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Dredge Wire Exclusive: Gator Dredging is finishing up the dredging and beach restoration of Doctors Passes. The dredged sand, approx. 25,700 cu. yds., from Doctors Pass is being pumped to the beach in the Lowdermilk Park area via a buried pipe. The dredging & beach restoration of Wiggins Pass and Barefoot Beach of approx 65,000… Read More
Historical industrial activities along the Grasse River in upstate New York released polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that accumulated in more than 7 miles of the river’s sediments. These compounds can bioaccumulate up the food chain, which led to a fish advisory put in place for the Lower Grasse River due to elevated levels of PCBs in… Read More
Unions call for expanding the Jones Act fleet to counter supply chain issues and an ocean shipping industry that is dominated by foreign players. Fuel economy standards for cars will approach 50 miles per gallon by 2026 after a new DOT rule was announced. House Transportation Committee Republicans to hold a GOP-only hearing bashing President… Read More
The Biden administration budget request for fiscal year 2023 asks for $237.4 million in total budget authority to fund the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s mission to manage U.S. offshore energy and mineral resources. To put that $237.4 million in perspective, bear in mind that BOEM raked in $437 billion in winning bids in its… Read More
The developer of a controversial $60 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on a city-owned industrial site in South Philadelphia has pulled back from the project, saying the “opportunity has passed.” Liberty Energy Trust, a West Conshohocken firm whose Passyunk Energy Center was approved by a divided City Council in 2019 over community opposition, said… Read More
PAINESVILLE, Ohio – Lake County will receive $11.3 million in state funding to construct a much-needed containment basin to store dredged material from the Grand River in Fairport Harbor. Dredging in the harbor was halted last year as a result of a state law that prevents the disposal of dredged material from federal navigation channels… Read More
COLUMBUS — State Reps. Susan Manchester, R-Waynesfield, and Craig Riedel, R-Defiance, announced the release of funds Monday for new dredge equipment for Grand Lake St. Marys. The Department of Natural Resources will receive $83,395 to replace dredge equipment that has been in operation on the lake — located in Auglaize and Mercer counties — for… Read More
As part of the Fiscal Year 2022 federal budget and among a list of New Jersey community projects supported by U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, Stockton University will receive $500,000 from the federal government to support its coastal resiliency and management programs. The Coastal Resiliency Equipment, Education and Outreach funds will also provide… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A new advisory group in Maine will work with state officials about the development of offshore wind ports. The Maine Department of Transportation said the panel will be called the Offshore Wind Port Advisory Group. The agency said the group will advise it and other officials about the “potential development of… Read More
Time was running out to save the last vestige of a rollicking African American getaway on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. The pair of neighboring Jim Crow era resorts once buzzed along the waterfront of the Annapolis Neck peninsula. At their height during the 1950s and ‘60s, Carr’s and Sparrow’s beaches attracted crowds by… Read More
A captain who assumed a watch immediately after waking was likely experiencing sleep inertia, leading to a tow striking a lock gate in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, says the National Transportation Safety Board. On March 22, 2021, the towing vessel Ava Claire was transiting westbound pushing two fully loaded tank barges in the Gulf Intracoastal… Read More
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced on Tuesday a proposal to commit $150 million in surplus funds for more than a dozen coastal restoration and protection projects, including three for Southwest Louisiana. The funding includes $8 million for Cameron Parish Gulf shoreline protection; $10 million for the Southwest Coastal Project in Cameron, Calcasieu and Vermilion parishes;… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A plan to raise high voltage transmission lines across the St. Johns River got the tacit support of JEA Board members, even as they declined to foot the bill. At its Tuesday meeting, the JEA Board responded to increasing pressure from JaxPort officials to get the project underway. In a letter first… Read More
We have big news regarding federal funding for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and New Jersey Intracoastal Waterways this month! The FY23 Omnibus Appropriations Bill was signed into law and the FY23 President’s budget has been released. Both of these appropriations bills include substantial funding for the waterway and build on the allocations provided from the first year… Read More
Despite two failed attempts to free it this week, a sister container ship to the Ever Given that got stuck in the Suez Canal last year has been lodged in the Chesapeake Bay for 21 days — and now cargo holders have to pay to help free it. Why it matters: The Ever Forward (yes,… Read More