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An emergency dune restoration project has begun on Sunset Beach, as the Tampa Bay coastline recovers after Hurricane Idalia. On Friday, crews started bringing in truckloads of sand to rebuild the dunes on Sunset Beach. Treasure Island officials said this restoration project is desperately needed. Parts of Sunset Beach are closed until the work is completed. Crews… Read More
As an authority in the field, Nimish offers unique insights into the challenges, innovations, and the promising future of logistics. Today, we sat down with him for an in-depth conversation about his journey, his book, and the road ahead for logistics and navigation. In the dynamic world of logistics and navigation, few have made as… Read More
Douglas County Commissioners are celebrating the successful dredging of Salmon Harbor in Winchester Bay, a historic project that wrapped up on time and under budget. The Salmon Harbor Marina, an important water access in the coastal town of Winchester Bay, was last dredged in 2003, county commissioners said. With debris and sediment building up in… Read More
The company once described the Duwamish, one of the country’s most contaminated waterways, as “a natural collector” for its wastes. The Port of Seattle and Boeing accuse each other of failing to pay their fair shares for the cleanup. In its early days as a major aircraft manufacturer, Boeing was remarkably open about toxic chemicals… Read More
ROHR LLC (dba Aggregate Dredge Solutions) has recently signed an exclusive contract with Rohr Bagger GmbH to distribute the Rohr dredging equipment line in North and South America. The agreement includes support for existing customers with parts and services for their dredges, including hydraulic buckets (all brands), screens (all brands) from Rohr’s locations in Concord,… Read More
The shallowdraft, sidecast vessel MERRITT dredges the federal channel at Oregon Inlet. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has issued an advisory regarding upcoming maintenance dredging. The government owned and operated Dredge Merritt will be conducting maintenance dredging of portions of the federal channel of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway between markers 419 and 427,… Read More
The Department of Environmental Protection announced the launch of an online mapping tool that will help the public, stakeholders and government officials advance work that is needed to bolster the resilience of New Jersey’s coastal areas to climate change. The Coastal Ecological Restoration and Adaptation Planning Tool (CERAP Tool), provides the locations of at-risk areas,… Read More
In response to written questions from N.C. Environmental Management Commission (EMC) Chair Robin Smith, a state Department of Justice attorney confirmed Thursday that the state no longer has any jurisdiction over isolated wetlands. The EMC met in the Wayne West Building on the Carteret Community College campus off Arendell Street. Smith formed her questions after… Read More
The Tigertail Lagoon/Sand Dollar Island Ecosystem Restoration Project was completed in May and during Hurricane Idalia on August 29, 2023, Sand Dollar Island remained largely intact and held its position protecting the lagoon and upland. However, in a limited area on the southern part of Sand Dollar Island storm surge and waves did over-wash the… Read More
Emergency erosion control measures are underway in Pinellas County this week to help nourish beaches hardest hit by storm surge from Hurricane Idalia. The county said property owners in some areas may be contacted to sign temporary easements for the project. Meanwhile, the issue of easements remains at the center of the standoff between the county and the Army… Read More
Idalia stole some sand. Manatee County commissioners Sept. 12 authorized asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for federal aid to rehab Anna Maria Island’s coastline in the wake of Hurricane Idalia. The storm, passing about 100 miles west in the Gulf of Mexico Aug. 29-30, brought wind, rain and storm surge to the barrier… Read More
A Miami-Dade County committee is seeking a report from the mayor on dredging at PortMiami before it meets again next month in the wake of new reports of massive damage to coral reefs incurred in dredging there in 2014 and 2015. The call for more information by Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins, who chairs the commission’s… Read More
New data from the newly launched platform Marine Sand Watch suggest that the dredging industry is extracting about 6 billion tons of sand from the marine environment annually. Experts say the extraction of sand can have numerous impacts on the marine environment, such as harming biodiversity, polluting water and making coastlines more vulnerable to sea… Read More
Leaders in a small beach town have decided to not offer certain access permits for the 2023-2024 season due to a renourishment project set to begin in mid-November. Town officials said they will forfeit roughly $20,000 in revenue from the decision, which was made in the best interest of the public’s safety. A company from… Read More
A stretch of Sunset Beach is set to close starting Wednesday for what city officials are calling the “emergency” restoration of beach dunes. Hurricane Idalia’s storm surge hit Treasure Island particularly hard when it brushed the Gulf coastline before making landfall in late August. Visitors were asked not to visit Sunset Beach after the storm to allow… Read More