The environmental groups says the latest federal review of the PCB cleanup of the upper Hudson River provides more evidence that the dredging area should be expanded, The Wall Street Journal reports. A coalition of environmentalists said the review also acknowledges that PCBs in one stretch of the r
The Beypore Port Department will hold the meeting in Beypore on June 12 and will help investors visit the site. They also plan to seek clarifications about the Rs 162.5-crore project. According to indiatimes.com, the development, operation, and maintenance of the port is being planned under the publ
The public is invited to attend a meeting to learn about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ sediment placement plan for the 2012 dredging season. The meeting is June 12 at 10 a.m. in the Port of Astoria council chambers, 422 Gateway Ave., Astoria, Ore. Representatives from the Corps and the U.S. Envi
State Representative Al Pscholka has introduced a resolution in the House calling on the federal government to make sure that money in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund is properly used. The fund is comprised of tax dollars collected at ports all over the country, and some of those dollars are suppo
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday approved a $942 million budget for fiscal year 2013, a 12 percent increase over the past year, reflecting the Port’s growing investment in its facilities and infrastructure modernization. The new budget includes $720 million in capital spending,
The communities along the New Jersey shoreline have suffered significant storm damages from nor’easters and hurricanes and are at risk to suffer further damages from coastal storms. The project is designed to reduce the damages to homes and infrastructure from the waves, high tides and storm surges
Yesterday, the SC House of Representatives adopted its amendment to the FY2012-2013 state spending plan in preparation for the budget being sent to a joint House/Senate Conference Committee to be finalized. The House returned the spending back to the core of the original version unanimously adopted
The installation of the wind turbines for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm will commence in September, but already now, the preparations in and around Grenaa Harbour are in full activity before Siemens Wind Power commences the installation works. As the installation vessels also have to jack up in Gren
Jay Cashman Inc. has been named a Top 20 Contractor in Hazardous Waste by Engineering News-Record (ENR) and was ranked #277 in ENR’s Top 400 Contractors List. Cashman attributes its being named to ENR’s Top 20 Hazardous Waste Contractors List to the firms continued work on major hazardous waste reme
EPA is set to begin the ninth season of dredging at the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site. Mobilization for the dredging began the week of May 28, and dredging is set to begin towards the end of June. Through September 2012, EPA will again be hydraulically dredging areas at the bottom of the harbor
In a major victory for the Delaware Valley region, yesterday the House approved $29.4 million in federal funding for the deepening of the Delaware River Main Shipping Channel. U.S. Rep. Patrick Meehan (PA-07) worked tirelessly, together with his colleagues including Rep. Bob Brady (PA-01), to secure
The Port of Houston Authority is considering a Galveston Bay construction project, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Port of Houston Authority proposes to use a hydraulic pipeline dredge to deepen and widen the Baypor
In collaboration with VOKA (Antwerp-Waasland chamber of commerce) the Antwerp port community organised a mission to the Ukrainian cities of Kiev and Odessa. Odessa Port Authority presented current developments in its port and gave details about planned infrastructure projects. A collaboration agreem
The Panama Canal is meeting this week with top clients, government officials, and maritime authorities in China, Japan, and South Korea to reaffirm its relationship with customers and explain the impact of the Panama Canal expansion program in Asia. “We always keep a close communication with our cus
