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The DaWetRest project aims to restore biodiversity to the Danube River and the neighbouring wetlands through reconnection activities and community engagement. Within the Lighthouse ‘Danube and the Black Sea’, the Danube Wetlands and flood plains Restoration through systemic, community-engaged, and sustainable innovative actions (DaWetRest) project activities aim to improve the linkage between the Danube and… Read More
Global Dredging Market Size By Type of Dredging, By Application, By End-User Industry, By Geographic Scope and Forecast ” in its research database. Get a Free Sample PDF of this Research Report for more Insights with Table of Content, Research Methodology, and Graphs – https://www.mraccuracyreports.com/marketreports/5/854018/Dredging-Market Dredging Market Size And Forecast Dredging Market size was valued… Read More
CHICAGO — As coastal communities around the world grapple with the growing threat of erosion, researchers have uncovered a surprising potential solution: electricity. Scientists from Northwestern University say that applying mild electrical currents to marine sands could create natural, sustainable defenses against the relentless assault of waves and rising sea levels. Coastal erosion is a pressing… Read More
The town’s beaches are stable and continue to gain sand through improvements in sand-bypassing and nourishment programs, according to an annual report presented Aug. 20 by a coastal engineering consultant. Since 1990, when long-term sand volume measurements began, Palm Beach’s 12.2 mile-shoreline has experienced a net gain of 4.8 million cubic yards of sand, said… Read More
HICKMAN COUNTY, KY — The Dorena-Hickman Ferry is closed on Sunday, Aug. 25, and potentially Monday, Aug. 26, due to dredging operations nearby. According to The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 1, operators are concerned that low water levels may interfere with the ferry tomorrow but will wait until the morning to make that call. Drivers planning… Read More
MOBILE, Ala. – One of the challenges of the Mobile Harbor Project, which calls for deepening and widening the harbor, is what to do with the dredged material produced. In response to that challenge, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District developed four Beneficial Use Areas: the Dauphin Island Causeway, Relic Shell Mined, Sand… Read More
LULING, La. – At its monthly board meeting in Luling, La. today, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) announced grant funding totaling over $37 million dollars for coastal projects in Louisiana. The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) has awarded $25.5 million to CPRA under its Spill Impact Component Program to fund continued… Read More
When Hurricane Debby lashed beaches around the Tampa Bay area earlier this month, it marked the third time in less than a year that a storm has substantially eaten at the region’s shoreline. Debby’s damage, experts said, was not as bad as that of Hurricane Idalia, which last August left dramatic cliffs of sand and erased decades of… Read More
Foreign owners are beginning to get anxious into the impending conclusions of the US probe into Chinese shipbuilding, aware that some of the possible recommendations could be highly punitive. The US Trade Representative (USTR) launched an investigation into China’s shipbuilding practices this April, with the Biden administration reacting to unions and bipartisan calls to clamp… Read More
Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Hawaiian island of Molokaʻi faces serious impacts from sea-level rise and has already experienced severe runoff and sedimentation from upland forest degradation. Coastal wetlands on the island have been degraded due to sedimentation, human alteration, and invasive species. Coastal wetlands are fundamentally important to Native Hawaiians—their… Read More
STONE HARBOR, N.J. — Some areas of the Jersey Shore experienced coastal erosion due to recent high tides. The borough of Stone Harbor shut down the access road to Stone Harbor Point on Monday morning as the tide was eroding the end of the road. Julia DiGeronimo is a shorebird steward at the Point and… Read More
In 2025, Horry-Georgetown Technical College will begin construction on a new Marine Center on Georgetown’s campus. Southeast Crescent Regional Commission awarded the college with a grant to purchase new and advanced equipment for their outboard marine program and new boat building program. Using the new equipment, students will be able to cut out and make any… Read More
In light of many recent storms causing severe river overflows across Vermont, one being just last week, people have been suggesting and asking why not dredge the rivers. “It is very intuitive and seems very logical at first, but there’s actually a lot more to it,” said Shayne Jaquith, a river scientist at Nature Conservancy… Read More
POINT PLEASANT BEACH – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dredge boat Murden has vacuumed up about 20,000 cubic yards of sand out of the Manasquan Inlet so far as it works to dig out the dangerous shoal that formed this summer. That converts to about 64 million pounds of wet sand removed from the… Read More
NEW CASTLE, Del — Several years ago, Delaware state officials had to justify sinking millions into a costly bridge protection system that may never be needed. Months after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, they’re glad they made that decision. “We jokingly call this the golden goose,” said Greg Pawlowski, a senior project engineer with… Read More