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Today, NOAA is recommending more than $45 million in funding to support 27 new Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Grants for Tribes and Underserved Communities. Of this $45 million in funding, more than $20 million is recommended for federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations. Another $25 million is recommended for projects that will benefit underserved communities…. Read More
The Navarre Beach Restoration Project will tentatively begin on Navarre Beach with the mobilization of equipment starting as soon as November 27, 2024. The restoration limits are from approximately 900 feet east of the Navarre Beach Pier and continue west to the Gulf Islands National Seashore property. The contractor is expected to work from 6 a.m. to… Read More
As water levels continued to rise the last week of June, the St. Paul District activated its Emergency Operations Center to assist the state of Minnesota and surrounding communities with the summer flood risk. Community support Nearly 50 district employees were activated to assist in the planning, coordination, staging and delivery sites, and technical oversight… Read More
Drone pictures; “Love Bug” superyacht being raised 8/23/2024 Source
GULF OF MEXICO — Officials allowed News 15 an exclusive, up-close look at a mysterious new island discovered nine miles off the coast of St. Mary Parish. Our journey to the new island started in Morgan City. With help from the US Coast Guard, we traveled down the Atchafalaya River. Our destination was about 40… Read More
HOUSTON, Aug. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, announced today the receipt of several dredging awards totaling $256.2 million. The awarded work includes: Mobile Harbor, Alabama Deepening and Widening – Phase 2A Dredging Project (Capital, Alabama,… Read More
The DaWetRest project aims to restore biodiversity to the Danube River and the neighbouring wetlands through reconnection activities and community engagement. Within the Lighthouse ‘Danube and the Black Sea’, the Danube Wetlands and flood plains Restoration through systemic, community-engaged, and sustainable innovative actions (DaWetRest) project activities aim to improve the linkage between the Danube and… Read More
Global Dredging Market Size By Type of Dredging, By Application, By End-User Industry, By Geographic Scope and Forecast ” in its research database. Get a Free Sample PDF of this Research Report for more Insights with Table of Content, Research Methodology, and Graphs – https://www.mraccuracyreports.com/marketreports/5/854018/Dredging-Market Dredging Market Size And Forecast Dredging Market size was valued… Read More
CHICAGO — As coastal communities around the world grapple with the growing threat of erosion, researchers have uncovered a surprising potential solution: electricity. Scientists from Northwestern University say that applying mild electrical currents to marine sands could create natural, sustainable defenses against the relentless assault of waves and rising sea levels. Coastal erosion is a pressing… Read More
The town’s beaches are stable and continue to gain sand through improvements in sand-bypassing and nourishment programs, according to an annual report presented Aug. 20 by a coastal engineering consultant. Since 1990, when long-term sand volume measurements began, Palm Beach’s 12.2 mile-shoreline has experienced a net gain of 4.8 million cubic yards of sand, said… Read More
HICKMAN COUNTY, KY — The Dorena-Hickman Ferry is closed on Sunday, Aug. 25, and potentially Monday, Aug. 26, due to dredging operations nearby. According to The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 1, operators are concerned that low water levels may interfere with the ferry tomorrow but will wait until the morning to make that call. Drivers planning… Read More
MOBILE, Ala. – One of the challenges of the Mobile Harbor Project, which calls for deepening and widening the harbor, is what to do with the dredged material produced. In response to that challenge, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District developed four Beneficial Use Areas: the Dauphin Island Causeway, Relic Shell Mined, Sand… Read More
LULING, La. – At its monthly board meeting in Luling, La. today, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) announced grant funding totaling over $37 million dollars for coastal projects in Louisiana. The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) has awarded $25.5 million to CPRA under its Spill Impact Component Program to fund continued… Read More
When Hurricane Debby lashed beaches around the Tampa Bay area earlier this month, it marked the third time in less than a year that a storm has substantially eaten at the region’s shoreline. Debby’s damage, experts said, was not as bad as that of Hurricane Idalia, which last August left dramatic cliffs of sand and erased decades of… Read More
Foreign owners are beginning to get anxious into the impending conclusions of the US probe into Chinese shipbuilding, aware that some of the possible recommendations could be highly punitive. The US Trade Representative (USTR) launched an investigation into China’s shipbuilding practices this April, with the Biden administration reacting to unions and bipartisan calls to clamp… Read More