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PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Dredging work has halted service by a ferry that carries vehicles across the Mississippi River between Kentucky and Missouri, officials said. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry halted service Wednesday and won’t resume for three or four days while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does dredge work in Hickman Harbor, the Kentucky Transportation… Read More
With steady wind and lots of space, the coasts promise to usher in the future of wind energy. In late May the Biden administration reached a decision to open two parts of the California coast to offshore wind energy: a 399-square-mile area off Morro Bay and another location off Humboldt County. Although breaking ground —… Read More
Pilot projects are exploring how to mix hydrogen in natural gas pipelines and use oil and gas platforms for electrolysis. Oil and gas companies investing in offshore wind power are exploring how they can use this renewable energy to make green hydrogen by splitting water. Energy can be transported to shore in the form of… Read More
A report from the US Clean Air Task Force has found that that nuclear-derived zero-carbon fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia could play a key role in decarbonising the global marine shipping sector, and offers policy recommendations for how the US could lead the global transition away from high-polluting shipping fuels. In 2018, the international… Read More
Climate change is expected to have an “increasingly disruptive effect” on residents of Virginia’s coastal areas, with statewide repercussions, a report commissioned by the General Assembly in 2020 found. “For Virginians living on the coast, the immediate consequences will be rising sea levels, more intense and frequent storms, and warmer and more variable local temperatures,”… Read More
#ProjectUpdate Big news for the Spanish Pass Marsh Creation project in the Barataria Basin! After extensive coordination and 6 hours of Mississippi River closure, CPRA successfully crossed the Navigation Channel and connected the dredge pipe to the fill site. Over 10 million cubic yards of sand will be dredged to create over 1,600 acres of… Read More
The Jones Act and commercial cargo operations in general must be strengthened to avoid further erosion of U.S. shipping strength versus commercial powerhouse China, said speakers at a Navy League Sea-Air-Space Prequel “Lunch and Learn” virtual session on July 21. Dr. Sal Mercogliano, associate professor of history at Campbell University in North Carolina and a… Read More
A construction effort as massive as the Houston Ship Channel Expansion Improvement Project — designed to accommodate the wider and deeper ships now carrying goods back and forth between Asia and the U.S. — has many regulatory requirements that need to be met. With 30 years of regulatory experience, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development… Read More
A unique program and facility at the University of New Orleans is playing a key role in helping students prepare for careers in shipbuilding, engineering and more with a combination of theoretical knowledge and hands-on skills. The UNO Boysie Bollinger School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME) was first established in 1980. Today, it… Read More
Florida spent about $250,000 removing highly toxic algae from the Pahokee Marina using high-tech devices: ultrasonic bubble-blowers, circulator pumps and algaecide. The state also spent about $750,000 to kill toxic algae at the W.P. Franklin Lock in the Caloosahatchee River. Six tons of a hydrogen peroxide-based algaecide, called Lake Guard Oxy, were applied there in June. Another 12½… Read More
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) have asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review what they call “significant delivery delays” in two key Coast Guard programs—the Offshore Patrol Cutter and the Polar Security Cutter—as well as related budgetary issues. The Offshore Patrol Cutter… Read More
Staggeringly high amounts of “forever chemicals” contaminate groundwater near multiple military sites along the Chesapeake Bay, posing a threat to public health and the environment. Documents from the Department of Defense obtained by the Environmental Working Group show levels of PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, ranging from 0.8 million to 2.2 million parts per… Read More
Upper Narragansett Bay plant cleans Providence sewage with focus on health, technology and nature PROVIDENCE — The wastewater operation in Rhode Island’s capital is based on the 19th-century sewers of Paris, but has evolved from a detour into the river to a system able to recycle millions of gallons daily with the aid of gravity,… Read More
Municipal Resilience Program helps cities and towns deal with coastal erosion and rising waters Shortly after he was named Rhode Island’s first chief resiliency officer, in mid-September 2017, Shaun O’Rourke was handed a monumental task: write a state resiliency plan to deal with the climate crisis by July 1, 2018. The plan was to include… Read More
Following last week’s Senate approval of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan, Louisiana will get $5.9 billion over five years to build roads and bridges, which, according to Senator Bill Cassidy, is about $1.2 billion more than expected. Several provisions included in the bill will benefit Louisiana directly, including $3.5 billion that will go toward… Read More