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The county chair says they’re saving millions of dollars by using dredged sand instead of buying sand. VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Recent storms and hurricanes have caused a lot of damage in Ponce Inlet.”We basically lost the majority of our dune system,” said Niles Cyzycki with the Volusia Coastal Division. Trap bags were put in… Read More
SARASOTA, Fla. – Despite being almost three months removed from hurricane season, the recovery efforts are far from over. “Our homes are still being worked on now and we’re four months after the last hurricane. People are displaced, lives are being disrupted,” said Sarasota County resident Edward MacKenzie. His community was flooded during last year’s… Read More
The pipe starts as a curling tail at a dredging barge outside Channel Islands Harbor. It floats for a few hundred yards across the water. For a mile, it turns into a roller coaster, dipping below the harbor mouth, shooting below the sand of Silver Strand Beach and diving back down under the entrance to… Read More
The Trump administration is proposing fees on the use of China’s commercial ships it says could help counter the country’s maritime dominance. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative outlined a plan for fees on Chinese-built ships that transport traded goods as well as mandates requiring a portion of U.S. products to be moved on… Read More
Renourishment projects along Georgetown County’s beaches have moved about 6 million cubic yards of sand in the last 45 years. But they haven’t kept pace with erosion, according to data collected for an update of the county’s beachfront management plan. “We’re losing now 200,000 yards per year along the developed beaches of the county,” said… Read More
BEIJING – China on Sunday urged the United States to stop its wrongdoing in proposing to impose restrictive measures on China’s maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors as part of its Section 301 investigation. The proposed measures, including the imposition of port fees, are self-damaging, said a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce. “The US measures… Read More
Take a closer look at our annual Baltimore Harbor & channels maintenance #dredging in this onboard interview with #USACE project manager Kevin Fenyak and Rob Collaro, a project manager with contractor Curtin Maritime. In coordination with our partners at the Port of Baltimore, this project consists of dredging approximately 2.3 million cubic yards of material… Read More
Shipyards are extensive facilities which manufacture and repair ships, right from the designing to engineering and the final assembly. Some yards offer full lifecycle services for ships while others focus just on conversions and repairs. Nonetheless, these yards with modern equipment are pivotal for the construction of massive commercial and naval vessels. Some of the… Read More
As emergency dredging of the Lake Montauk Inlet to a depth of 12 feet officially got underway this week, Representative Nick LaLota on Tuesday confirmed that plans are still on to dredge the inlet to a full depth of 17 feet later this year. During a press conference packed to the gills with elected officials,… Read More
Humiston & Moore Engineers, Naples-based coastal engineering design and permitting, created the Tigertail Beach management project for Marco Island, Fl. The company completed restoration in late January 2025, following hurricane and storm damage in 2024. Humiston & Moore Engineers, Naples-based coastal engineering design and permitting, created the Tigertail Beach management project for Marco Island, Fl…. Read More
The new Trump administration issued its first approval for exports from a new liquified natural gas plant proposed in Cameron Parish. The permit approval for Commonwealth LNG comes just under a month after President Donald Trump entered office, aligning with his campaign promise to unleash U.S. natural gas. “Today marks one of many steps that… Read More
A group of Plaquemines Parish business and property owners are asking a state court to take action on the stalled $3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, arguing failing to move forward on the controversial coastal restoration plan threatens their economic interests and livelihoods. The group of eight filed a request to intervene on Monday in an existing… Read More
NEW YORK – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, is deploying the Wilmington District, shallow draft dredge, Murden, to Lake Montauk to conduct vital dredging operations aimed at maintaining safe and efficient navigation for commercial and recreational vessels. The dredging efforts at Lake Montauk are part of the Corps’ broader mission to… Read More
Storms and natural wave action erode our beaches, so we have to put the sand back. This past summer, we completed a nourishment project at Pass-a-Grille, in which we placed about 150,000 cubic yards of glistening white sand back on the beach. This makes us more resilient to storms and more inviting to visit. Check… Read More
A judge has ordered that more than two dozen longstanding rules used to guide coastal development and protect resources be placed back into the North Carolina Administrative Code. All 30 rules removed from the code in fall 2023, shortly after the N.C. Rules Review Commission kicked them back to the Coastal Resources Commission, must be… Read More