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Today, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) and Chairman of the Dare County Board of Commissioners, Robert L. “Bob” Woodard, Sr., issued the following statements regarding federal funding for a feasibility study performed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on beach nourishment for the village of Rodanthe. “I am delighted to work with Dare County… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has begun a maintenance dredging campaign on the Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers in New Jersey. The USACE will dredge both the entrance of the Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers at Sandy Hook as well as the Navesink River to Red Bank and the Shrewsbury River as far as the… Read More
Dredging at the Tarentum pump house likely will be postponed after bids came in nearly double what was expected. The work helps make sure that the facility operates efficiently and reduces the amount of particulates to be filtered out at the water treatment plant. Borough Manager Dwight Boddorf said council usually budgets $130,000 for the… Read More
The Triplicate has learned through internal communications between a past harbormasterand elected commissioners, evidence that contradicts Harbor claims the District was unaware of critical dredging priorities back in May of 2015. The evidence submitted helped arbitrators decide in favor of a $1.9 million Harbor award for Fashion Blacksmith in its lawsuit against the harbor. The… Read More
Only three Harbor Commissioners were present and met last Tuesday to update the public on status of future dredging permits in the inner harbor. Also reported were a grants application schedule and an update from the CCHD comptroller on current finances. There was no agendized report on how or when the Harbor will address the… Read More
A dredging company has completed construction of an underwater sill across the bottom of the Mississippi River at Myrtle Grove to block saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico from reaching public and industrial water supplies in upper Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes as well as New Orleans. New Jersey-based Weeks Marine Inc. began dredging from… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed dredging and placing 1.3 million cubic yards of sand on the Delaware beaches. For context, a standard dump truck holds between 12 and 15 cubic yards, according to Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Stephen Rochette. “These projects are important because a strong dune and beach system has… Read More
Brighton Beach is a mile long city park, and projects are continuing. A couple are related to the shoreline restoration, after storms wreaked havoc back in 2017 and 2018. Getting the funding puzzle pieces put together took some time, along with the design work. Some of it had been 3/4 of the way done, when… Read More
Hurricane Ian made landfall as a category-one storm near Georgetown back in September. The high wind and storm surge washed away sand dunes and left our coast open to even more damage. Myrtle Beach city leaders have been working for months to restore that layer of protection. Sand fencing and sea grass are critical components… Read More
The Business Research Company’s global market reports are now updated with the latest market sizing information for the year 2023 and forecasted to 2032 The Business Research Company’s Dredging Global Market Report 2023 identifies increasing sea-borne trade as the major driver for the dredging market’s growth in the forecast period. Seaborne trade refers to the… Read More
After two years of intense negotiations, the European Union (EU) has agreed on the final rules for climate-neutral shipping, with the adoption of the so-called FuelEU Maritime initiative. The political agreement means that shipping will be covered by the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS) from 2024 and FuelEU Maritime from 2025, with shipping companies gradually… Read More
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is off to an aggressive start, with three named storms in the month of June for the first time in the history of recorded hurricanes. With this strong kickoff, many Floridians understandably are feeling a sense of unease following the devastating hurricane season of 2022, compounded by the lingering effects… Read More
Over the last several years, the residents of Santa Monica, a coastal city on the edge of Los Angeles, saw something neither they, their parents, or perhaps even their grandparents had ever seen before: a three-foot-tall dune system rising gently from the flat, groomed expanse of one of the world’s most famous urban beaches. It’s… Read More
Atlantic Beach officials announced last week the town has completed its annual spring dredging project, intended to keep key channels open for the many boaters and fishermen who live in and visit the town. The town hired Brooks Dredging and Marine Construction of Harkers Island to do the project this year. The company removed 2,500… Read More
Due to constant complaints from boaters on the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J.6th District, announced the establishment of a new dredging project at a press conference today. “I’m proud to announce the start of the Shrewsbury and Navesink dredging project today. I secured $26 million in federal funding for the project,… Read More