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Projects focusing on coastal habitat resilience and regulations eying species restoration offer hope for fisheries despite climate change. Waves, inland runoff and a record tidal surge from Hurricane Florence in September 2018 battered the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, whose northern perimeter borders the Neuse River southeast of New Bern. To reinforce the… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Emerald Isle commissioners Tuesday night voted 5-0 to authorize town manager Matt Zapp to send the federal government a letter of intent to apply for grant funds to cover a multi-million-dollar flood prevention project. The vote came during the board’s monthly session in the meeting room on Highway 58 and virtually via GoToWebinar…. Read More
After four years of dredging at Fountain Lake, our work is nearing completion! Our dredge Vic Buhr, pictured below operating near Bancroft Creek, has a couple days worth of dredging remaining. This dredged material will head to one of the confined disposal facilities where the dredge slurry is managed and the water is discharged back… Read More
DredgeWire note: The increasing degree of connection between US and Europe for natural gas, all based on specialty ports, as noted in this article for sure will have a meaningful impact on US dredging markets….. Key Points Natural gas becomes more expensive as investors worry about whether enough of the commodity has been stored for… Read More
Collier County commissioners agreed to continue working with USACE after failed attempt to sever ties with coastal resiliency study. A Collier commissioner’s effort Tuesday to sever ties with a federal study meant to protect the county’s shores from storm risks fell through. Board of Collier County Commissioner Chairwoman Penny Taylor asked her fellow board members… Read More
Inaccurate stability calculations caused the capsizing of the Majuro-flagged vehicle carrier Golden Ray, an incident that resulted in US$200 million worth of damages, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Tuesday, September 14. The Marine Accident Report details the NTSB’s investigation of the September 8, 2019, capsizing of the roll-on/roll-off vehicle carrier Golden Ray… Read More
A ghost crab skitters into the cordgrass. Sea oats bow to a southerly breeze. A kestrel swoops hard on a hunt for beach mice. Alan Robertson takes stock of a scene that is in some ways more movie set than nature’s handiwork. Clad in the coastal fashion – red fisherman’s shirt, khaki shorts, and flip-flops… Read More
The Town Council is Oak Island’s governing body, consisting of 5 Council Members and the Mayor. The Town Council sets Town policy, enacts ordinances, and adopts the annual budget. Regular Meetings for the Council are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM, in the Council Chambers, located on the second floor… Read More
Oak Island Town Council accepted – but took no action on – a 25-page report on shoreline management from the ad hoc Beach Renourishment Committee. The committee, in the majority, echoed most of the town’s existing plans for a long-term engineered beach that would initially cost roughly $40-million. Two of the seven committee members offered… Read More
OCEAN CITY — The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) announced the dates for two virtual public hearings for proposed second phases of two offshore wind energy projects. In 2017, the PSC approved two offshore wind energy farm projects off the coast of Ocean City including Ørsted’s Skipjack I project and US Wind’s Marwin project. Technically,… Read More
Construction of the Vineyard Wind project, America’s first full-scale offshore wind farm, is set to begin now that its backers have secured $2.3 billion in financing from nine international and U.S. banks. Vineyard Wind said with the new funding, the company will start its major commercial-scale offshore wind farm, despite the recent permitting lawsuit filed at… Read More
With nearly $80,000 worth of state grant funding, the Sandwich Department of Natural Resources will begin climate resiliency projects in Sandwich Village as early as the end of September, director David J. DeConto said. The town’s main project includes looking at the inner Mill Creek area and stabilizing problem flooding areas from the fire station… Read More
Indian River and five other coastal Sussex County waterways are on DNREC schedule Several dredging projects are scheduled in eastern Sussex County over the next one to three years. They include Indian River in the Millsboro area and Indian River marina, late 2022 into 2023; Holt’s Landing State Park ramp, late 2022; Assawoman and loop… Read More
An area that includes Bluff Point, Haley Farm State Park and the University of Connecticut’s campus at Avery Point in Groton and spots along the lower Connecticut River, as well as surrounding waters, soon could become Connecticut’s first National Estuarine Research Reserve. The reserve would be a new addition to a nationwide network of estuarine research reserves that provide opportunities for… Read More
The 670,000 solar panel project is now complete, increasing Ørsted’s operational solar PV capacity to 647 MW and diversifying the company’s footprint through a new partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority. Ørsted continues to expand its solar footprint across the US and has completed the 227 MWAC Muscle Shoals solar PV project in Colbert County, Alabama. Located… Read More