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A project to improve an artificial pond in a Town of Niagara park is expected to reduce algae in Hyde Park Lake in Niagara Falls and improve the quality of water reaching the Niagara River. Elmer’s Pond, located in the town’s Veterans Memorial Park off Lockport Road, is to be enlarged and deepened as part… Read More
American offshore wind farms, of which there are 17 in the works for the Atlantic Ocean, are no longer far off on the horizon. The overall magnitude of this emerging renewable energy industry is starting to take shape. By Brian X. McCrone Published March 20, 2021 • Updated on March 22, 2021 at 10:21 am… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — The largest hopper dredge in the U.S. arrived in Carteret County as expected Tuesday and got to work right away on the 2-million-cubic-yard Emerald Isle beach nourishment project. The Ellis Island, owned by contractor Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. of Illinois, went straight to the sand borrow site off Atlantic Beach,… Read More
A proposed $2 billion project could protect and restore thousands of acres of Louisiana wetlands, but there will be work to do to mitigate the potential downsides, officials said last week. “This is a big deal,” said Chip Kline, who chairs the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. “This is the largest coastal restoration project… Read More
The beach access point at 6399 Gulfside Road will remain closed until mid-April. The town of Longboat Key has temporarily closed its public beach access point at 6399 Gulfside Road. Friday’s closure is expected to last until mid-April because of work on its beach renourishment project. “It’s basically only open for residential foot traffic and… Read More
New seawall, pilings, tie-backs needed to safeguard critical coastal railroad DEL MAR — Emergency repairs to safeguard the railroad tracks on the Del Mar bluffs will cost about $10.5 million, regional planning officials said this week. A 288-foot-long seawall will be built to replace the one that collapsed in late February. Since then, because of safety… Read More
The University of South Alabama will begin a new era of coastal education and research with a newly created School of Marine and Environmental Sciences. Plans call for new undergraduate and graduate programs to complement the existing degrees that have been offered by the department of marine sciences. “We can make a much larger impact by… Read More
The Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 3, 2021 will codify the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) icebreaking mission on the Great Lakes into law. The bipartisan bill, championed by Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin and Representative Mike Gallagher, recognizes the importance of moving winter commerce throughout… Read More
by John Konrad (gCaptain) Yesterday Commandant Karl Schultz, in the annual State of the Coast Guard Address, outlined the US Coast Guard’s perseverance through a difficult year and highlighted recent developments to advance USCG mission-ready capabilities. He also thanked all US Merchant Mariners for their service during the pandemic. “Make no doubt about it, we… Read More
80 years old and 35 years since its last rehab, LaGrange Lock and Dam in Versailles, IL was in major need of rehabilitation. Brennan partnered with prime contractor Shimmick Construction (Shimmick) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Rock Island District, along with hundreds of crew members, to execute quality repairs through the existing… Read More
LNG logistics provider NorthStar reports progress on the expansion of JAX LNG and the construction of the Clean Canaveral, the 5,400 cubic metres LNG articulated tug-barge unit (ATB). The expansion of JAX LNG facility and the construction of ATB Clean Canaveral continue as expected towards being in service by the last quarter of 2021. NorthStar and Pivotal LNG,… Read More
In this Marine Log Listen Up! Podcast podcast, we talk to Aimee Andres, executive director of the Inland Rivers, Ports and Terminals (IRPT) trade association. Representing professionals in each river basin, Andres encourages continued cooperation with local, state and federal authorities, as well as other waterway associations to promote the value of the inland waterway… Read More
When the giant Jones Act compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) under construction at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, for Virginia’s Dominion Energy, goes to work, on offshore wind projects, a comprehensive technology package from Kongsberg Maritime will play a key role in its operation. To be named Charybdis, the vessel has been… Read More
State officials filed the lawsuit in 2019 after the EPA said GE had finished the job it was required to undertake. HUDSON VALLEY, NY — U.S. District Court Judge David Hurd has dismissed New York State’s lawsuit against the federal Environmental Protection Agency over the GE project to dredge PCBs from the bottom of the… Read More