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The shipping industry’s emissions keep climbing. Thousands of cargo ships cross the oceans every single day, carrying everything from cars and clothing to plastic pellets and garden gnomes while their giant engines pump greenhouse gases into the air. The shipping industry plays a starring role in global trade, and as its emissions continue to swell,… Read More
An influx of Mississippi River sediment promises to provide vital bird habitat and hurricane protection, but not without disrupting livelihoods. The marshes south of New Orleans are dying, slowly sinking into the rising sea. But when Erik Johnson imagines their future, he sees a paradise for birds. Bald Eagles will feast on fish in Barataria… Read More
Testifiers worry about impacts of streamlined permitting process Maui residents are drawing a line in the sand over a proposal to streamline a statewide permitting process for small-scale beach restoration work. The state Board of Land and Natural Resources during a meeting on Friday voted 5-2 — with board members Doreen Canto of Maui and… Read More
The effects of climate change are already being felt in Connecticut. By the year 2050, experts say further impacts are unavoidable. “It is going to be warmer, the water is going to be higher, it is going to cause flooding more frequently along the shoreline,” explained James O’Donnell, the executive director of the Connecticut Institute… Read More
On a clear morning in early June, cotton sacks filled with shucked scallops hit the scale at Gambardella’s dockside warehouse in Stonington, Connecticut. They’re being offloaded from the Furious, a scallop boat just back from a 12-day trip. Owner and longtime fisherman Joe Gilbert runs four scallop boats out of this dock. Up in the… Read More
Harbor dredging shows limited gains OCEANSIDE — Oceanside’s annual harbor dredging and the occasional regional sand replenishment projects are not enough to save the city’s eroding beaches, a new study shows. A proposal to build rock groins on the beach appears to be the best way to stop or at least slow the steady erosion… Read More
Talks about the lacking funds for local area beach nourishment projects, or Coastal Storm Damage Reduction, played out in Congress last month. Days after, Gov. Roy Cooper stationed himself among a group of state and national politicians working toward a solution. There has been a scramble for replacement money in the months since the U.S…. Read More
On The Capitol Beach, Derek Brockbank discusses the Administration’s proposed FY22 budget for NOAA, with Kim Texeira, Division Chief of Policy, Planning, and Communications with NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management. With a proposed increase of $1.5 Billion over FY21, NOAA’s budget has significant increases for many different programs, but perhaps none more so than for… Read More
The ASBPA National Beach Nourishment Database provides National-scale statistics on U.S. communities beach nourishment efforts over the last century (Elko et al. 2021). The database has been compiled over the last two decades and is updated annually by ASBPA membership. The goal of the database is to provide the public and ASBPA members with detailed… Read More
DredgeWire Exclusive President Biden has directed the Federal Maritime Commission to investigate ocean shippers for “excessive” demurrage as part of new massive executive order for Big Business; Targeting “unjust and unreasonable fees.” From the Executive Order Shipping: In maritime shipping, the global marketplace has rapidly consolidated. In 2000, the largest 10 shipping companies controlled 12% of the market…. Read More
General Patton Contracted to Remove 369,000 Cubic Yards of Material as Part of Annual Maintenance Dredging GALVESTON, TX – July 7, 2021 – Callan Marine is proud to serve as the prime contractor to the Texas Department of Transportation for a maintenance dredging project located at the Bolivar Ferry Terminal. The project consists of the… Read More
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – It has been a year since Mother Earth Materials invested in an IMS Model 7012 HP Versi-Dredge for mining sand at their Corpus Christi, Texas plant. Mother Earth Materials is a high-volume sand, fill, and soil supplier to builders, government, and industry in South Texas. Mother Earth Materials is using their… Read More
The Milwaukee Estuary is moving a step closer to clean water and space for recreation, thanks to partial approval of funding for a sediment containment facility. The facility will help to remove harmful chemicals from the waters that have settled in the estuary, said Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District executive director Kevin Shafer. “They’ve been there for… Read More
Longtime ocean advocate hails comeback of overlooked stretch of Rhode Island coast EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Growing up in the 1970s and ’80s across the Seekonk and Providence rivers in Rhode Island’s capital, John Torgan spent plenty of time exploring the state’s urban shoreline. He remembers them as dumps filled with sewage and littered with… Read More
HOLLAND — A partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative will use federal funds to deal with erosion and high water levels along Lake Michigan. NOAA will use $500,000 in funding made available by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to create the Lake Michigan Coastal Resilience Initiative. The… Read More