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The possibility of a do-it-yourself dredging program for the Ocean City inlet and other Maryland waters became less remote Tuesday when lobbyist Paul Ellington of the State and Local Advisors asked the Worcester County Commissioners to join the push for a state-owned vessel. In response, the commissioners approved a letter to be sent to the… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La – The Deepwater Horizon Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group has posted a video recording of its 2023 Annual Update. This update serves as the Trustees’ annual meeting. The video includes information about the current status of funding and the progress made in the last year in planning and project implementation. The Trustees will take public comment on the 2023… Read More
A dredging project near Shinnecock Inlet that kicked off on October 10 was in full swing this week as heavy equipment operators set out to deposit what will eventually be some 80,000 cubic yards of sand on the sand-scoured beach just west of the inlet, at Charles F. Altenkirch County Park. A bulldozer rumbled along… Read More
The Hyde County Board of Commissioners has asked the county’s congressional delegation for help in maintaining the federal channel in Hatteras Inlet, the Ocracoke Observer reported. The county board wrote that the situation with shoaling in the channel used by ferries that serve as Ocracoke Island had become dire, lengthening travel times and “limiting life-saving services… Read More
There are just two weeks left for Fenwick Island residents to make comment on the town’s dredging of the north and south channels of the Little Assawoman Bay. The town is in its third and final round of public notifications for this project – each round of notifications is separate from the other – so… Read More
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Federal, state and local officials have agreed to spend about $450 million to dredge contaminated sediment from Milwaukee’s Lake Michigan harbor and area rivers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it will devote $275 million from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to the project. The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, We… Read More
In the face of lawsuits and accusations of “secret” arrangements, Pawleys Island Town Council is considering a resolution that details the town’s partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers on beach renourishment projects. “The purpose of this resolution is to document previous Town Council approvals of these Corps documents associated with this partnership and to… Read More
Shipping is an exciting and relatively easy target for cyber hackers who are looking for a quick thrill, concludes a new report exploring the state of cybersecurity in the maritime industry. Citing a 350 percent increase in ransom demands in the past year and an average payment of $3.2 million, the report prepared by law… Read More
BEAUMONT — The City of Beaumont says a contractor is making good progress on the $17 million Riverfront Park restoration project. Callan Marine has completed the installation of the interlocking concrete mats for the revetment wall to protect against erosion of the bank on the north side of the park, according to the city. They… Read More
USACE New York District, is finishing up maintenance dredging at the Shrewsbury River, NJ. In collaboration with the Wilmington District, the Hopper Dredge Murden is working around the clock to get the project done. (Video by: Hector Mosley, Public Affairs Specialist, USACE, New York District) Source
California’s valuable remaining salt marshes are disappearing. Climate change, with its melting glaciers and warming seas, threatens to drown the remaining coastal marshes out of existence. But now, a pioneering project is offering these marshes a remarkable new chance. Between the land and the sea, salt marshes are the true guardians of our coastline. They… Read More
A special operations Marine Corps unit participating in exercises expected to last through Oct. 22, departed early this week “as a result of emerging events,” according to reports. On Tuesday, the Marines issued a press release saying marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit would be participating in Marine Air-Ground task force training exercises in… Read More
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When looking across the water, the sand is being tossed aside as if the dredge in Barnegat Inlet is annoyed. The federal government dredge Merritt has been spitting shoaled sand 80 feet to the side at the inlet for the past week. The description of the channel maintenance job reads more like a spy novel: to provide… Read More
The long-awaited U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ beach replenishment project aimed at shoring up local beaches and re-engineering some “trouble spots” where a project seven years ago was performed has faced yet another hold-up – the latest in a string of administrative wranglings that has kept the project from beginning. This week, Steve Rochette, public… Read More