By Mark Cox Future marine container terminal at the Port of Vancouver will increase Canada’s west coast container capacity by more than 30 per cent and unlock more than $100 billion in annual trade capacity 24 July 2026 – Arcadis (EURONEXT: ARCAD), a global leader in sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built… Read More
Watch the transformation at the 107,000-square-foot Lowe’s of West Katy from November 2025 to July 2026. Our team has made significant progress on the concrete scope as the new store moves closer to completion! Source
For decades, fishers, swimmers and environmental groups have complained that mud and silt from dredging operations in the Mobile Bay shipping channel have been smothering seagrasses, choking out oysters and clouding water that was once pristine. Now those groups are one step closer to getting the practice of “thin-layer placement” in the sensitive estuary banned by federal… Read More
RAYMONDVILLE, TX, UNITED STATES, July 23, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Willacy County Navigation District (WCND) is proud to announce that the channel dredging project at the Port of Port Mansfield is complete. From the mouth of the jetties at the Gulf of Mexico entrance westward through the navigational channel, the Intracoastal Waterway junction, the Harbor, and into… Read More
By Edward Ring It’s January 2027, and for the last few months, a super El Nino has already delivered torrential rains to the Pacific Coast of North America. California’s reservoirs have been releasing record quantities of water to preserve space for the next round of precipitation but their remaining capacity to absorb runoff is dangerously low. From… Read More
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the groundbreaking of the Village of Baxter Estates’ Baxter Beach Shoreline Restoration Project, made possible through the Governor’s $7.7 million investment announced in 2024. The project will restore the eroded shoreline along Manhasset Bay, strengthen coastal resiliency, reduce flooding along Shore Road, and create a safer, more accessible waterfront for… Read More
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana applauds the Army Corps of Engineers and the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority for its stakeholder meeting in Baton Rouge, putting into action its plan to “build infrastructure, not paperwork.” As participants heard loud and clear from St. Charles Parish President Matthew Jewell, one delayed permit due to… Read More
Thanks to Vanessa Norris for her story on the criminal conspiracy to massacre the mangroves at the Seven Islands. We now move on to the far more serious conspiracy to make Matlacha the “Miami of the West.” In the story of the mangroves, Matt DePaolis of the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation is kind to describe… Read More
By Sophia DePhillips BALD HEAD ISLAND — Ferry service to and from Bald Head Island are running on a limited schedule after shoaling at the Bald Head Island entrance channel has created unsafe conditions. Shoaling is the build-up of sand and sediment, creating shallow waters and typically occurs on the island two to three times… Read More
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a major investment in the city’s coastal defense infrastructure on Friday, committing $43.2 million to expand the Bureau of Coastal Resilience as New York faces increasing climate threats. The expansion will transform a bureau, which has operated with just six staff members and borrowed Department of Environmental… Read More
By LOUISE WREGE Paxton Media Group ST. JOSEPH — There’s a peninsula growing perpendicular to Silver Beach in St. Joseph as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is attempting to study different ways to use dredged materials. The new endeavor is meant to find alternative options in reducing beach erosion. Source
In support of the Trump administration’s mandate to Unleash American Energy, the Marine Minerals Administration announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to strengthen cooperation between the agencies regarding potential nuclear projects on the Outer Continental Shelf. The MOU will ensure nuclear energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf are developed in… Read More
The Port of Salisbury will be ready for scheduled maintenance dredging, helping protect a key economic asset and support the region’s maritime economy, following the completion of Phase Two of Wicomico County’s dredge material recovery and relocation program. The project moved another 110,000 cubic yards of dredge material from the Sharp’s Point Dredge Management Facility to… Read More
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) projects are moving forward, thanks to a state-federal partnership. On July 21, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District signed an agreement to expedite construction of a seepage management pump station (part of the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir project) and the Blue Shanty Flow… Read More
These silted up channels have dramatically reduced capacity to move floodwater through the delta and into the San Francisco Bay It’s January 2027, and for the last few months, a super El Nino has already delivered torrential rains to the Pacific Coast of North America. California’s reservoirs have been releasing record quantities of water to preserve… Read More