The Rio de la Plata Port Administrator Commission (CARP), a bi-national commission between Argentina and Uruguay, said in late February it completed phase one of a deepening and maintenance dredging… Read More
Dredging & Marine Construction
The Waterways Journal has been covering dredging and marine construction news on the inland rivers since 1887. Now, with the combined power of IDR (International Dredging Review), we cover this news in greater depth, expanding our coverage to major projects along all US waterways, coastlines and the Great Lakes.
Argentinian development bank BICE and local commercial bank Banco Macro agreed to provide $32.2 million US in financing for port administrator Consorcio de Gestión de Puerto Quequén to fund a… Read More
In late April, the Panama Canal welcomed its 6,000th Neopanamax vessel through its expanded canal, local canal authority, ACP said. The milestone was reached after the LNG vessel Energy Liberty… Read More
Argentinian Port Administrator Consorcio Portuario Regional de Mar del Plata (CPRM) plans to use its own money to fund an estimated $3 million US dredging project, which is expected for… Read More
Mexican state-owned port administrator Administración Portuaria Integral de Manzanillo S.A, also known as (API Manzanillo), said in late April it plans to “immediately” dredge the facility’s access and secondary channels… Read More
On April 23, Port Houston released the full results of the nationwide economic impact study of the Houston Ship Channel. Results show that the private and public terminals of the… Read More
On April 8, the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met in a special session to accelerate the widening of the Houston Ship Channel. The port authority is… Read More
Van Oord’s first vessel to run entirely on LNG, Werkendam, started work on its first project in May. The world’s first LNG-powered crane vessel is carrying out maintenance work in… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded two contracts in Indonesia. On the island of Sulawesi, Boskalis will expand the Makassar New Port container terminal, and on the island… Read More
The Santa Catarina state-owned Port Administrator for the Port of São Francisco do Sul, in southern Brazil (APSFS), which manages single purpose venture (SPV) SCPar Porto de São Francisco do… Read More
