Georgia Governor Nathan Deal visited the Port of Savannah this week to mark the passage of the state budget, including an additional US$46.7 million to help pay for the Savannah Harbor deepening.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) yesterday concluded that that the deepening of the Savannah River would be more cost effective if the channel was deepened to a foot less than previously planned.
The future of Hamburg Port’s container business has been given a major boost with the news that the long-delayed Elbe River Deepening Project has been approved.
The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SPA) has awarded a $43 million contract to move 1.75 million cubic yards of dredge material to the site of the states new $525 million container terminal at the old Charleston Naval Base.
Qatar will award a second contract worth US$1.2 billion for the dredging works at Doha Port, which will be the deepest in the world when completed in 2016.
French construction firm Vinci has been awarded a €42.5 million contract by Bolloré Africa Logistics for the construction of a third container berth at the Togolese Port of Lomé.
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley poured further pressure on President Obama this week to find more money for the deepening of ports on the East Coast of the United States.
The CEO of the Panama Canal Authority, Alberto Aleman Zubieta, has slammed port officials in Canada and the US for not making the most of the Panama Canal expansion.
Krishnapatnam Port is now out on its own as the deepest draft port in India, with the port now capable of accepting vessels with a maximum permissible draft of 18 meters.
The US$38 million Sydney Harbour Dredging Project was finally completed last week, as the port located in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia moves a step closer to welcoming some of the world’s largest ships to its docks.
The Rs 1,570-crore project to dredge the channel leading to two of India’s largest ports, Mumbai and the JNPT (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust), will begin next month, according to the Chairman of JNPT.
The US Army Corps of Engineers has announced this week that the deepening of Charleston Harbor may not be completed until 2024. A time-frame, according to South Carolina Ports Authority President Jim Newsome, “that's just too long.”