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OUTER BANKS, NC. (WAVY) – Officials in Dare County say they are moving forward with a beach replenishment and jetty repair project in Buxton. The goal is to protect critical infrastructure, including Highway 12, power lines, and homes at risk along the shoreline. The project is set to begin once beach nourishment in Avon is… Read More
Dutra’s recently completed major upgrades to Berkeley Marina, including the demolition of old structure, dredging to restore the harbor back to navigable depth for recreational boaters, and rebuilt the facility with durable, ADA-compliant concrete docks and piles. Source
Dutra project engineer Zac Jenkins recently captured this surreal shot of a SpaceX rocket reentering the atmosphere – with the hopper dredge Stuyvesant directly below! Thank you for sharing, Zac. Source
By Mike Schuler U.S. maritime labor leaders used the 106th anniversary of the Jones Act on Friday to renew calls for the Trump administration to end its emergency waiver program, arguing the policy undermines American mariners, domestic shipping companies, and broader efforts to rebuild the nation’s maritime industry. In a statement marking the anniversary of… Read More
HARWICH – Barnstable Country’s two dredges are busy clearing Saquatucket Harbor and Allen Harbor channels and using sand to build up both public and private beaches along Nantucket Sound. The dredges are working under an emergency waiver from the state Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) which allows the projects to operate during time-of-year restrictions that… Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The US Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District is kicking off an Environmental Impact Statement that could change Operations and Maintenance Dredging and Placement Activities in the Charleston Harbor. Charleston Harbor is one of the deepest ports on the East Coast at 52 feet deep. Keeping it that way takes constant… Read More
Keeping waterways open and operational takes a lot of coordination behind the scenes. On the Tampa Harbor Maintenance Dredging Project, our team dredged navigation channels to a depth of 34 feet while working alongside multiple contractors, managing environmental monitoring requirements, and navigating challenging site conditions. From material removal and transportation to disposal operations and stakeholder… Read More
City of Oceanside’s dredging project wrapped up just in time for summer, pumping hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of sand onto the beaches to keep the area safe. Source
By Rob Wu BUXTON, N.C. — The ocean has always shaped life on the Outer Banks. In Buxton, erosion is now reshaping the shoreline in ways that are hard to miss. The National Park Service says 31 privately owned homes in Dare County have collapsed since 2020. Twenty-six of those have fallen in just the… Read More
USACE and County sign “historic agreement” By JEFF ROSENFIELD Pinellas County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have signed an agreement that resolves a yearslong standoff over property easements and restores federal funding for most of the county’s beach renourishment. County commissioners, local leaders, U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and several U.S. Army officials… Read More
By: Brian White OCEANSIDE, Calif. — A major dredging project aimed at keeping Oceanside Harbor safe for boaters and protecting local beaches from erosion has been completed just in time for the busy summer season. The annual maintenance project, which often goes unnoticed by beachgoers, plays a critical role in ensuring safe navigation through the harbor… Read More
By Sydney Goldberg BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – South Louisiana’s coast has long served as a natural buffer between communities and rising water. But since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost nearly 2,000 square miles of coastal land. Dr. Torbjorn Tornqvist, a professor at Tulane University, said Louisiana is one of the most vulnerable coastal areas in… Read More
NOAA is releasing new, higher-resolution land cover maps for coastal Alabama, Mississippi, Northeastern Ohio, Rhode Island, and the Puget Sound in Washington. The data will be made available through the Digital Coast website and will provide these communities with better information for decisions related to stormwater management, water quality assessments, urban heat and tree canopy/cover projects, wetland… Read More
Recently, the NC Ferry Division announced temporary schedule adjustments on the Hatteras – Ocracoke route to accommodate a critical dredging project in Sloop Channel (federal designated channel). The temporary changes affect two early morning departures and three late evening departures each day. This dredging project is being conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
LĪHUʻE, Hawaiʻi — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) Kauaʻi District Health Office will conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey in June, to assess the emergency preparedness of Kauaʻi households. “Routine preparedness CASPERs enable the Kauaʻi District Health Office and our partners to build capacity to conduct similar rapid needs… Read More