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ORLEANS — With its consultant Leslie Fields phoning in from the road, the Orleans Select Board was unable to delve as deeply into dredging as it would have liked. The result was a delay until Jan. 5 on furthering last week’s discussion about Eastham’s withdrawal two days earlier from the agreement to dredge the Nauset Estuary. The… Read More
Mayflower Wind, a 50/50 joint venture (50:50) between Shell New Energies and Ocean Winds, reports that it has been awarded a 400 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its three biggest utilities as part of Massachusetts’ 83C III offshore wind energy procurement. Combined with an earlier 804 MW PPA. Mayflower… Read More
The cause of fire that broke out aboard the vehicle carrier Höegh Xiamen at the Blount Island Horizon Terminal, Jacksonville, Fla., has been determined, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. An electrical fault from an improperly disconnected battery in a used vehicle was the probable cause of June 2020 fire. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue… Read More
GREENWICH — A major construction project could be coming to the Greenwich/Port Chester border in an effort to mitigate the possibility of flooding. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented a $35 million plan to replace the two bridges along Route 1 into Port Chester, N.Y., to improve water flow in the Byram River. “Our… Read More
Fire Island Light House — Earlier today, leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, gathered with elected officials and project partners at Fire Island Lighthouse, Bay Shore, NY, where an official ceremony kicked off commencement of construction for a major coastal-storm risk-management project. The Fire Island to Montauk Point (FIMP) Project… Read More
BALTIMORE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, and San Rafael, California-based contractor, The Dutra Group, recently began work to dredge approximately 2.36 million cubic yards of material from the Cape Henry Federal Navigation Channel. The District awarded the $14.8 million contract on Sept. 24, 2021. This work is part of the… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) are planning to resume the Sea Year program at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. The program was paused last month following the harrowing allegations of rape and sexual harassment by the female Kings Point cadet now widely referred to as “Midshipman… Read More
Dredger Market ( 2021 Updated ) The Global Dredger Market report provides information about the Global industry, including valuable facts and figures. This research study explores the Global Market in detail such as industry chain structures, raw material suppliers, with manufacturing The Dredger Sales market examines the primary segments of the scale of the market…. Read More
The Lower Colorado River Authority will designate zones on the Highland Lakes chain where commercial dredging facilities could operate, but only after the companies complete the permit process. The LCRA Board of Directors on Dec. 14 approved an amendment to the Highland Lakes Dredge and Fill Ordinance, giving the general manager the ability to designate… Read More
OGDENSBURG — A project, through the state’s Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative (REDI) Regional Dredging Initiative, has begun at the Greenbelt boat launch that will dredge the area around it to allow for easier boating access. According to the state Office of General Services (OGS), approximately 180 by 58 feet of area in front of… Read More
OGDENSBURG — The Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority Board of Directors is calling on the state and federal governments to contribute more toward a project to dredge the city’s harbor and expand the port. OBPA Director Steven J. Lawrence told the board the total project price tag, because of contingencies the Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it has completed its environmental review of potential impacts from offshore wind energy leasing activities in the New York Bight, a portion of the Atlantic Ocean located offshore New York and New Jersey. The final Environmental Assessment (EA) assesses potential impacts from the issuance of leases… Read More
On Oct. 29, the waters of the Suisun Bay breached the levee along the northern shoreline of Martinez and flowed into the Pacheco Marsh. The breach was the culmination of a process that took 18 years, $24 million, and dirt. Lots of dirt. Paul Detjens, the project manager of the Pacheco Marsh restoration project, said:… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to begin dredging operations on the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) Palm Valley North Reaches next week. Dredging will begin at the Duval-St. Johns County line and move southward to the Palm Valley Bridge. The work area will operate with 7.5 miles of pipe… Read More
It’s a chilly December morning as South Portland’s economic development director sets off from South Port Marine at 7:30, just before the peak of low tide in Portland Harbor. William Mann asks the boat captain to get as close to the South Portland shoreline as possible without bottoming out. He takes a long white pole,… Read More