Damen Naval has signed a contract with Danish defence technology company Damen Naval has signed a contract with Danish defence technology company Terma A/S for the supply of the C-Guard Decoy Launching System, to be installed on the PES frigate currently under construction for the Colombian Navy. The frigate is based on Damen Naval’s SIGMA 10514 design and… Read More
The white sandy beaches along a swath of Florida’s Gulf Coast were battered by three hurricanes last year, leading to a multimillion-dollar effort to repair a coastline that is the region’s economic engine. Crews are working with dredges, trucks and pipelines along the 35-mile (56-kilometer) stretch of beach in Pinellas County that includes cities such… Read More
Mattituck Inlet could face disaster if a major storm hits before massive dredging takes place, local officials warned during a community meeting. The waterway that flows from Long Island Sound to Love Lane needs roughly 100,000 cubic yards of sediment removed to prevent what Mattituck Park District chairman Kevin Byrne called a “catastrophic breach.” “This… Read More
Dredging crews will return to the Grand Traverse Harbor in Houghton County this summer as efforts continue to save Buffalo Reef from being covered by stamp sand mining waste. Over the past roughly 100 years, historic copper mine tailings from the Wolverine and Mohawk mines – called stamp sands – were deposited at a milling… Read More
Landry scraps sediment diversion planned for Breton Sound marsh (Louisiana Illuminator) — Louisiana officials have canceled another major coastal restoration project — the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish. Gordon Dove, chairman of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, confirmed to WVUE-TV Fox 8 Wednesday that the state will not continue the… Read More