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The Navy tapped a Connecticut private equity group with a background in tax break investments to fund construction of a major submarine supplier yard in Mobile, Ala., in a public-private partnership, the sea service announced late Friday. The new facility, dubbed Mobile Naval Yard, could grow to host up to 3,000 workers who will build… Read More
Sen. Tom Carper secures federal funding for the beach replenishment project north of the Indian River Inlet Bridge along Route 1. The $10 million in federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is on top of the emergency repairs recently announced by Gov. John Carney. While the significant dredging and nourishment project by DNREC and… Read More
STONE HARBOR, New Jersey — New Jersey is home to some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet called “the wetlands.” The Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor is working to research and preserve these unique marshes. “There’s a whole host of species that rely on them,” says Executive Director Dr. Lenore Tedesco. “Coastal birds, diamondback… Read More
MONMOUTH COUNTY — Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-6) today announced the continuation of a major dredging project in the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers. Following a temporary pause in January of this year for fish spawning, the United States Army Corps of Engineers has resumed maintenance dredging this month with the goal of completing the project… Read More
Recent water quality standards meet the state’s threshold for safety, San Diego County announced on Sept. 23. The stretch of sand along the Silver Strand Peninsula down to the Imperial Beach Pier are now open. Farther south, beaches remain closed. “While this is a positive step forward, having our beaches open and safe should be… Read More
At issue — how and where some toxic materials dredged from the river will be treated The Passaic River is one the nation’s most toxic waterways, tainted by the by-products of Agent Orange manufacturing and decades of industrial dumping, leaving the lower 17 miles of the river marked for cleanup in the nation’s most complex… Read More
Dredging operations are underway in Turnbull Plantations with this hydraulic dredge barge aiming to remove up to 3 feet of built-up silt and sediment from the pond between Old Minorcan Trail & Terrier Way. The work is fully funded by a Florida Division of Emergency Management grant also covering Gabordy Canal and canals along Aqua Court, Pine… Read More
Dare County Commissioner Steve House, who serves as Chairman of the Oregon Inlet Task Force, Dare County Manager Bobby Outten, and the county’s consulting engineers met with representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in Wilmington, NC today (Wednesday, September 25, 2024) to discuss how to ensure that future dredging by the county’s… Read More
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is holding a public information session Tuesday evening, September 24, 2024, about an upcoming beach dredging and dune replenishment project on the north side of the Indian River Inlet. The dune that runs alongside Route 1 has been breached twice this year, most recently on… Read More
All access to Sunset Park and marina will be limited to the entrance on 31st Avenue. Source
SINGAPORE – The US authorities, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), have cleared for operation a Singapore-flagged container ship that they boarded on Sept 21 in the US port of Baltimore. “We can confirm the authorities have left the vessel and cleared it to resume cargo operations yesterday,” a spokesman for the Singapore-based firm… Read More
Fairport Harbor, Ohio — Biennial dredging of Fairport Harbor’s federal navigation channel by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is complete. Dredging of Fairport Harbor ensures accessible depths for large vessels, the continued flow of commodities across the Great Lakes, and the economic viability of United States waterways. “Maintaining safe navigation across Great Lakes’ harbors… Read More
Louisiana’s desperate efforts to restore and protect its diminishing coastline from further erosion over the past decade has been largely funded by the more than $8 billion in settlement money awarded to the state after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. But that money is drying up as the state continues to lose approximately a… Read More
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH — Wrightsville Beach faced some significant erosion in the wake of Monday’s tropical cyclone, but the United States Army Corps of Engineers said the recent renourished areas were not greatly affected. After a preliminary inspection following this week’sstorm, USACE Wilmington District spokesperson Jed Cayton told Port City Daily “the project itself appears to… Read More
Over 50 projects focused on restoring the Great Lakes and surrounding freshwater ecosystems received a boost of funding Friday. Windsor-Tecumseh MP Irek Kusmierczyk announced $76 million of funding for the projects as part of the Great Lakes Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative. “If you look at the Industrial footprint of our community both agricultural and manufacturing that… Read More