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By Justin Breckenridge INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — County officials are moving forward with an updated beach preservation plan aimed at guiding long-term shoreline management and erosion control efforts along the county’s coast. The draft update was presented to county commissioners during their May 5 meeting. Public comments on the proposal will be accepted through May… Read More
It is time to permanently retire the political narrative that Jones Act waivers reduce gasoline prices. As we near the expiration of the 60 day Jones Act waiver announced on March 17th—and the start of an unprecedented 90 day extension—one fact is clear: voyages completed under the waivers granted to date have done nothing to… Read More
The American Waterways Operators is the advocate, resource, and united voice of the American tugboat, towboat and barge industry — citizen mariners who deliver the cargo that U.S. communities depend on every day. These American mariners provide reliability, stability, and security on our nation’s waterways. The overly broad, historically lengthy Jones Act waiver now in… Read More
Dredging operations continue this spring in the heart of the Wahpeton canal system on the west side of West Lake Okoboji. Tim Ireland, President of the Lakewood Parks Association, says Turtle Lake in that area is now six to seven feet deep, a far cry from what it was before the dredging took place… “Before… Read More
When Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, the Administration had a real problem on its hands. I understand why a White House would want to move fast, but moving fast and moving smart are not the same thing. This week the Administration extended the current Jones Act waiver for another 90 days. Washington needs to… Read More
By Joy Crist Several items on the Dare County Board of Commissioners’ May 4 agenda have direct implications for Hatteras Island, with beach nourishment funding and the county’s proposed budget topping the list. The board will hold a public hearing on a financing plan that would support a range of capital projects, including beach nourishment… Read More
By Will Thomas BUXTON, N.C. — For decades, three jetties have sat on the Buxton oceanfront, deteriorating year after year. The most intact one to the south is being repaired, but a new bill in Raleigh could open up the future of a jetty system in the area. “Mixed feelings. Excitement and trepidation,” said Jeff Dawson,… Read More
By Carla Teles The city hall of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, has launched since July 2025 one of the largest beach revitalization projects in the eastern United States, involving the suction and discharge of 2.2 million cubic yards of sand extracted from offshore deposits on the ocean floor to rebuild 46,500 feet of coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and Port Royal… Read More
Marinex Construction made good progress pumping sand on the beach near Bald Eagle Road in Sea Pines and moved northward. By Friday, they had reached the beach area close to Cedar Waxing Road, depositing over 75,000 cubic yards of sand along the way. Renourishing South Beach is the last leg of the Town’s Beach Renourishment… Read More
By Justin Breckenridge FORT PIERCE — After repeated efforts to protect the shoreline near the Fort Pierce Jetty, local officials are now looking at a more permanent solution to combat chronic erosion along the beach. Earlier this year, emergency measures were needed to prevent ocean water from breaching the dunes after delays postponed routine sand replenishment…. Read More
By Thanh Truong NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – It’s inevitable that New Orleans and much of coastal Louisiana will eventually be taken over by the Gulf, according to a new Tulane University study. Researchers say the question is not whether the coastline will keep moving inland, but how the state plans for it. “Ultimately, the main message of… Read More
By Zitlali Solache DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — A Delray Beach nourishment project has drawn concerns from residents, including a disabled Palm Beach County man who says the steep drop-off created by the work has kept him from accessing the ocean. Longtime resident Errol Gumer has been tracking the restoration efforts since January. “They’d do piece by… Read More
PENSACOLA, Fla., May 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Woolpert is conducting its first fully uncrewed offshore hydrographic survey mission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, deploying multiple uncrewed survey vessels designed and piloted by Chance Maritime, and equipped with Woolpert’s multibeam sonar to map deep-sea corals and ocean habitats off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. Woolpert will… Read More
The current situation is all part of a long-awaited dredging project. The millpond itself, created by damming the Kohlsville River, has long served as a modest but meaningful centerpiece of the Town of Wayne. Time and sediment, however, have taken its toll, leaving the pond shallow and in need of restoration. Town of Wayne Treasurer Gerald Schultz said, “Right around… Read More
Photo shows Ellicott Dragon Cutter Dredge By Jeff Yastine POMPANO BEACH — In some areas of the Hillsboro Inlet, intensive sand dredging by the Hillsboro Inlet District is taking navigational depths back to normal, deeper levels after nor’easter storms in March and April. But in emails and phone calls to TAPinto over the weekend, commercial… Read More