Project Updates & Industry Developments

U.S. Senate Committee Approves Bill Increasing Revenues for Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration
BATON ROUGE, LA - Today, the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources passed the Conservation of America’s Shoreline Terrain and Aquatic Life (COASTAL) Act which would...

Senate panel advances effort to boost Louisiana's coastal restoration funds from offshore energy revenues
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Senate panel has advanced legislation that would give Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states a bigger cut of the offshore oil and gas revenues the federal government...

Effort to increase La. coastal money advances
Louisiana lawmakers, coastal advocates and officials in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes have pushed for years to increase the amount the states receive through the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security...

No easy answers for Port Richey dredging plans
City to resubmit scaled-back plan for RESTORE Act funding Port Richey is working to reshape a project that would dredge Channel 1 near Waterfront Park and Nicks Park as well as bring...

County begins dredging project at Lake Seminole
This aerial photograph of the Lake Seminole Watershed Alum Project areas, taken on July 26, 2010, shows the in-lake treatment area in the foreground and the bypass canal treatment area is in the...

USACE Deputy Commanding Gen & Deputy Chief of Engineers meet with IRPT to discuss USCAE' Navigation Program
Maj. Gen. Richard Kaiser, USACE Deputy Commanding General and Deputy Chief of Engineers, yesterday met with the Inland Rivers, Ports, and Terminals (IRPT) Association board in Washington, D.C., during...

JF Brennan Company mobilizes for Dredging on Providence River in Rhode Island
Started our mobe for the dredging on the Providence River in downtown Providence, RI. Of course, it was the best weather, cold and raining. We will be running a pipe through the hurricane barrier with...

USCG responds to discharge from tug that hit bridge
The semi-submerged tugboat Miss Bonnie sits in the water after alliding with the Old Bonner Bridge and is responsible for the potential maximum discharge of 6,000 gallons of diesel, Nov. 18, 2019,...

Avalon Beach Fill Completed
AVALON - The wide beaches and high dunes are back.The Army Corps of Engineers completed the 2019 Avalon beach replenishment project Nov. 10. The project was completed ahead of schedule.This year,...

Mike Hooks Completes Post-Flood Dredging On Tenn-Tom
The Mike Hooks dredge E. Stroud has finished dredging operations on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway following historic late-winter flooding that left immense shoaling along the river.The February...

Great Lakes: Coastal collaboration the natural way to be resilient
The Great Lakes One Water Partnership is a multi-year, basin-wide collaboration whose purpose is to limit the impact of extreme weather events and flooding in 31 coastal Great Lakes communities.Led...

Coast Guard responds to dredging crane falling into Saginaw River
By Caitlyn French | cfrench@mlive.com BAY CITY, MI - The U.S. Coast Guard station Saginaw River responded Monday, Nov. 18, to a report of a dredging crane...

Hundreds pack hearing to protest Trump administration proposal to dredge San Francisco Bay
“Deepening the Bay to accommodate bigger vessels carrying dirty tar sands crude oil puts communities along the water and near the refineries at risk,” said Isabella Zizi, Climate Campaigner at...

Hawaii: Kamaole dunes are up for restoration
Sand dunes play key role in slowing erosionSand dune restoration projects are underway to fight coastal erosion, which affects about 85 percent of Maui’s beaches, officials said Friday.The west and...

Texas Land Commissioner George P Bush Announces $21 Million in Buyout Funds for Ft. Bend County
AUSTIN — Today Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved $21,155,575 in Hurricane Harvey funds for Fort Bend County to conduct a buyout...