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A recently released study of Georgetown’s port recommends dredging part of the inner harbor to support existing commercial and recreational needs. The project to deepen the harbor’s two channels is estimated to cost around $4.4 million. It is a different project that the one Georgetown County proposed for a capital projects sales tax in 2014…. Read More
Beach nourishment officially began in Avon on the afternoon of Sunday, June 19, 2022, when the dredge Ellis Island delivered its first load of sand to the shoreline at a location approximately one mile south of the Avon Pier. Coastal Science & Engineering—which is tasked with managing the beach nourishment project that is being… Read More
GREENWICH — While the town waits for the go-ahead from the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Greenwich Harbor, it has been holding funds aside since the 2019-20 budget to pay for the massive project. But to obtain that needed-approval, the town may have to adjust its policy on access to Grass Island, officials said… Read More
One trouble spot is the Whitevale area south of town. For the second time this spring, water was flowing across Whitevale Road. on Monday. The rural-residential street was closed in one spot due to the floodwater. Read more: Village of Lumby, B.C. activates emergency operations centre due to rain, rising water levels “For me, it is not… Read More
A beach replenishment project at Windward Beach Park in Brick Township was underway, with crews spreading sand taken from a local lagoon along the shore. The sand will raise the grade of the beach, which is set on the Metedeconk River, and fill in several spots that have eroded in recent years. The “donor sand,”… Read More
After two and half years of planning, designing, permitting, and selecting contractors, construction of the Avon Village beach nourishment commenced on schedule this summer. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) used America’s largest hopper dredge, the Ellis Island, to deliver the first load on Cape Hatteras National Seashore in front of the Village of… Read More
Callan Marine’s latest fleet asset, the 28” cutter suction dredge General Bradley, recently initiated a maintenance dredging project located at the Bolivar Ferry Terminal. This is the inaugural project for the General Bradley, consisting of the removal of 600,000 cubic yards of material and returning the landings to the required depth of 22’. The dredged… Read More
Blind Pass Beach Park on Sanibel is closed, after sudden erosion over the past month made it unsafe, Sanibel officials decided. If or when the shoreline park, which is popular with anglers and beachgoers, will reopen is unclear, said the city’s director of natural resources, Holly Milbrandt. Barrier islands are ever-changing, she says, and Blind Pass between… Read More
ASBPA is proud to release our much-anticipated annual list of the nation’s best restored beaches. The award winning projects this year are Duxbury Beach Dune Restoration Project, MA; Ocean Isle Beach Shoreline Protection Project, NC; Sodus Point Beach Project, NY; and Waikiki Beach Maintenance Project, HI. The goal of ASBPA’s annual best restored beaches award is… Read More
President Joe Biden yesterday signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) into law. As we reported when the measure was passed, the legislation expands the authority of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in a number of ways. President Biden, who in no fan of the major ocean carriers, turned his attention to them again… Read More
Dredging efforts have begun at Bigfoot Slough, just off the North Carolina Ferry Division’s Ocracoke-Silver Lake terminal, to help recover shoaling that’s been there. Sholing was the main reason for the decrease In designated ferries on the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke routes. The state Department of Transportation says the dredging operation, led by Dredge Merritt of… Read More
Construction crews have completed emergency repairs to stabilize the Del Mar Bluffs, but additional work is slated to begin next year, it was announced Friday. The San Diego Association of Governments, North County Transit District and the city of Del Mar have worked to stabilize the bluffs following a collapse in February 2021. Construction began in March 2021. The emergency repairs… Read More
Migrating birds are making their annual trip north to forests, prairies, streams, rivers and beaches across the United States and Canada. Hundreds of millions of birds will stop along the way and southeast Michigan is one of their favorite places to rest and refuel. These stopover sites are critical to the survival of migratory birds, whose… Read More
America’s marine economy contributed about $361 billion of the nation’s gross domestic product in 2020. That is according to the most current results of the annual Marine Economy Satellite Account released today by two Department of Commerce agencies, NOAA and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). These numbers are from the first year of the… Read More
A Houston company received hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money from Valero to help protect coastal wetlands from erosion. The non-profit organization BCarbon received a $280,000 grant from Valero that will fully fund a detailed design and carbon credit model for a 1,000-mile living shoreline along the Texas coast, according to a BCarbon news release…. Read More