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California has numerous formal acts in statute. Harbors and Navigation Code Division 1, Chapter 2, Article 2.8 provides the California Public Beach Restoration Act, which is contained in Sections 69.5 to 69.9. Article 2.8 was added in 1999 by Chapter 798. Section 69.5 names the act. Section 69.6 established the California Public Beach Restoration Program… Read More
A portion of the Black River Canal will be closed starting Wednesday to boat traffic while contractors hired by the city dredge the waterway. Port Huron Engineering Manager Angela McKinstry said the dredging operation will take about two days. The Black River Canal from the Tainter Gate to Lake Huron will be closed to recreational boating traffic,… Read More
Looking to recognize and support community colleges, technical colleges, and maritime training centers that prepare Americans for maritime careers, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration is inviting them to apply to be designated as Centers of Excellence (CoE). The Maritime CoE Program is a voluntary and collaborative program administered by MARAD. It focuses on existing training facilities across… Read More
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth,” opined philosopher and pugilist Mike Tyson. Coronavirus, supply chain woes, workforce turnover, international conflict – you name it, and the last two years have had it. Every business reeled, of course, but the maritime industry, which ties together the economic, defense, commercial and energy… Read More
According to a recent update provided by the Town, the beach nourishment project which began in Kill Devil Hills on June 13, 2022, is nearing completion. Contractors anticipate finishing the Kill Devil Hills section this week. Although work may be finished, the staging area at Helga Street, as well as pipes and other equipment at… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that beach nourishment operations in Buxton were temporarily paused on the evening of Monday, July 18, 2022, as the dredge Ellis Island departed Dare County to head to Norfolk, Virginia, for repairs, maintenance, and refueling. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has not yet provided an estimate of repair… Read More
According to a June report by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, more than half of the 825 miles of coastline they surveyed are critically eroded. Earlier this year, you might remember seeing the unbelievable video of a home collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean in the Outer Banks. The house on a beach in Rodanthe is one… Read More
Dear Editor, The St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce commends Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. and the entire board of the Public Finance Authority for unanimously approving the appropriation of $17 million in bond proceeds for the dredging of the Charlotte Amalie harbor channel and turning basin. This vital infrastructure project will allow Oasis-sized cruise ships… Read More
The dredging issue has been a major frustration for the City of Delta for years, but it’s an issue that dates back farther than most people realize. In a Sept. 26, 1903 opinion piece in the Delta Times, for example, the lack of dredging work and how a government-owned dredge was being used was lamented. “We… Read More
Dare County provided the following updates on the 2022 Avon and Buxton beach nourishment projects as of Monday, July 19. Details on the progress of both projects are below. Avon Beach Nourishment: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that it continued to make significant progress on the Avon beach nourishment project over the… Read More
By Judith Powers Massive project was completed on time and on budget Courtesy USACE Charleston District This summer the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District (Corps) and its local sponsor the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) have nearly completed Post-45 — the deepening of the harbor’s 38.4 miles (61.7 kms) of federal shipping channel… Read More
Images during hurricane Hannah in 2020 show the water crashing against the sand dunes. This is a major concern to coastal research scientist as they continue to monitor sand dunes in the Coastal Bend. “When we have storms is when we have the greatest erosion and typically the most noticeable to the naked eye,” said… Read More
The creation story told by the Chitimacha people, in Louisiana, describes the world in its earliest days as a wide expanse of water. Then the Great Creator instructed crawfish to dive down and bring up a bit of mud. Geologists tell a similar tale, though their sculptor is the Mississippi River: for thousands of years,… Read More
Last April, engineers on a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean held their breath as a 25-tonne mining tractor lay stranded on the silty ocean floor, more than 4km below the surface. On the 13th and final trial dive of a world-first experiment, a robot had broken free of its tether and lay in… Read More
Coastal communities in the state that are threatened by climate change are eligible for $225 million in federal grants. Cities, counties and tribes can apply for coastal resilience projects under the Climate Ready Coasts initiative. The funding is through the $2.855 billion set aside for salmon habitat recovery and coastal resilience in the Biden-Harris Infrastructure… Read More