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Nehru Port Aims to Raise $370 Million in Bond Sale
JOC Staff |
International ports
Port infrastructure
Port of Tauranga Dredging Project Approved
JOC Staff |
New Zealand’s Port of Tauranga has received final approval from the Minister of Conservation for its plan to widen and deepen its shipping channel in order to accommodate larger ships.
International ports
Port infrastructure
China Dredging Firm Merges With Fishing Company
JOC Staff |
China Dredging Group, through its subsidiary Fujian Xing Gang Port Service; Merchant Supreme, through its subsidiary Fujian Provincial Pingtan County Ocean Fishing Group; and China Growth Equity Investment have approved...
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Port infrastructure
West Coast Ports Building — Overcapacity?
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
After building the nation’s largest terminals and dredging the deepest harbors, West Coast ports are facing a problem they are not used to — overcapacity.
North American ports
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Inland Waterways Move Into DC Focus
Mark Szakonyi, Executive Editor |
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Port infrastructure
Boskalis to File Mandatory Offer for Outstanding Dockwise Shares
JOC Staff |
Port infrastructure
Boskalis in $887 Million Bid for Dockwise
JOC Staff |
Boskalis Westminster today made a 682 million euro ($887 million) offer for Dockwise.
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Savannah River Dredging Gets Green Flag
JOC Staff |
The signing by the U.S. Army Corps of the Record of Decision for the long-delayed Savannah Harbor Expansion Project is expected to give the port a leg up in its battle to preserve its place as the largest container port in the U.S. South Atlantic.
Port News
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Lack of Freight Policy Could Incite Diversions, Cordero Says
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The central message of a study by the Federal Maritime Commission on the impact of the harbor maintenance fee on cargo routing might well be that the lack of a national freight policy, rather than the burden of the tax itself, is compromising the competitiveness of U.S. ports.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Hamburg Suffers Setback As Court Halts Dredging
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The Port of Hamburg suffered a setback after a German court halted long-delayed work to deepen the River Elbe.
International ports
Port infrastructure
Cutting Obsolete Projects Could Boost Water Infrastructure Work
Mark Szakonyi, Executive Editor |
The Army Corps of Engineers, facing funding cuts for inland waterways and port work, must change how it operates to maintain the nation’s freight networks, according to a National Research Counc
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Ports Want Army Corps, HMT Reform in WRDA
Mark Szakonyi, Executive Editor |
Port proponents on Thursday urged Congress to streamline the federal maritime project review process and boost spending by reforming the way harbor maintenance taxes are allocated in the next Water Re
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Charleston Adopts Load Center Strategy
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
Planning to build the load center port of the future requires a strategic vision that emphasizes construction of large marine terminals, harbor deepening, expanding road and rail access and a cargo growth strategy.
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Dredging Projects Fast-Tracked in the East
Peter T. Leach, Editor-at-Large |
From his office window in the New York Container Terminal, Jim Devine can see the rigs blasting rock at the bottom of the Arthur Kill, deepening the channel leading to the terminal’s berths to 5
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Charleston Dredging Project Beating Expectations
Peter T. Leach, Editor-at-Large |
The Army Corps of Engineers expects the deepening of Charleston's harbor to be completed sooner and cost less than it originally projected.<br /> <br />
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Port infrastructure
Judge Rules Against Dismissal of Savannah River Dredging Suit
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
The fate of the long-planned Savannah Harbor Expansion Project remains undecided after a federal judge ruled against the dismissal of an environmentalists’ lawsuit aimed at blocking a pollution
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Developer Sought for Nova Scotia Container Hub
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
Cape Breton is looking for a terminal operator to build a container terminal on a greenfield tract of land in the deep-water harbor of Sydney, Nova Scotia.<br /> <br />
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South Carolina Legislature Allocates $300 Million to Deepen Charleston Harbor
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
The South Carolina Legislature allocated $300 million to fund the deepening Charleston’s harbor in the amended state budget announced Thursday.
Port News
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Bill Introduced to Deepen Mississippi to 50 Feet
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
Congress may consider a bill to deepen the Mississippi River to 50 feet so that larger post-Panamax vessels transiting the expanded Panama Canal after 2014 will be able to access the river and the Por
Port News
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Florida Ports Fortify 'Home Field Advantage'
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
Stacks of Crowley and Seaboard Marine containers at Florida East Coast Railway’s Hialeah Rail Yard near Miami are a sign of the volumes South Florida’s ports see coming down their sea lane
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Freight Rail, Ports Get $104 Million in TIGER Grants
Mark Szakonyi, Associate Editor |
Port and freight rail projects received roughly one-fifth, or about $104 million, through the Department of Transportation’s fourth round of TIGER grants, with public transit, passenger rail, bi
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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House Bill Would Maintain Highway Spending, Cut TIGER Grants
Mark Szakonyi, Associate Editor |
Federal highway spending in fiscal 2013 would remain the same as the prior year, but there wouldn’t be funding for TIGER grants or high-speed rail, through a bill introduced in the House Appropr
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Port infrastructure
Miami Settles Environmental Objections to Dredging
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
The Port of Miami will be able to move ahead with its project to deepen its harbor under an agreement announced Thursday with three environmental groups that filed <u><em><a href="http://www.joc.com/p
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