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State funding to reimburse Indian River County for planned beach replenishment on the island will be more than double the previously expected amount in the coming fiscal year, but the funds must be used by 2025, so work must get underway as soon as possible. The county is now set to receive $7.7 million instead… Read More
MarketQuest.biz has announced the addition of a new report titled Global Hydraulic Dredger Market that depicts a precise snapshot of the market, analyzing various regions operational in the market and predicts their performance potential during the forecast period. The purpose of the market research study is to conduct a thorough analysis of the global Hydraulic Dredger market… Read More
The town of Atlantic Beach has announced the spring dredging project has been completed. The town contracted Brooks Dredging & Marine Construction for the project. They removed 2,500 cubic yards of material along Royal Channel, New Causeway Channel, Causeway Channel Buoy 5A and Buoy 7A, and Money Island Channel. Material dredged will be reused to… Read More
Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded an $8,932,500 modification (P00001) to contract W912P8-23-C-0026 for dredging services. Work will be performed in New Orleans, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 22, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,932,500 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S…. Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $15,875,000 for the Army Corps of Engineers to carry out Maine dredging projects in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Energy and Water Development appropriations bill. The bill, which was officially approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee today,… Read More
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A massive infrastructure project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is underway to deepen the Arkansas River. The project, conceived of 20 years ago by commercial navigators and lawmakers to allow more commercial traffic on the river, is finally beginning its design phase. The Army Corps of Engineers estimates that over… Read More
In a speech before hundreds of unionized Philly Shipyard workers on July 20, President Joe Biden reaffirmed his longstanding support for the Jones Act by declaring “Not on my watch!” to the idea that foreign-flag vessels would take jobs from American ships and mariners. Biden was in Philadelphia for the steel cutting on the first… Read More
Outer Banks mariners will see not only a new Coast Guard aid to navigation chief, but there will also be a new 49-foot buoy tender boat patrolling the waterways instead of the 55-foot vessel that had been used to maintain channel markers. Introducing himself at the Dare County Waterways Commission meeting on Monday evening in… Read More
A years-long fight between leaders in North Wildwood and state environmental regulators over the town’s unpermitted beach repairs continues to simmer. The two sides have been in dispute over the work. Mayor Patrick Rosenello says the town has been forced to carry out the work to protect public safety while waiting for a more extensive… Read More
Some 26 years ago, we (Bob and Jane Austin) built our home on Lazo Road, alongside Lazo Marsh. Sadly, we have seen the marsh deteriorate as it has been overrun by invasive plant life which has almost eliminated waterfowl and other species, despite the efforts of Ducks Unlimited, Nature Trust and others. I made it… Read More
The EU’s landmark green shipping law will still leave the bloc dependent on fossil fuels beyond 2050, new Transport & Environment (T&E) analysis shows. The review of the EU’s FuelEU Maritime also shows that EU shipping will fall behind where it needs to be in every decade up to and beyond 2050, meaning the sector will almost… Read More
The Dare Board of Commissioners took a first step toward a possible beach nourishment project in Rodanthe at its July 17 meeting when it approved paying up to $1.5 million to help fund a beach nourishment feasibility study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The issue of beach nourishment in Rodanthe has taken on… Read More
Hurricane Ian’s assault on southwest Florida last fall is speeding a transition already occurring in some of the state’s coastal communities — driving out middle- and working-class people and replacing them with deep-pocketed buyers. In the waterfront cities of Fort Myers Beach and Cape Coral, even homeowners with flood insurance are finding they often cannot… Read More
Barely four months before the next global climate change summit, COP28, gets underway in Dubai and with all alarms ringing out loud, the global shipping industry this month underwhelmed climate watchers with its vague promises and commitments at a meeting organized by the International Maritime Organization, the global maritime regulator and an agency of the… Read More
QUINCY, Ill. (KHQA) — The annual dredging of the Art Keller Marina is in full swing. The dredging makes it easier for boats to get in and out of the marina and bay, and it’s especially important this year because the high water in the river brought more silt. “We usually dredge around a couple of… Read More