Flood Risk Management Feasibility study Jan. 10, 2013. The study is a cost shared effort between the Corps and Vall
Residents give a boisterous welcome to Jakarta’s newly elected governor, Joko Widodo, when he shows up for a town meeting with the residents of a Jakarta slum where residents’ shacks overlook the muddy, garbage-strewn waters of the Ciliwung River. The governor’s administration plans to fix chronic f
A film has been produced showing the tests conducted last August on the IJkdijk in Bellingwolde in the north of the Netherlands. Deltares was responsible for conducting the test series. The project comprised ‘all-in-one sensor validation testing’, a number of experiments to determine the quality and
Dredging work at Dog Leg Canal in the Atchafalaya Basin has been completed, announced officials with the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) yesterday. The project was a water maintenance project included in the department’s Atchafalaya Basin Program. Dog Leg Canal is located within the Atta
On Tuesday, 18 December, the ‘Green Shield’ project was launched in the Biesbosch nature reserve. The project will further the understanding of how forebanks with vegetation – such as willow trees – can break waves. It is known that vegetation can mitigate wave impact. There are models that have bee
The Union Cabinet today approved a proposal of the Ministry of Shipping for licensing of land to the concessionaries for seven projects taken up in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. These projects have been taken up in terms of the extant policy of the Government of India to pursue maritime
Recently, CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. has won the bid for the outfitting quay project of Jiangsu Yangzijiang Offshore Oil & Gas Equipment Co., Ltd. and Phase 2 of the central fishing port in Wenling, with a total contract value of 382 million yuan. Located at Taicang Port Development Zon
The dredging project on the canals in the West Shore area will probably commence in the spring, according to tbo.com. The tides aren’t favorable for effective dredging this time of the year, said the Tampa’s public works director Irv Lee, and added: “If you can’t get the barge in or you can’t get eq
On December 7, CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won the bid for Section SG-1 of the ship & port logistics terminal project in Longmen zone of Zhenjiang Port in Jiangsu Province, with a contract value of 120 million yuan and a construction period of 9 months. Located in Dantu District, Zhenji
