Callan Marine is progressing well down in the southern tip of Texas. Callan is now more than 70% complete with dredging 7 million cubic yards to deepen 8 miles of the Brazos Island Harbor Ship Channel in Brownsville, Texas. Over the past 13 months, this project has hosted several dredges including the 18″ General Marshall,… Read More
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – Another beach renourishment project is set to get underway in the Grand Strand. The city of Myrtle Beach originally announced on Monday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start staging equipment this week for the project. The city later said the mobilization will be delayed until next week… Read More
KURE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) – Kure Beach officials announced in a meeting on Monday, Jan. 26, that efforts for its beach renourishment project will now focus on areas near the southern end of town. The update follows Carolina Beach and Kure Beach’s pause in renourishment operations back in December. According to information shared in the meeting, sand… Read More
The Federal Maritime Commission has opened a formal investigation into whether ocean carriers are unlawfully restricting truckers and shippers from choosing their own chassis providers, focusing on potential violations of federal shipping law. Announced Sunday, the probe will examine whether carriers are using association rules, service contracts, or terminal agreements to directly or indirectly control… Read More
WASHINGTON D.C. (KEYT) – A $700,000 grant to expand cold case investigations by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office and an almost $6 million in grants for dredging at the Ventura Harbor were approved in the Fiscal Year 2026 government spending bill signed into law on Jan. 23, 2026. The Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water… Read More
Alabama’s state house of representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would prohibit dumping dredged sediment from the bottom of Mobile Bay in open water, a practice that has drawn criticism from south Alabama’s environmental activists and fishing industry. “We’re happy to see this bill get to the next step and are grateful for the [Alabama Port… Read More
If Palm Beach were to experience a serious flooding event, the bulk of the water most likely would stream into town from an overfilled Intracoastal Waterway and not the Atlantic coast, said Bob Hamilton, the town’s coastal consultant . While Palm Beach has in place stormwater pumps to handle large amounts of rainfall, those won’t be enough to stop flooding from… Read More
ROSWELL, Ga. — Due to the winter weather, tonight’s committees of council meeting will be followed by a rescheduled special called meeting and Roswell City Council meeting Jan. 27. The committees of council meeting acts as a work session for the mayor and council members. It will start at 5 p.m. in Room 220 at… Read More
President Donald Trump (R) has signed into law the FY 2026 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill which includes $49 million for the Yazoo Backwater Pumps and $21.9 million for Arkabutla Lake dam repairs, among other appropriations. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Mississippi U.S. Senator Cindy… Read More
Manatee County officials say coastal restoration and beach protection projects planned for Anna Maria Island are moving forward on paper, but construction schedules remain tentative and, in some cases, are contingent on federal requirements still being resolved. A county construction timeline provided to Bradenton Beach city officials shows multiple projects proposed in 2026 and 2027,… Read More
One cruise and travel group is charging full speed ahead in the U.S. market, unveiling a $100 million headquarters in Miami as it expands operations and bets big on Florida’s economy. MSC Group held its ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new North American Cruise Division headquarters in downtown Miami on Monday, reinforcing a long-term commitment to business-friendly… Read More
PDC completed the Balboa Yacht Basin Maintenance Dredging project in Newport Beach. Crews removed up to 33,000 cubic yards of sediment from the marina and placed it in the Slip G Fill Placement area in Long Beach. The Horton Dredge and two 300 CY scows, Thing 1 and Thing 2, handled the lift. Tug Cadet… Read More
TOWN OF DUNN — The Dyreson Bridge over the Yahara River here is one of the oldest in the state. Dave Barton stands near the Dyreson Bridge in the town of Dunn. The bridge spans the Yahara River where Dane County plans to continue dredging work this spring. In 2021, Dane County purchased a 42-foot-long… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), in coordination with the North Carolina State Ports Authority, has asked the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (NCDEQ) Division of Coastal Management (DCM) to pause its review of USACE’s consistency determination for the proposed Wilmington Harbor federal channel deepening project. DCM has granted the request to pause… Read More
The Newark Bay Maintenance Dredging Project is nearing completion, restoring the federal navigation channel to an authorized depth of 50ft. Jun Yan, project manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, explains why a federal navigation channel is dredged and how important it is to the economy of the region. Source