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The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review and will hold a wind energy auction for two lease areas offshore the Carolinas on May 11. The lease areas cover 110,091 acres in the Carolina Long Bay area that, if developed, could result in… Read More
Washington, Mar 27 (IANS): The dredging operation to free the container ship Ever Forward grounded in the Chesapeake Bay on the East Coast of the US was suspended due to weather conditions. William Doyle, executive director of the Port of Baltimore in the state of Maryland, tweeted that the dredging operation is expected to resume… Read More
Last week the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize announced that Boston has been honored as a Special Mention for the 2020 World City Prize. One of the reasons the city received this honor is Boston’s holistic work on climate resiliency here in Charlestown. The prize committee called Boston a visionary city where close partnership… Read More
A proposal to expand the size of wind energy projects off the Louisiana coast advanced Wednesday in the Legislature. Proponents say it will make the state more attractive to developers and investors in the renewable energies market. House Bill 165, sponsored by Rep. Jerome Zeringue, R-Houma, was approved without objection in the House Committee on… Read More
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp was among the speakers at a March 25 ceremony held by the Georgia Ports Authority, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Georgia Department of Transportation to mark completion of the Savannah Harbor deepening project. “This is a great day for the state of Georgia and for the nation,” said Gov. Kemp…. Read More
An engineering study looking at ways to protect the piece of land connecting New Brunswick and Nova Scotia suggests the top three options will cost between $189 million and $301 million. The Chignecto Isthmus is a 21-kilometre wide stretch of land linking the two provinces and is the only land bridge connecting them. An estimated… Read More
A decade after the last effort, most restored areas are now just rocks A regional planning group is laying the groundwork for another large-scale sand project like the one that widened San Diego County beaches a decade ago. The previous effort, completed in 2012 at a cost of $28.5 million, required nearly a decade of… Read More
The American Waterways Operators (AWO) is commending the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates on the recent passage of a joint resolution expressing “resolute support” for the Jones Act, the federal law that requires vessels transporting cargo between two U.S. ports be American-built, American-owned and American-crewed. The Virginia resolution highlights the importance of the Jones… Read More
Offshore windfarms could interfere with radar used by ships and smaller vessels, posing challenges for safe navigation, a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine claims In the report, ‘Wind Turbine Generator Impacts to Marine Vessel Radar,’ which is available from the National Academies Press (doi.org/10.17226/26430), the Academy said the maritime community… Read More
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – Lowcountry lawmakers working to allocate millions of dollars for renourishment of beaches along South Carolina’s coast. The effort is something coastal leaders say is needed to keep tourism and the state’s beaches strong. If State Senator Chip Campsen’s bill is approved, it would provide more than 9 million dollars annually… Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state Senate may soon take up a bill that would provide money on a regular basis to help pump sand onto eroding South Carolina beaches. The bill sponsored by Sen. Chip Campsen would take 25% of all entertainment admission taxes and put them into the beach renourishment fund. That would… Read More
PROVIDENCE — Gov. Dan McKee is moving ahead with a plan to ramp up Rhode Island’s supply of power from offshore wind farms that would be developed off the coast of Southern New England. Legislation introduced in the General Assembly at the request of the McKee administration would require that a request for proposals be issued this summer… Read More
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Newport, Rhode Island, is in a bind: Should the city continue propping up its landmark Cliff Walk, even though chunks of the path keep crumbling into the sea? Last week, coastal erosion knocked out 30 feet (9 meters) of the paved trail, which winds its way beside Gilded Age mansions high… Read More
GRAY, La. (press release) – In late 2021, Danos completed four coastal restoration projects in south Louisiana on behalf of Shell Pipeline Company. The work will provide shoreline protection through a combination of customized 3D printed modules, nicknamed “Cajun Coral,” and advanced satellite image monitoring with partner Natrx, Inc. The project designs and installation procedures… Read More