The Auckland Plan will not lock in any specific expansion of the port, councillors agreed today. Instead, Auckland Council will call for a major review of the port’s ongoing needs and the future requirements for freight services across the upper North Island. Councillors agreed that the Waitemata Ha
The special transport vessel from China with the first four container cranes for the EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven on board docked at the quayside this morning. The “Zhenhua 23” belonging to the Chinese company ZPMC, which departed from Shanghai on 6 January 2012, spent two months at sea
Today, at the St. Clair Shores Public Library, EPA will hold a public meeting on the cleanup status of the Ten-Mile Drain site. EPA will discuss the results of their source investigation, which found high concentrations of PCB oil lying underneath four manhole vaults in the underground trench of the
The City of Kingston has awarded $7.1 million in tenders for Mordialloc-based projects, including Stage 2 of dredging at Mordialloc Creek, sheet pile installations at Lambert Island and Mordialloc Shopping Centre streetscape works. The $5.56 million tender for Stage 2 of the Mordialloc Creek dredgin
An exclusive market report by Trelleborg Marine Systems has revealed that the vast majority (90%) of the port owners, operators and contractors surveyed believe that both laboratory and full scale testing are important requirements in the manufacture of docking and mooring products. Despite these en
The Port of Rotterdam and the SKVR Free Academy opened on March 4 the exhibition “New frontiers, new impressions” in FutureLand. The exhibition shows the results of a drawing and painting competition organized in the summer of 2011, at the newly constructed Maasvlakte 2. All participating artists an
Environmentally sustainable practices in the maritime industry are critical to driving the global agenda on sustainability, industry experts have said ahead of the second edition of the World Ports and Trade Summit (WPTS) 2012. WPTS 2012 is being held under the patronage of His Highness General Shei
The city and a dredging firm have completed the first phase of a dredging management plan for the city’s canal system, reports Cape Coral Daily Breeze. Michael Ilczyszyn, city business manager, and Jack Adams of Gator Dredging presented the Southeast quadrant dredging plan to the City Council. The s
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has scheduled a public hearing on Melching Inc.’s application for a Muskegon Lake dredging permit for its property at 2400 Lakeshore in Muskegon. State officials will take comments on the dredging application at 7 p.m. March 29 at Muskegon City Hall i
The Florida House passed on Monday a second bill that will help the postponed Port of Miami Deep Dredging project to move forward, reports The Miami Herald. The $150 million project is a priority for Gov. Rick Scott and Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez. However, the project is being held up by challe
PrimePort Timaru has released its six-month report to December 31, 2011. The projected June 30 year end result is forecasted to show a loss of $200,000, compared to a profit of $2.08 million for the same period the year before. “This is a significant decrease on last year’s profit of $844,000. While
Nourishment of the beaches of Sand Key will begin this month and the plans will be presented this week, at a meeting at the Belleair Beach Community Center. An open forum with Pinellas County Coastal Manager Andy Squires and staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be organized on Thursday t
The Australian Government’s unwillingness to act on the ongoing environmental crisis in Gladstone harbour was explained today, as the Australian Financial Review reported Environment Minister Tony Burke as saying ‘it’s difficult to find any world heritage values within Gladstone harbour’. “Tony Burk
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) informs the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that the Pasir Panjang Terminal dredging project will start today. Dredging works will be carried out by the grab dredgers, “Ebisu”/“Musashi”, held in position by 2
