Coastal/Inland News


Elbe Fairway Dredging Begins

Jul 23, 2019

The deepening and fairway widening program on the Elbe River officially launched yesterday (July 23).'The adjustment of the Elbe fairway will offer much better connections between the Port of Hamburg and the global flow of goods,' said Dr. Maximilian Rothkopf…

Stakeholders Ignore U.S. Middle East Coalition Proposals

Jul 19, 2019

The United States is struggling to win its allies' support for an initiative to heighten surveillance of vital Middle East oil shipping lanes because of fears it will increase tension with Iran, six sources familiar with the matter said.Washington…

AIWA's 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting

Jul 17, 2019

AIWA's Executive Director Brad Pickel, reaches out to stakeholders in advance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association's annual meeting:Dear Supporters and Friends of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association,Greetings and I hope this email finds everyone well…

Unarmed Guards Deployed to Navigate Gulf

Jul 17, 2019

Shipping companies are hiring unarmed security guards for voyages through the Middle East Gulf as an extra safeguard after a wave of attacks in the region, security companies involved said.Relations between Iran and the West are increasingly…

Rhine water levels hit 2-month low

Jul 12, 2019

Water levels along the Rhine river, a key waterway for transporting commodities and other products from coastal areas to inland locations in France, Germany and Switzerland, fell to their lowest since May 21, Refinitiv Eikon data showed.Levels…

Big Easy Braces for Barry Flooding; Emergency Declared

Jul 12, 2019

New Orleans braced for severe flooding with residents told to hunker down as a growing tropical storm in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico headed for landfall late on Friday or early on Saturday as the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019.U.S. President Donald…

Bhutan-Bangladesh Cargo Vessel Flagged Off

Jul 11, 2019

The Minister of State for Shipping (Independent Charge), India, Mansukh Mandaviya will flag off an inland waterways vessel containing cargo from Bhutan to Bangladesh via Brahmaputra river and the Indo-Bangla Protocol Route today (July 12).'This…

New Orleans Braces for TS Barry

Jul 11, 2019

Some residents and visitors prepared to flee New Orleans on Thursday as Tropical Storm Barry closed in and city officials warned of severe flooding if it makes landfall by early Saturday as the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2019 season.The…

National Hurricane Center Miami Issues Hurricane Watch

Jul 11, 2019

A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for: Mouth of the Pearl River to Intracoastal City. A Hurricane Watch is in effect for: Mouth of the Mississippi River to Cameron. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for: Mouth of the Mississippi River northward to the Mouth of the Pearl River…

Special Weather Bulletin for Gulf Region

Jul 10, 2019

Invest 92-L, which may become Tropical Storm Barry by Thursday, is becoming better organized this morning as satellite imagery and surface weather observations indicate that a circulation seems to be developing over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico…

Wateways Council Videos Aim to Educate

Jul 09, 2019

To help educate audiences about the inland waterways’ connection to agriculture, to the labor community, to freight shippers, to the Corps of Engineers, and to building communities, Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) has produced a series of short videos…

Containerships in first SIMOPS boxship bunkering

Jul 05, 2019

Containerships performed its first simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) bunkering, which allows for the concomitant bunkering of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and execution of loading and unloading procedures.An unprecedented achievement improving…

Port Canaveral Wins Funding for Response Vessel

Jul 01, 2019

New fireboat will provide enhanced firefighting and rescue capabilities for maritime and commercial space. The Canaveral Port Authority will receive $1.5 million in funding from the State of Florida to support the acquisition of a specialized…

Singapore Suspends Inter-Pacific Petroleum's Bunker License

Jun 28, 2019

Singapore's Maritime Port Authority (MPA) has suspended the bunker craft operator licence of Inter-Pacific Petroleum Pte Ltd, the MPA said in a statement on Thursday.The MPA suspended the license, which allows Inter-Pacific to operate tankers used to load marine fuel…

Water Outflow on Seaway Now Above 10,400 CMS

Jun 26, 2019

The Chamber of Marine Commerce supports the International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board’s decision Friday to continue flow rates from the Moses-Saunders dam at 10,400 cubic meters per second (CMS).Maintaining the 10,400 CMS outflow still results in a significant cost to the economy…

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