By Jeff Van Sant TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Pinellas County’s massive beach nourishment effort is now complete, restoring miles of shoreline damaged during the 2024 hurricane season and giving coastal communities renewed hope heading into the next storm cycle. The $125 million project began in September, with crews pumping and placing sand along the county’s beaches… Read More
Dublin Port Company (DPC) intend to carry out loading and dumping at sea of dredged material arising from capital dredging as part of the Dublin Harbour Capital Dredging Project over the period February to March 2026. This will be the first campaign of loading/dumping to be carried out for this project. It is intended that capital dredging will commence… Read More
Brazil has suspended a decree on dredging and privatizing the Tapajós River, a major tributary of the Amazon, after protests shut down a grain terminal — but Indigenous groups are pressing for its full revocation. Hundreds of Indigenous protesters have since Jan. 22 blockaded the Cargill grain facility in the Amazonian city of Santarém over… Read More
By Reid Campbell ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Marylanders had their second chance to provide input on Bay Bridge construction on Tuesday. The first in-person meeting was held as the Maryland Transportation Authority studies traffic on the bridge. It’s part of a wider project to make the Bay Bridge safer after the Key Bridge collapse. The project could create major traffic issues, and… Read More
OCEANSIDE — The City Council agreed in a 4-1 vote last week to pilot shifting the schedule of its annual sand dredging project from the spring to the fall, in an attempt to more effectively retain sand on city beaches. Under the annual sand dredging program, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pulls up sand… Read More
