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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is using harbor dredge material to shore up Lake Michigan beaches this summer. Four harbors along Lake Michigan — Holland, Grand Haven, St. Joseph and South Haven — were approved for dredging this spring and summer. Materials gathered through the process will be used to “nourish and replenish” beaches… Read More
Conservationists received the final piece of funding Thursday needed to purchase the 384-acre Banning Ranch oil field as part of an effort to restore the land as an open space park. The state’s Wildlife Conservation Board awarded up to a $15.5 million grant to nonprofit groups Trust for Public Land and Banning Ranch Conservancy toward… Read More
Louisville’s largest urban stream is on the cusp of a major glow up. Last week the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed off on an estimated $121 million project to restore the stream and the habitat along its banks. Beargrass Creek and its three branches covers a 60-square mile watershed that runs through urban Louisville,… Read More
No matter how incessant the public frustration or how desperate the pleas from mariners to fix clogged harbors, impassable channels or eroded shorelines, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is struggling to address worsening problems in coastal North Carolina, especially on the Outer Banks. Recently, a wicked nor’easter wreaked havoc in Oregon Inlet, choking it… Read More
Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Tuesday that a massive cleanup of New Bedford’s harbor is nearing completion after nearly 40 years of work and close to $1 billion in expenses. The bed of the Acushnet River that forms the harbor between New Bedford and Fairhaven has been polluted with dangerous concentrations… Read More
What may look like regular old dirt to most is gold to the city of Lorain, or at the very least, dirt that you might one day buy to place in your garden. In a site along the Black River, the city launched a pilot program in 2020 where they created what’s called a GeoPool…. Read More
In exclusive commentary to DredgeWire, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock CEO Lasse Petterson said: “We are pleased to be the contractor for the first phase of this important project. A lot of people have worked long and hard to get to this point and we congratulate the Port leadership, Ric Campo, Roger Guenther, and Charlie… Read More
Launched at a meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, this week, the All Aboard Alliance has been formed to pave the way for a diverse, equitable, and inclusive maritime industry. The All Aboard Alliance was created by a group of industry leaders following discussions at the Global Maritime Forum’s Virtual High-Level Meeting in 2020. The group is… Read More
Responsible for 90% of trade in goods, maritime transport plays an important role in globalization. However, the COVID health crisis shook the sector, questioning the existing practices and use of technologies for daily operations and optimal onboard conditions. A digital approach is now necessary to have truly value-added vessels and to introduce a maritime 4.0… Read More
Just as the global economy impacts Southwest Louisiana so, too, does the region affect the world. “What we do here does not happen in isolation,” R.B. Smith, vice president of business and workforce development for the Southwest Economic Development Alliance, said in speaking to members of the Kiwanis Club of Downtown Lake Charles. U.S. fuel… Read More
Last week, the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2022, legislation led by chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio, advanced out of committee and will now head to the House floor for consideration. This legislation provides for improvements to Oregon and the nation’s ports, inland waterways, locks, dams, flood protection,… Read More
The deep sea is home to ecosystems found nowhere else that provide habitat to a multitude of species—including, scientists say, many that haven’t yet been discovered. In fact, recent research found that it could take decades for experts to catalogue and understand all the marine life on the deep ocean floor and the role it plays… Read More
Local governments play a game of give-and-take when it comes to maintaining Treasure Coast beaches and their ever-changing terrain. As a result of hurricanes, erosion and development on barrier islands, intervention in Mother Nature’s natural cycle on beaches is needed to sustain the recreational space used by locals and tourists and to protect waterfront structures. Indian River, St…. Read More
A section of Kure Beach will remain closed over the Memorial Day weekend to the continue the beach renourishment program that began in Carolina Beach at the end of February. Kure Beach Mayor Craig Bloszinsky announced Wednesday the Town decided to allow contractors to continue pumping sand through the Memorial Day weekend in order to pump… Read More
Once $93 million, improvements to the controversial State Pier in New London have now increased to $255 million, but the chairman of the Connecticut Port Authority on Thursday assured the State Bond Commission that the $20 million it approved for the public-private partnership should finally ready the site for new life as a hub for the budding… Read More