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Berbera Port Upgrade Raises Somaliland’s Hopes for Trade

Aug 28, 2022

Berbera port is the main overseas trade gateway of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland. The port city is located on the Gulf of Aden – one of the globally most frequented seaways connecting the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean.Only a few years ago…

Costello Lock Closed Due to Silt Build Up

Aug 24, 2022

The Jerry F. Costello Lock on the Kaskaskia River, near Modoc, Ill., has been closed due to silt and debris build up on the lock sill and chamber, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) said.Contracted divers were utilized to remove underwater obstructions…

Port of Oakland Takes Major Step on Clean Energy Project

Aug 22, 2022

The Port of Oakland today announced the approval of a $2 million contract for the design of a new, clean energy project at the Oakland Seaport. The project includes electrical infrastructure including solar generation, battery storage systems…

Final Crane Installed at Charleston's Wando Welch Terminal

Aug 18, 2022

Fifteen ship-to-shore cranes now stand 155 feet above the wharf deck at Wando Welch Terminal, efficiently working mega container ships at the Port of Charleston.The fifteenth and final crane was recently moved into position along the waterfront…

Venezuela to Support Reconstruction of Cuban Port Damaged by Oil Fire

Aug 16, 2022

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that Venezuela would support Cuba in the reconstruction of its only supertanker port in Matanzas, which was partially destroyed by a fire after lightning struck one of the its crude tanks.Cuba has long relied on the 2…

Avenir DevelopinG LNG Terminal in Oxelösund, Sweden

Aug 16, 2022

Avenir LNG Limited announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Oxelösunds Hamn AB for the development and construction of an LNG/BioLNG Terminal in the Port of Oxelösund, Sweden.As part of the agreement, Avenir intends to acquire 100% of the shares in OXGAS AB…

Commerce Flows Normally After John Day Lock Repaired

Aug 06, 2022

Commerce is now moving normally along the Columbia River and through John Day Lock after U.S. Army engineers completed repairs to damaged guide wheels by 12:30 p.m., August 5. Technicians originally discovered damage to a lower guide wheel on July 25…

USACE Awards $1 Billion Contract for New Lock at the Soo Phase 3

Jul 06, 2022

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Detroit District said it anticipates Phase 3 construction will start this summer following a $1.068 billion contract for the New Lock at the Soo Phase 3 awarded July 1, 2022.This contract allows the contractor Kokosing Alberici Traylor…

John Day Dam Storing Water to Minimize Lower Columbia River Flooding

Jun 22, 2022

Federal water managers are changing release and storage schedules at several Pacific Northwest dams because of a late season and strong atmospheric river that began June 9. Significant amounts of rainfall have fallen across the Columbia River Basin filling reservoirs and rivers…

Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville Wraps $24 Million in New Infrastructure Work

Jun 08, 2022

The Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville said it has completed $24 million in infrastructure enhancement projects following a $10 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant received in 2015 initiating big changes in Jeffersonville…

Shore Power: Port of Valencia to Install Two Electrical Substations

Jun 07, 2022

Two new electrical substations of the Port of Valencia, with a power of 90 megawatts each, will enable the auxiliary engines of the ships to be connected to electricity while they are berthed in the port area, thus guaranteeing a reduction in CO2 emissions…

Port of Oakland Turning Basins Widening Study Enters Final Phase

Jun 01, 2022

The Port of Oakland Turning Basins Widening Study reached a key milestone with the port's release of a Notice of Preparation (NOP) to begin an environmental review per the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), on May 31, 2022.“This is…

Port of Baltimore Gets Federal Funding to Improve Rail Infrastructure

Jun 01, 2022

The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore will receive $15.6 million from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Consolidated Rail and Infrastructure Safety Improvements (CRISI) program for its Rail Capacity Modernization Project. The Project…

Oceanside Harbor Dredging Begins

Apr 25, 2022

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District began its annual dredging of the Oceanside Harbor inlet starting April 19.Manson Construction Company of Seattle is dredging the channel to its authorized federal depth of 20 feet. Dredging…

Rochester Harbor Pier Repair Contract Awarded

Apr 18, 2022

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $3.85 million contract to Illinois-based Great Lakes Dock and Materials, L.L.C. on March 31 for repairs to the Rochester Harbor East Pier in Rochester, N.Y.Repairs will ensure the pier…

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