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FRANKLIN, La. — JE Dunn Construction and Alberici Constructors, Inc. celebrated the topping out – placing the final structural beam – of Saronic Technologies’ $300 million shipyard expansion project. A leader in maritime autonomy innovation and next generation shipbuilding, Saronic will use the expanded Franklin shipyard to increase production capacity for its fleet of Marauders – the company’s 180-foot fully autonomous ships – and strengthen the Gulf Coast’s role in… Read More
Core Power said it is targeting first construction “from 2028” under a newly announced federal-private cooperation framework to accelerate the commercial, industrial and regulatory pathway for a future fleet of US-flagged nuclear-powered merchant ships. The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) and Core Power (US) Inc announced their signature of a non-exclusive Memorandum of Cooperation to collaborate on… Read More
The navigable route through Townsends Inlet is disappearing beneath one of the Shore’s most persistent forces: Moving sand. Sea Isle City’s southern beach has advanced roughly 40 feet into the inlet in about a month, CBS Philadelphia reported. The migration has squeezed larger boats toward the Townsends Inlet Bridge and made an already difficult passage more… Read More
On August 14, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) visited Ocean City’s beachfront to highlight the $20 million federal investment he, along with Senator Angela Alsobrooks, secured in Congress to replenish the beach and protect the shoreline. This project, led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), will widen the beach and create a… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced a $665 million investment to modernize ferry infrastructure for the communities who rely on these transit systems to work and move goods. From inland waterway dock expansions to brand-new passenger ferries, the Department selected 23 projects in 14 states and the United States Virgin Islands, including: $153,406,928 to… Read More
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) has completed $9.5 million in upgrades to Selkirk Shores and Southwick Beach State Park on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario, including campground upgrades, restoration of historic facilities, construction of a new park office and a new accessible trail. Selkirk Shores State Park in… Read More
Another day maintaining the infrastructure that keeps commerce moving in Texas. Orion’s Dredge Kingfisher is at work on the Matagorda Ship Channel, performing maintenance dredging under Ordering Period 1 of a three-year SATOC. The current scope includes dredging approximately 3 million cubic yards of material to help maintain this critical Texas waterway. Source
Dredging is complete in the Beach Haven West Channel, and dredge pipelines will be relocating to the Mill Creek Channel. Work will continue in this channel for the next few days. This map provides an approximate location of the new pipeline configuration and marked channel crossings. The pipeline is marked with lit pencil buoys, orange… Read More
By Claire Harrison MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Coastal Alabama projects will receive around $52 million supported by funding from the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Thursday. The 21 projects focus on environmental education and outreach, boating and recreation access, water quality improvements and other topics included in the 2006… Read More
By Ari Odzer Two major dredging projects in Broward County are now on hold. Last spring, federal agencies paused a huge effort to make Port Everglades deeper to accommodate the latest, massive cargo ships. Now another project, just north of the port entrance in Fort Lauderdale, is also in a holding pattern. The project is creating an underwater… Read More
By Chris Gray It’s just two government agencies agreeing to work together, but symbolically, a freshly signed accord between the Texas General Land Office and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers marks a major procedural milestone for the Coastal Texas Project, the epic storm-surge mitigation plan that includes the Ike Dike. However, the project, abbreviated CTX, is so massive that this week’s… Read More
When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that South Jersey would receive $99 million in federal funding to replenish beaches in Ocean City, Strathmere, Sea Isle City, Avalon and Stone Harbor, Rep. Jeff Van Drew was quick to claim credit. But now that beachgoers are complaining the work has disrupted their summer vacations, the… Read More
Metro Vancouver’s ongoing labour dispute with the Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees’ Union could delay the planned September dredging of Burrard Inlet, a project intended to deepen the waterway beneath the Second Narrows Ironworkers Memorial Bridge to accommodate larger oil tankers. Unionized outside workers have established picket lines at two critical water main projects in Vancouver and… Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, announced today, Aug. 19, the completion of the Georgetown Harbor maintenance dredging project, restoring safe and reliable depth to the area’s vital federal navigation channels in Georgetown, South Carolina. The $3.5 million infrastructure investment successfully cleared critical shoaling that had reduced channel depths to less… Read More
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority was awarded more than $34 million for a project to help restore the Maumee River. The project focuses on removing contaminated sediment from an area near downtown Toledo. It will also help improve water quality and restore aquatic habitat, and advance the revitalization of Toledo’s most valuable asset:… Read More