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Chinese government claims US investigation has protectionist and unilateralism overtones China’s government says it “strongly deplores and opposes” a US trade representative’s report targeting the country’s maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sector. On 17 January, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said the US Section 301 investigation had protectionist and unilateral overtones and was full of accusations… Read More
Yauco Mayor Ángel Luis “Luigi” Torres Ortiz met with Resident Commissioner Pablo Hernández Rivera in Washington on Saturday to discuss the need to expedite the partial dredging of the Río Yauco. “At the same time we dealt with our [part of the] commitment and dedicated reconstruction equipment,” the mayor said. “The meeting was very productive.”… Read More
AUSTIN — The Texas Trustee Implementation Group for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill seeks public input on the recently released Draft Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment #3: Restoration of Wetlands, Coastal and Nearshore Habitats (Draft Plan). In addition, the group solicits public comment on extending the Texas portion of the Sea Turtle Early Restoration project. The draft plan focuses… Read More
Could the St. Joseph Harbor be deepened to reduce its regular need for dredging? Congressman Bill Huizenga wants to find out. Huizenga tells us former President Joe Biden signed the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 before leaving office. The legislation serves as the authorization for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and her colleagues on the bipartisan Great Lakes Task Force introduced the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2025. This bipartisan bill will reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is set to expire at the end of FY 2026, for another five years through FY 2031. The bill increases the FY 2026 authorization level from $475 million to $500 million starting in FY 2027. Along with… Read More
East Hampton Town and Suffolk County officials are pressing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to move up its fall 2025 schedule to dredge the navigational channel at Montauk Harbor,… Source
FAIRFIELD — After months of waiting with multiple delays, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its high-demand dredging boat have arrived to widen the mouth of Southport Harbor. The harbor’s dredging is a long-awaited federal project that will dig up a corner of a shoal sticking into the harbor from the edge of Sasco Beach to clear… Read More
With the passage of Act 8 of the First Extraordinary Session of 2005 (Act 8), the Louisiana legislature mandated the integration of hurricane protection activities (e.g., levee construction) and coastal restoration activities (e.g., river diversions or marsh creation). Act 8 also created the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board (CPRA Board) and tasked it with… Read More
Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is gearing up for a significant fiscal 2026, with an anticipated $1.8 billion budget aimed at flood risk reduction, coastal restoration, and economic impact. The agency continues to prioritize construction, allocating 80% of its funding — approximately $1.44 billion — toward ground-level projects that protect and restore Louisiana’s vulnerable… Read More
NEW YORK – After carefully considering public comment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its third periodic review of the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Upper Hudson River. The EPA looked at all the project data for water, fish and sediment collected between 2016-2021, and the fish data from 2022. The EPA’s review concludes… Read More
Two hurricanes in the span of 13 days. Another hurricane from two years ago that is considered to be the worst to every hit Southwest Florida in terms of lost life and damage. Add all of that up and the clean-up of the canals on Fort Myers Beach is tall order. Just when it feels like there… Read More
The Barnstable County dredge is removing sand from the Bass River and piping it to a spot on West Dennis Beach. Watch crews at work. Source
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Following the wreckage of Hurricanes Ian and Debby, the coastline suffered severe erosion which will be renourished by a United States Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District-funded contract, the city said Thursday. The $72 million contract was awarded to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company which intends to place two million… Read More
The long-awaited $25 million Portland Harbor dredging project starts on Monday as contractors begin digging a 9-acre pit in a shallow South Portland cove where seven decades of a working waterfront’s industrial sins will be buried over the next three winters. Cashman Dredging of Massachusetts will use a barge-mounted crane to dig a confined aquatic… Read More
OPP and fire officials discussed ice safety related to this winter’s ice dredging program at the Port of Orillia. “We want to get the message out to everybody – the locals and the visitors – to avoid the Port of Orillia this winter and any of the ice down here,” said Chris Ferry, Orillia’s fire… Read More