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On October 21st, The Dutra Group answered an urgent call from Reclamation District #2040 to tackle a critical levee failure on Victoria Island. A massive breach was allowing over 5,000 gallons of water per minute to flood nearby fields. Dutra crews quickly mobilized, deploying specialized marine equipment and transporting quarry stone from the San Rafael… Read More
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District and Engineer Research and Development Center in partnership with the U.S. Navy removed over 25,000 cubic yards of material from Little Lake Harbor in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan this fall. Little Lake Harbor, designated as a harbor of refuge, requires annual… Read More
Growth in the historic period resulted from the expansion of seaborne trade, growth in manufacturing and heavy industries and expansion and modernization of existing ports. Factors that negatively affected growth in the historic period were political uncertainties and cheaper air cargo services. This report describes and explains the marine and ports construction market and covers… Read More
The $54.2M project deepened and expanded canals to accommodate larger vessels. California-based marine solutions company Curtin Maritime Corp. has completed the San Juan Harbor dredging and deepening project, removing nearly 3 million cubic yards (76 million cubic feet) of silt and sand from the San Juan Bay. The $54.2 million firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by… Read More
With the recent update to avian taxonomy released by eBird, bird enthusiasts frantically rifle through their life lists, a record of all species seen or heard, and look to celebrate the addition of newly recognized species. The house wren (Troglodytes aedon) has been split into nine distinct species, delighting bird watchers globally who can now add to… Read More
BABYLON, NY —After a decade of battling erosion, the Town of Babylon’s Overlook Beach restoration will be finished Friday, according to town officials. “Work at Overlook completes today,” Ryan Bonner, Babylon’s Director of Communications, told Patch. The work is the first part of the New York Beach Erosion Control and Navigation Project, which will dredge… Read More
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $1.5 billion investment in voluntary, incentive-based conservation practices, including an estimated $95 million for projects administered by Ducks Unlimited (DU). This funding, awarded under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), will impact 55,000 acres of agricultural lands nationwide. “DU learned long ago that partnership-driven, incentive-based conservation practices… Read More
PORT FOURCHON, La. – Chett Chaisson leads a boat tour highlighting a newly-built section of marsh near Port Fourchon, the giant oil and gas service port where he serves as executive director. “Right behind this dirt berm right here is newly created land,” said Chaisson, as he pointed to a section of restored wetlands on… Read More
The City Council approves Phase 2 to begin between Tyson St. Park and Wisconsin Avenue, along with final design, engineering and environmental elements of the sand retention program OCEANSIDE — The city’s aggressive new beach sand nourishment and retention pilot program will begin at The Strand south of the Oceanside Pier. The City Council approved… Read More
It was a sunny day with hardly a cloud as Billy Painter, a bayman or hard shell clammer, went about his business on his boat in the middle of the Long Island Sound. Deep in the water, though, things weren’t quite as calm. “It’s a beautiful day weatherwise,” Painter said. “As far as clamming, it’s… Read More
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is accepting project applications for matching grant funding to help coastal cities and towns recover from hurricane damage. The deadline to submit an application is 5 p.m. on Jan. 24. The funding comes from Session Law 2023-134, which allocated $10 million to the DEQ Division of Water Resources’ Coastal Storm Damage… Read More
KANKAKEE — At times when a project is dependent upon multiple government agencies, the process can hit snags or be slowed by permit requests. That’s the case with the dredging of the Kankakee River at the boat launch at Potawatomi Park in Aroma Park. The project, paid for by a state grant, was first announced… Read More
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry raised serious objections Thursday to a $3 billion project long hailed as key to restoring the state’s eroding coastline, decrying the growing cost and predicting dire harm to a coastal culture dependent on fishing, shrimping and oyster dredging. The Republican governor’s remarks to a Senate committee in Baton… Read More
Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded an $8,115,750 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Palm Beach, Florida, with an estimated completion date of May 9, 2025. Fiscal 2025 civil construction funds in the amount of $8,115,750 were obligated at the time… Read More
The California Coastal Commission has greenlit a new seawall to be built along San Francisco’s coastline in a bid to protect the city’s infrastructure. The 3,200-foot-long wall, which will cost $175 million and be one of the largest construction projects in California’s history, will seek to prevent damage to the shoreline from the impact of… Read More