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Broward County and FEC Railway reach agreement to build Port Everglades rail facility

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“This is a great public-private partnership that has been 15 years in the making and is expected to take less than two years to complete,” said Broward County Mayor John Rodstrom, Jr. “The ICTF is a double-bonus win for Broward County because it will help increase international trade while taking trucks off the roads.”

The ICTF at Port Everglades will be used to transfer international containers between ship and rail within the Port instead of having trucks haul the containers to and from off-port rail terminals, currently located off Andrews Avenue in Fort Lauderdale and in central Miami-Dade County. The FEC also plans to relocate its existing domestic intermodal service from its Andrews Avenue rail yard to the ICTF at Port Everglades. Once completed, the ICTF is expected to reduce congestion on interstate highways and local roadways and reduce harmful air emissions by diverting an estimated 180,000 trucks by 2027.

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Port Commission of The Port of Houston Authority appoint Interim Executive Director

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In his introduction, Port Commission Chairman James T. Edmonds said, “We are fortunate to have Len to guide the Port Authority as Interim Executive Director as we continue to build on our successes and carry out our mission of economic development and job creation for this region and state.”

“I look forward to serving the port,” Waterworth said. “It is really the heart of economic prosperity for this entire community. And it is a critically important economic engine for our region and nation, generating more than 785,000 direct and indirect jobs and $118 billion in regional economic impact and $285 billion nationwide.”

Waterworth most recently served as President/Chief Executive Officer of Dannenbaum Engineering Corporation, a Texas-based engineering consulting firm.Over the last 32 years, he has held successive executive leadership positions at increasing levels of responsibilities in both the private and public sectors. In the public sector, Waterworth most recently served as District Engineer/Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District in Galveston.

He received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from New Mexico State, a Master of Engineering Administration from George Washington University, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.

The Commission also approved a professional services contract with Boyden World Corporation to identify candidates for employment as Executive Director.

Maasvlakte 2 block dam completed

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The dam is made up of 19,558 concrete blocks, each weighing in at over 40,000 kg. The blocks have come from the sea wall of the existing Maasvlakte. In order to move them, PUMA, the consortium of which Van Oord is a member, ordered a special crane to be developed: the Blockbuster. Since April 2011, the Blockbuster has been working day and night to place the concrete cubes (2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 m) in the dam to an accuracy of 15 cm. The Blockbuster will still be working on the hard sea wall for a month after today, laying the heavy armour stone.

PUMA expects to hand over the complete hard sea wall to Rotterdam Port Authority this spring, so the construction work on Maasvlakte 2 is still strictly on schedule.

Pollution Control Service launched in China to steer owners through new rules

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Under the China Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) rules, owners and operators of vessels carrying any cargo deemed to represent a potential pollution risk in Chinese territorial waters must work with a Government-approved Ship Pollution Response Organisation (SPRO) to establish and implement a detailed Ship Pollution Response Regime before entering, leaving or starting operations in port.

Cutting red tape

As part of its Owners’ Protective Agency service package in mainland China, GAC has set up a Pollution Control Services team composed of master mariners to help guide ship owners and operators through the new measures, liaising with SPROs to ensure full compliance and smooth operations at ports from Dalian in the north-east down to southern China. This way, the GAC team cuts the red tape owners have to deal with when directly engaging and dealing with the SPRO, as they handle the entire process from start to finish for every call. 

 Endorsement

Claus Schensema, GAC China’s Managing Director, says: “This pioneering new service endorses our commitment to easing the way for owners, charterers and receivers operating in the country, both by helping to reduce the risk of pollution and by working to reduce time in port and associated costs.” 

The Pollution Control Service is available, upon appointment, as part of a broad range of shipping services that GAC can provide at Chinese ports.