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On December 7, 2021, Commissioner Carl W. Bentzel will kick off the Federal Maritime Commission’s (FMC) Maritime Data Infrastructure initiative. Earlier this month, FMC Chairman Daniel B. Maffei appointed Commissioner Bentzel to spearhead the initiative which will focus on identifying data constraints that impede the flow of ocean cargo and add to supply chain inefficiencies…. Read More
Dare County has received bids for the Avon and Buxton beach nourishment projects from Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., Manson Construction and Weeks Marine. The low bidder was Great Lakes Dock and Dredge Co. at $25,870,000 with a start date of May 1, 2022, and an end date of September 30, 2022. The Avon… Read More
Project Will Significantly Grow Business at the Port, Generate Nearly 14,000 Jobs, Improve East Coast Freight Rail Transportation ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today led public and private sector leaders in breaking ground on the $466 million Howard Street Tunnel expansion project, which will reconstruct the 126-year-old freight rail tunnel to accommodate double-stacked container trains to… Read More
Microplastics have become a pressing issue for those trying to protect the Chesapeake Bay and other Virginia waterway systems from pollution Microplastic waste has become a serious threat to the ecosystem — plastic pollution in particular has grown exponentially in the past decade within Virginia, leading to disruption of the Chesapeake Bay and other large… Read More
Recently released records detailing the construction and impacts of a proposed deepwater port are up for public comment. The documents include a public notice issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – which delves into the work that would be associated with the project – and a draft environmental impact statement, posted to the… Read More
With another round of beach renourishment expected before the end of the decade, the town of Pawleys Island is looking at cuts in its four-member police department to provide money for capital projects. “I’m not for reducing safety, but I am for figuring how how to pay for these things down the road without a… Read More
A cadre of Coney Island activists diligently monitoring the dredging of Coney Island Creek are calling on the state to end work on the peninsula’s coming ferry landing after new video shows toxic materials being dumped into the waterway. “Today we are standing here because our worst suspicions have been confirmed,” said Assemblymember Mathylde Frontus… Read More
South Fork Wind has received its Record of Decision from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), successfully reaching a critical milestone in the federal environmental review. South Fork Wind is New York State’s first offshore wind farm. “In just six months, the U.S. offshore wind industry has seen the… Read More
So our neighborhood has some new sights in it, the site of dredging equipment as a dredging project in Southern Ocean County continues. This project in Little Egg Harbor. Now I will admit I am not familiar with dredging and I do not live directly on a lagoon, but many in our neighborhood do live… Read More
OCEAN CITY, NJ — Using the citywide dredging permit, private owners in Ocean City can now arrange to have their boat slips dredged by a private contractor at their own expense. Ocean City’s 2021-22 back bay dredging program includes maintenance dredging at North Point Lagoon, Snug Harbor, Carnival Bayou, Venetian Bayou, Sunny Harbor Lagoon, South… Read More
There are a lot of firsts and significant investments in the newly minted state budget, and among the biggest of those that check both boxes is a broad array of new efforts to increase resiliency and decrease flooding — along with the kind of money that could make it happen. Remarkable as that might be,… Read More
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — North Carolina’s Marine Fisheries Commission has approved an updated version of the state’s Coastal Habitat Protection Plan, which experts say will improve the health of the state’s wetlands and estuaries, and increase communities’ resilience to climate change. Leda Cunningham, officer for conserving marine life in the United States at The Pew… Read More
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — For the beach towns in New Hanover County, the most significant expenditures in the state budget relate to beach renourishment. The compromise budget, signed by Gov. Roy Cooper last week, followed months of negotiations between his office and the General Assembly and was the last one passed this year in the country…. Read More
Dare County has received bids for the Avon and Buxton beach nourishment projects from Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., Manson Construction and Weeks Marine. The bids were opened on Wednesday, November 17, 2021; however, the proposals must still be evaluated for completeness before a specific bid can be recommended to the Dare County Board… Read More
Help sustain America’s reservoirs. We’re looking for ways to remove sedimentation that regularly accumulates in reservoirs. Challenge Overview Important update on intellectual property here. Reservoirs are bodies of stored fresh water that typically form behind dams. They are a critical water source, supplying farms with irrigation and providing potable water to people and homes. Increasingly,… Read More