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High marsh and transitional upland habitat is designed to support diamondback terrapin nesting as well as coastal bird species. The Wetlands Institute has been awarded a grant valued at $3,075,000 through New Jersey’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Natural Climate Solutions program to support the Salt Marsh Trail Revitalization project, an innovative effort to advance… Read More
By Sabrina Lee HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — After months of work, Hilton Head Island’s beach renourishment project is moving into its final phase as crews prepare to shift operations to South Beach — the island’s southern “toe” — next week. The $47.5 million effort, the fifth restoration of its kind and last performed in 2016, is replacing… Read More
AUSTIN, Texas— Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has awarded approximately $39.06 million to coastal improvement projects in Texas’ Upper Gulf Coast Region through its Coastal Management Program (CMP) Grant Cycle 31 and Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) program Cycle 14. Commissioner Buckingham made these announcements… Read More
Orion Marine Construction Inc., Port Lavaca, Texas, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for pipeline maintenance dredging of the Matagorda Ship Channel from Peninsula to Point Comfort. The amount of this action is $11,858,900, with a total cumulative face value of $40,346,700. Bids were solicited via the internet with eight received. Work will be performed in… Read More
C and C JV LLC,* Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract for dredging, stockpiling of sand materials, and construction of dikes. The amount of this action is $53,382,757, with a total cumulative face value of $122,185,770. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Fishing Creek, Maryland, with… Read More
Last week, Manson’s newest hopper dredge FREDERICK PAUP successfully completed its first load on the Gulf Renourishment Pensacola Beach project in Pensacola, Florida. This milestone marks the first time the new hopper dredge has executed pump-off operations. The project includes dredging and placing sand—enough to fill five Olympic sized swimming pools—along the Gulf shoreline and… Read More
By Tom Bayles A wide sandbar sealing off Blind Pass between Sanibel and Captiva islands is growing longer every week. And while winds, tides, and storms can change its progress on any given day, so much sand is flowing south from a recent beach renourishment on Captiva Island that the pass is expected to close… Read More
By Gabriel San Roman San Clemente’s stunning coastline, which will serve as backdrop to Olympic surfing in two years, has also turned into a battlefield against beach erosion. Construction crews, hopper dredges and bulldozers have worked to patch up vanishing stretches of beach with much needed sand. The city has also contracted a coastal administrator to manage… Read More
In a maritime market increasingly defined by volatility, from war in the Middle East and the resulting whiplash freight and energy rates, William Doyle chose a moment of celebration in New Orleans to deliver a message grounded in something far less fashionable: stability. Speaking at the March 21 christening of Frederick Paup, a 15,000-cubic-meter trailing suction hopper dredge… Read More
By Joy Crist Dare County Board of Commissioners Chairman Bob Woodard outlined a wide range of ongoing projects, priorities, and funding challenges during a detailed State of the County presentation at the Cape Hatteras Secondary School in Buxton on March 21. Addressing roughly 30 resident attendees directly, Woodard emphasized that the county’s work extends far… Read More
By Cassandra Garcia PALM BEACH, Fla. — Midtown Beach in Palm Beach is drawing crowds with sunny weather, but visitors are finding far less shoreline to enjoy as erosion continues to shrink the sand. The Town of Palm Beach is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a beach re-nourishment project aimed at… Read More
By Claire O’Neil PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. — It’s a thrill of discovery for people who head out and collect seashells on the beach. At Pensacola Beach, collectors says they’re finding plenty to choose from over the last few weeks. Well, if you’re heading to Pensacola Beach you might notice some more decorative seashells, thanks to… Read More
Dredge work on Thimble Shoal Channel, Norfolk Harbor finished in late February NORFOLK, VA – Construction of the 55-foot deep shipping channel and harbor, a key project in The Port of Virginia’s® $1.4 billion Gateway Investment Program, is complete making Virginia home to the deepest port on the U.S. East Coast. “Completion of this project positions The… Read More
Washington, D.C. — A coalition of U.S. maritime labor organizations, including the American Maritime Officers; American Radio Association; International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots; Marine Firemen’s Union; Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association; Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO; Sailors’ Union of the Pacific; Seafarers International Union; and the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, today expressed alarm regarding the Trump… Read More
Kyle Johnson has compiled and updated a very interesting listing of new build additions to the US Dredging Fleet. Trailing Suction Hopper Dredges: “Frederick Paup”. 2026, 15,000 cy “Amelia Island”. 2025, 6,300 cy “Mighty Quinn” 2024, 4,000 cy “Galveston Island”. 2023, 6,300 cy “RB Weeks”. 2023, 8,600 cy “Magdelan”. 2017, 8,600 cy “Ellis Island”, 2017,… Read More