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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the company has made significant progress since the dredge Ellis Island joined the dredge Liberty Island in Buxton on Tuesday, August 2. These two dredges used two separate landing points, and together they have delivered approximately 200,000 cubic yards of sand along the shoreline of Buxton… Read More
Despite a quiet hurricane season so far, leaders in Atlantic Beach want to make sure some of the most flood-prone neighborhoods are protected. “The part of town that became Aquatic Gardens is lower than the other parts of town,” said Atlantic Beach City Commissioner Candace Kelly. Being low comes with one big hazard – flooding…. Read More
Bollinger Shipyards LLC (“Bollinger”) has delivered the USCGC William Chadwick to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 176th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 50th Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”) delivered under the current program. “It’s incredibly meaningful that we could deliver the 50th FRC,… Read More
Louisiana has completed one of its biggest coastal restoration projects yet, and is at work on even bigger ones. The dredge used to suck up sediment from the Gulf of Mexico to add 1,000 acres of habitat to sites in the Terrebonne Basin is now at work in the Mississippi River, doing the same for a 1,600-acre project… Read More
The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has reorganised its investigative and prosecution functions by creating a new Bureau of Enforcement, Investigations, and Compliance (BEIC). The change was announced on 29 July, effective immediately. The new BEIC will be headed by an attorney in the Senior Executive Service with regulatory, prosecutorial, and investigatory experience. According to… Read More
The Town of Morehead City is working with two aquatic restoration groups to protect Sugarloaf Island from continued shoreline erosion. One of the methods being considered would use offshore wave attenuation devices – hollow concrete structures meant to flatten larger waves before they hit the shore – in combination with seagrass plantings to stabilize the… Read More
With Baltimore facing increased risks of coastal flooding from storms as sea level rises, federal officials have put forward a $138 million plan aimed at protecting the interstate highway tunnels under the city’s harbor while reducing flood damage to homes and businesses in low-lying waterfront neighborhoods. The draft plan released earlier this month by the Baltimore District… Read More
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is making a $580 million investment in construction-ready municipal water pollution control projects that will protect the state’s waters from sewage pollution and help improve water quality. The projects announced today are on the Clean Water Fund Priority List, the state’s roadmap for administering state and… Read More
The Little Swan Lake/Christopherson Slough wetland complex is a mix of remnant and restored prairie, a high-quality shallow lake, a large marsh, restored wetlands, oak savanna and oak timber covering more than 2,100 acres just north of the town of Superior in eastern Dickinson County. The centerpiece of the area is the 371-acre Little Swan… Read More
The emergency dredging project of Longboat Key’s Canal 1A near Beer Can Island has been completed. Over the past three weeks, the crews have been working to reopen the passage between the lagoon to the west and Sarasota Bay to the east for wildlife access, tidal flushing and boats. The town used previously granted permits from… Read More
The Duwamish River is one of the most toxic hazardous waste sites in the country and communities around the river have long been affected by higher rates of asthma and a lower life expectancy than residents of other Seattle neighborhoods. The Duwamish River People’s Park and Shoreline Habitat is a model for what a less-polluted… Read More
Singapore and Rotterdam have joined forces to develop the world’s longest green shipping corridor for low and zero carbon shipping. The Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam inked a memorandum of understanding to establish the green and digital corridor on the sidelines of the biennial World Cities Summit in… Read More
A court has ordered a “standstill” of all but one in-progress portion of the multi-million dollar repair and renovation project at a Panama City Beach high-rise condominium. The order is temporary until the court can determine the necessity of the project. Judge William S. Henry issued a ruling Saturday afternoon addressing payment for work covered by a $8.9 million special… Read More
Anew study from The Water Institute aims to help The Greater Lafourche Port Commission leadership find the best use of dredge material resulting from Port Fourchon dredging and expansion. Results will help improve the resilience of the port, serve long-term needs of local communities, and improve the ecosystem. The work was done using a “community-informed… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the dredge Ellis Island has returned to Dare County to assist the Liberty Island with the Buxton beach renourishment project. On Tuesday morning, August 2, the Ellis Island resumed dredging operations in Buxton after 10 days of work on the Town of Nags Head’s beach renourishment project. The Ellis Island used the landing point… Read More