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The U.S. Supreme Court may have undercut the federal government’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, but a new bill from Reps. Alan Lowenthal and Nanette Barragán (D-CA) would restore its authority – for one industry. The proposed Clean Shipping Act of 2022 is the first purpose-built legislation to target shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions in the United… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company’s second hopper dredge, the Liberty Island, arrived in Avon and resumed pumping operations on the evening of Friday, July 8, 2022. As of Sunday, July 10, 2022, the volume from the Liberty Island combined with the amount placed by the first hopper dredge, the Ellis Island, from June 19–29, 2022, totals over 50 percent… Read More
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Minnesota Land Trust are working to restore fish and wildlife habitat at Perch Lake, which was once a bay of the St. Louis River. West Duluth residents in the New Duluth neighborhood will begin seeing more construction equipment moving into the area as the project begins later… Read More
A corporate official said Friday that Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting is “trying to be as transparent as possible” as it pursues a plan to redevelop the former Dow Chemical property in Gales Ferry. “We don’t have anything to hide,” said Alan Perrault, vice president of Jay Cashman Inc., the dredging firm’s corporate parent. “If… Read More
Dare County provided the following updates on the 2022 Avon and Buxton beach nourishment projects as of Friday, July 8. Details on the progress of both projects are below. Avon Beach Nourishment: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the dredge Liberty Island arrived in Dare County on the morning of Friday, July 8, 2022…. Read More
There once was a park at Verburg Park. Technically, the park is not gone — but it’s also not quite there. The land is buried under gravel and heavy machinery. Trail closure signs and fencing keep passersby away from where excavators are busy dredging polluted sediment. Long-awaited remediation is finally ramping-up in Kalamazoo this summer with the onset… Read More
Multiple areas throughout Northeast Ohio are receiving $219.5 million in low-interest and principal forgiveness funding from Ohio Environmental Protection Agency in efforts to improve wastewater and drinking water infrastructure, in addition to other water quality and system improvements. The loans, financed through the state’s revolving fund, were approved earlier this year and will save communities more… Read More
NAPA has teamed up with international law firm Stephenson Harwood and a group of leading maritime stakeholders to come up with a legal/technical fix for the ubiquitous “sail fast then wait” (SFTW) phenomenon, which wastes fuel on unnecessary but contractually-incentivized fast transits. As an example of the impact of this arrangement, the bulker fleet spends… Read More
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has issued a a combined Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) making available nearly $300 million through three competitive grant programs that aim to boost access to rural ferry service, bolster existing and new urban service, and lower emissions by speeding adoption of zero emission ferry technologies. “Ferry service can be… Read More
J.F. Brennan Co. Inc’s Andrew Timmis commented, I was able to visit 4 different projects we have going or will be starting in the St Louis River in MN. The scopes include mechanical and hydraulic dredging, amphibious mechanical and hydraulic dredging, capping using our patented Broadcast Capping System, including amended caps using GAC, mechanical placement… Read More
The Great Salt Lake this weekend dropped below the 175-year low set last October, the Utah Department of Natural Resources announced. “This is not the type of record we like to break,” DNR executive director Joel Ferry said. “It’s clear the lake is in trouble.” Why it matters: The West’s megadrought, worsened by climate change, is shrinking the largest natural lake west… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the dredge Ellis Island—which suspended dredging operations on Saturday, July 2, 2022, due to the development of Tropical Storm Colin—resumed dredging along the shoreline in Buxton at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 4, 2022. Click here to view the Buxton project map, which shows the section of… Read More
Container shipping lines are continuing to expand their fleet of smaller ships. While much of the attention goes to the ultra-large vessels setting new records as part of the emerging class of massive 24,000 TEU vessels, the industry has quietly been building the orderbook at the other end of the spectrum with smaller, more versatile… Read More
A project to protect the “largest site of seagrass” on Jersey’s coastline has begun. Members from the Ports of Jersey, the government, Jersey Marine Conservation, Blue Marine Foundation and users of the bay teamed together to protect the “special and biodiverse rich habitat” at St Catherine’s Bay. Seagrass acts as a habitat for many species… Read More
California will provide $300 million to help relocate train tracks along a stretch of eroding seaside cliffs near San Diego, regional transportation officials said. Local governments and the North County Transit District have spent millions buttressing sections of the bluffs in Del Mar that have collapsed in recent years, causing delays for passenger and cargo… Read More