The recent Lido Beach renourishment is not eroding the Siesta Key shoreline says the US Army Corps of Engineers following analysis of the shoreline, erosion and wave activity. In its first report since its contractor completed the Lido Key Beach renourishment last year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the effect on Siesta Key… Read More
It’s the only protective infrastructure standing between Bakersfield and what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers calls the “probable maximum flood.” The possibly of such a cataclysmic event — a torrent of water overwhelming Isabella Dam with the potential to inundate much of Bakersfield and surrounding roads, industry and farmland — is considered exceedingly small,… Read More
The Federal Maritime Commission is upping its scrutiny of the three alliances that dominate global container shipping The alliances (2M, OCEAN, and THE) and each of their member companies will now be required to provide enhanced pricing and capacity information, providing the FMC with uniform data to use in assessing ocean carrier behavior and marketplace competitiveness. The… Read More
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Contractors for the state have begun pumping mud from a dredge two miles into Lake Borne onto the shoreline near Shell Beach in St. Bernard Parish, a $61 million project which ranks as Louisiana’s largest marsh creation yet. In recent weeks, they have piled material onto four-foot high, circular-shaped dikes to… Read More
Property owners within the Smith Mountain Project lake boundaries have a few more weeks where they will be unable to dredge the depth of their lakefronts, as the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources conducts its annual prohibition of local dredging between Feb. 15 and June 15. But by the time summer arrives, residents will once… Read More
Coastal restoration efforts are underway across the state as recipients of the Michigan Coastal Management Program grants begin work locally. Funding comes from the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. Seventeen awards totalling more than $1.1 million will fund projects and initiatives to protect, preserve and enhance the state’s coastal resources. “In Michigan we… Read More
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, touted as the city’s “crown jewel”, has had its ups and downs in recent years, with some businesses moving away from the tourist area. At the same time, attractions such as the National Aquarium, Maryland Science Center, and the historic ships homeported in Baltimore remain popular. The Maryland state delegation from Baltimore… Read More
POPLAR ISLAND, Md. — Poplar Island is a massive project that has taken not only decades of resources, but manpower, too. Ultimately, it will become an open habitat for wildlife to thrive. The container ship Ever Forward that was stuck in the Chesapeake Bay for more than a month will not soon be forgotten. One… Read More
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Mayor Mark Sheldon sees the project to develop an offshore stormwater outfall as a huge “step forward” in the fortunes of Panama City Beach. In a City Council meeting Thursday, he and other officials approved a more than $21 million grant agreement with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to fund construction of… Read More
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) — The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is a federal program that started in 2010. It aims to further protect and restore the Great Lakes and its associated waterways in both the U.S. and Canada. Congress funds the GLRI each year, usually to the tune of around $300 million. However an additional… Read More
Announcements at today’s plenary session underscore need for public-private sector collaboration to address industry challenges amid rapid expansion ATLANTIC CITY — Top government and industry leaders came together today at the International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum (IPF) to build on the tremendous growth of the American offshore wind industry. In its ninth year, the IPF… Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish two separate Calls for Information and Nominations for possible leasing in areas that are determined to be suitable off the coast of Oregon and in the Central Atlantic. BOEM Director Amanda Lefton made the announcement at the International… Read More
The Senate passed its version of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act unanimously in a voice vote April 4. In December, the House passed its version by a bipartisan vote of 364-40. The bill will how head back to the House to have differences ironed out between the two versions before heading to President Joe Biden’s… Read More
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Legislation that would establish an offshore wind revenue-sharing model between the federal government and states adjacent to offshore wind farms was introduced in Congress on Friday by Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn). Dubbed the Offshore Wind for Northeastern Energy Revenue (OWNER) Act, Malliotakis introduced the legislation to coincide with Earth Day…. Read More