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WEST OCEAN CITY, Md. – Dredging is underway near the West Ocean City Harbor as crews work to deepen the channel and improve safety for commercial and recreational boaters. The dredge Murden began operations Friday, clearing sand and debris that fishermen say has made the area increasingly difficult to navigate. Local fisherman Kerry Harrington says… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The acting leader of the U.S. Coast Guard committed this month to supporting the construction of new docks and finding a “permanent solution” for dredging at its Cape Disappointment base. Responding to questioning from Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) during a Nov. 19 hearing with the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, Coast Guard Acting… Read More
As the Town of Nags Head moves forward with beach nourishment plans, it will present the project bids it has received at the Dec. 3 Board of Commissioners meeting. Those bids, from Manson Construction, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock and Weeks Marine, range between about $35 million and $43 million and are dependent, to some… Read More
Download PDF HOUSTON — McDermott and its joint venture partner Chiyoda International Corporation (CIC) have signed a contract amendment with Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC (GPLNG) for the completion of Trains 2 and 3 of the Golden Pass LNG Project in Sabine Pass, Texas. This contract amendment follows the amendment signed in November 2024 for the engineering, procurement… Read More
MANHATTAN — Kansas organizations took part in a first-in-the-world project designed to move silt out of Tuttle Creek Lake in an effort to change projections showing the lake will be 75% full of silt by 2074. The collaborative study, a project of the Kansas Water Office and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, plans to… Read More
The Alabama Port Authority said Wednesday that a plan to create hundreds of acres of wetlands in a portion of upper Mobile Bay has taken two big steps forward. The Upper Mobile Bay Wetlands project has been in the works for years, with backers saying it will provide a “beneficial use” for dredge spoil by creating… Read More
After years of coordinated engagement among several coastal agencies, a winter dredging campaign is slated for the 2025–2026 season to safeguard year-round access to Ocracoke Island and the greater Outer Banks. As detailed in a press release from Ocracoke Access Alliance, the project will target two trouble-prone corridors: Sloop Channel in Hatteras Inlet and Big… Read More
Coastal Chair Gordon Dove pushes alternative projects, including barrier islands LAFOURCHE PARISH (WVUE) – Charter boat captain Mike Guidry points to open water where a Louisiana barrier island once stood. “You see, we used to walk right here, floundering,” Guidry said as he positioned his boat near what remains of East Timbalier Island. The island,… Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Group halted work on the U.S. Coast Guard’s Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter program, citing “significant financial strain” caused by the program’s conditions, USNI News has learned. “Eastern Shipbuilding Group has made the difficult decision to suspend work on the Offshore Patrol Cutter program due to significant financial strain caused by the program’s structure… Read More
Sandwich’s Town Neck and First Beach have lost 15 to 20 feet of the new sand — and this season’s winter storms haven’t arrived yet. Erosion is a serious problem on the Massachusetts shoreline, especially, when those powerful winter storms start arriving. The latest example of extreme erosion is at Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, where… Read More
The City of Pensacola is asking Triumph Gulf Coast for $86 million to help build a major shipbuilding complex at the Port of Pensacola — a proposal that would represent one of the largest industrial investments ever brought forward for the downtown waterfront. In a pre-application submitted to Triumph Gulf Coast, the city outlines a plan dubbed Project… Read More
The 44-day federal government shutdown sent ripples through the economy and the justice system. But it didn’t stop dredging on Port of Morgan City waterways. Mechanical difficulties may end up causing more delays than a pause in other government operations. The dredging at the port’s federally authorized channel is funded through congressional appropriations to the… Read More
WAHPETON, Iowa — Dredging is now underway at Turtle Lake near Wahpeton as part of a major water restoration project on the Iowa Great Lakes. The long-anticipated dredging of Turtle Lake is removing thousands of cubic yards of sediment. “We have a main barge out here, it is digging. It is filling up hopper barges… Read More
The Shell Rock River Watershed District Board of Managers last week voted to go out for bids for the final phase of dredging on Fountain Lake. The vote includes the dredging of the east basin of Fountain Lake’s main bay and also calls for an option to include work in Bancroft Bay, though the outcome… Read More
Six-week project adds sand, caps $25–$28M dune-repair effort After about six weeks of work, the beach replenishment project immediately north of the Indian River Inlet has been completed. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, the contractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, finished work midway through the week of Nov. 10. It was a… Read More