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KANKAKEE — At times when a project is dependent upon multiple government agencies, the process can hit snags or be slowed by permit requests. That’s the case with the dredging of the Kankakee River at the boat launch at Potawatomi Park in Aroma Park. The project, paid for by a state grant, was first announced… Read More
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry raised serious objections Thursday to a $3 billion project long hailed as key to restoring the state’s eroding coastline, decrying the growing cost and predicting dire harm to a coastal culture dependent on fishing, shrimping and oyster dredging. The Republican governor’s remarks to a Senate committee in Baton… Read More
Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded an $8,115,750 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Palm Beach, Florida, with an estimated completion date of May 9, 2025. Fiscal 2025 civil construction funds in the amount of $8,115,750 were obligated at the time… Read More
The California Coastal Commission has greenlit a new seawall to be built along San Francisco’s coastline in a bid to protect the city’s infrastructure. The 3,200-foot-long wall, which will cost $175 million and be one of the largest construction projects in California’s history, will seek to prevent damage to the shoreline from the impact of… Read More
The maritime industry’s ambitious push towards zero-emission shipping through green corridors is gaining momentum but faces critical challenges, according to the latest “Annual Progress Report on Green Shipping Corridors 2024” released by the Getting to Zero Coalition and the Global Maritime Forum. Green shipping corridors, defined as specific trade routes where zero-emission shipping is catalyzed by… Read More
Amazon, DHL, GXO, Kuehne+Nagel, Pepsico and True Value Co. among firms announcing job cuts Layoffs continue across the freight and logistics industry, with 2,402 job cuts announced by companies in Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Texas over the past three weeks. True Value Co. Hardware wholesaler True Value Co. filed for Chapter 11… Read More
Lake Erie’s coastal wetlands have expanded with the completion of a five-year shoreline restoration project in Port Clinton. According to a press release from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, the agency worked alongside the city of Port Clinton to restore the lake’s shoreline via the “Port Clinton Coastal Restoration Project”. The project… Read More
SANDWICH – Sandwich Officials say their $8.95 million beach nourishment project, which is currently relocating sand from Scussett Beach State Reservation to preserve Town Neck Beach and the marshes it protects, is nearing completion and is expected to wrap before Thanksgiving. The active dredge working on the project is depositing over 300,000 cubic yards of… Read More
Port Technology International (PTI) is excited to introduce the speakers and sessions for the upcoming Maritime Safety Series: Ports Edition in partnership with ICHCA. The Maritime Safety Series event will be held virtually from 3 – 4 December 2024. Several sessions will be held over two days, giving attendees the chance to hear from recognised experts… Read More
Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Pete Nguyen provided the following statement: Today the Department of Defense’s Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs (IPSA) announced the Maritime Security (MARSEC) Consortium, a new public-private initiative focused on transforming maritime security in Southeast Asia. The MARSEC Consortium brings together defense industry investors, companies, U.S. government… Read More
Pennsylvania American Water has completed dredging Roaring Brook of silt and sediment inadvertently released into the waterway in February from a dam rehabilitation in Dunmore, the company announced Monday. The sediment removal was part of a corrective action plan required by the state Department of Environmental Protection after a mishap at the No. 7 Reservoir… Read More
FIRE ISLAND, NY – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, has announced the commencement of essential 2024-2025 maintenance dredging operations for the Fire Island Inlet and Shores Westerly to Jones Inlet, New York Beach Erosion Control and Navigation Project (Project). This critical work, awarded to Norfolk Dredging Company for $36,978,060, will begin… Read More
The park will remain closed while the US Army Corps of Engineers places 1.25 million cubic yards of sand. The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation would like to advise that effective Monday, November 18, 2024, Gilgo State Park, a 4-wheel drive access-only park, will close for sand replenishment. The park… Read More
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Recreation | FY24-25 $383,985 The National Park Service (NPS) will develop designs to restore declining marshes, an important habitat for saltmarsh sparrow. These designs will also facilitate increased resilience to extreme weather events and other impacts associated with climate change. This will ensure continued recreational opportunities in the heavily visited Fire Island… Read More
The cost to dredge Traders Cove Marina in Brick Township has risen by more than $300,000 following an engineer’s assessment of the work that must be done to complete the project. Last month, the township council awarded a contract to Mobile Dredging and Video Pipe, of Chester, Pa., for $2,456,395. The dredging project consists of… Read More