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By Juliana Narvaez SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Sarasota County residents raise concerns over Philippi Creek dredging plan Residents living along Philippi Creek are voicing strong concerns over how Sarasota County Government is managing a long-awaited dredging project aimed at reducing flooding in surrounding neighborhoods. The project follows the devastating 2024 hurricane season, which left entire… Read More
By Nathan Pilling The watercraft rumbling away recently on quiet Legacy Lake in Lee’s Summit is slowly restoring a key piece of operations at the bustling Legacy Park. As the area around the park has developed since it’s 2001 opening , sediment has filtered back into Legacy Lake and built up on its bottom. In… Read More
By Rob Maness President Donald J. Trump just delivered the most ambitious blueprint for restoring American maritime dominance since the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. Released in February 2026, the White House’s Maritime Action Plan (MAP) isn’t just another Washington wish list—it’s a battle plan to rebuild our shipyards, reassert our industrial might, and ensure… Read More
By Morgan Baker HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The U.S. Army Corps beach renourishment is set to begin this week in Myrtle Beach, but it will not include the Arcadian Shores area, as the city of Myrtle Beach and Horry County are performing their own renourishment efforts in that area. According to an engineer with… Read More
By Eric Conklin | NJ.com Touring some of the Jersey Shore’s most eroded beaches last week, a senior U.S. Army Corps official said the federal government is preparing to provide “tens of millions of dollars” for rapid emergency repairs before summer crowds return. Adam Telle, the assistant secretary of the U.S. Army’s Civil Works Division, toured beaches in Ocean… Read More
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management has issued a permit to Dare County for a beach nourishment project that is planned for this summer in Buxton. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) has issued a permit to Dare County for a beach nourishment project… Read More
Toward an Intelligent, Augmented Reality-Enabled Maritime Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities The Augmented Reality (AR/VR/MR) team of American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) SMEs and Texas A&M researchers has made great strides since their collaboration started over 2 years ago. Their focus is on quantifying the safety of rapidly-evolving technology for inspectors and surveyors, such as headsets, particularly… Read More
By John Konrad America builds under 1% of commercial ships. The White House Maritime Action Plan bets on vessel fees, a trust fund, and zones, but Congress is the clock. By Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) The United States builds less than one percent of the world’s commercial ships. Eleven shipyards have active build positions. Eight can build vessels over… Read More
Manson’s Gulf Renourishment Pensacola Beach project team is making great progress in sunny Pensacola, Florida. The project includes dredging and placing up to 1.8 million cubic yards of sand along the Gulf shoreline and parts of Pensacola Beach and Santa Rosa Island in Escambia County. Pensacola Beach attracts over two million visitors each year. These… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 12, 2026 – Dredging is under way in the Port of Brunswick’s inner and outer harbor, aimed at returning the channel to its authorized depth. “This is terrific news for our customers, who rely on the Port of Brunswick to serve the fast-growing Southeast market,” said Georgia Ports President and CEO Griff Lynch. “Deeper water will mean… Read More
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A ceremony is scheduled to mark the completion of a dredging project at Maunalua Bay, which finished ahead of schedule. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources announced Friday that the blessing will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 10 a.m. at the Maunalua Bay Boat Ramp. The dredging project… Read More
By Michael Barnard The new U.S. Maritime Action Plan, available from the White House Maritime Insights page, is serious policy work. It acknowledges that American commercial shipbuilding has withered to less than 1% of global output and that only a handful of domestic yards can build large oceangoing vessels. It recognizes workforce shortages, fragmented procurement, and… Read More
Barnstable County’s dredge program continues its winter operations across Cape Cod, moving from the completed Parkers River Approach & Entrance Channel project to the next phase of work at the Bass River Approach Channel. These short field updates provide a behind-the-scenes look at the work required to maintain safe navigation channels and support coastal infrastructure… Read More
By Allyson Lapierre WELLS, Maine (WGME) — Crews are hard at work in Wells Harbor, transporting sand around the bay in part of building up protective barriers along Wells Beach. “This is an emergency protective measure that is putting sand back in place to help protect against future surge events,” Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for the… Read More
By Abigail Saxe BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Extreme cold temperatures have posed extra challenges to the dredging project underway on Burlington’s waterfront, including breaking through ice to reach the lake bottom. As crews dig, the soil that gets pulled up is separated to determine what can be recycled. But not all of it can be sorted… Read More