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Maritime Administration Announces Notice of Funding Opportunity for America’s Small Shipyard Grant Program Grants will provide more than $19 million in funding WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced the availability of $19.6 million in Federal funding to U.S. small shipyards through the Small Shipyard Grant Program. These investments… Read More
Quincy, MA — Today, Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Co., LLC of Quincy, Massachusetts, announced the execution of a design contract with IHC America Inc. for a new 6,500 cubic yard trailing suction hopper dredge. The new vessel will complement Cashman Dredging’s current fleet of specialized dredging equipment and will primarily service the coastal protection and… Read More
In this edition of Marine Log’s Listen Up! podcast, Alfonso Castillero, chief operating officer of the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry, the U.S.-based manager of the Liberian Registry, gives us some insights into how the flag’s investment in technology is helping shipowners stay in compliance with changing port state control requirements and how this… Read More
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) says it is funding up to $14.5 million for environmental research to support U.S. offshore wind development. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will support regionally focused, coordinated research efforts to increase understanding of the environmental impacts of offshore wind, as well as projects that advance and validate tools to… Read More
On December 22, 2020, the Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) praised congressional passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 as part of the FY 2021 omnibus spending bill and urged President Trump to sign it into law. DCA’s CEO & Executive Director Richard Balzano made the following statement in support of WRDA’s passage:… Read More
DURHAM – The Town Council will debate the fate of the historic Oyster River Dam on Feb. 15. The council is scheduled to meet with the engineering firm it hired to outline the options for the dam’s future, during its Feb. 15 meeting, according to Town Administrator Todd Selig. “In the minds of long-term Durham… Read More
The offshore wind juggernaut continues at full force in the US, with New York State announcing that Equinor, with incoming partner BP, had won a solicitation to provide 2.5 gW of electricity from two offshore lease areas. Importantly, Equinor has committed to invest in portside infrastructure- in Brooklyn at a dormant terminal that was a… Read More
The majority of the Queens Borough Board voted in favor — with the exception of one community board chair — to adopt the city’s Zoning for Coastal Flood Resiliency (ZCFR) text amendment, which would make permanent some building standards that would increase resilience to climate change in coastal areas. The board, which includes the chairs… Read More
A group of environmentally minded designers is hoping to make cleaning up beach litter a little easier. Several East End beaches now have cleanup stations stocked with baskets like those you’d expect to see at the supermarket. The idea is simple: As you head out onto the beach, grab a basket so you can easily… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — After years of planning, dredging of Old Ferry Channel in Bogue Sound between Cape Carteret and Emerald Isle, as well as in Deer Creek in Cape Carteret, is underway. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, which oversees dredging and beach nourishment projects, said Friday work started Thursday in… Read More
ELLSWORTH — A Gulf of Maine offshore wind power initiative Maine Governor Janet Mills rolled out late last year has raised concern in the lobster fishing community, with Maine Lobstermen’s Association Executive Director Patrice McCarron telling The American that “the area identified by the state of Maine for a potential offshore wind farm is prime… Read More
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — South Carolina’s Chief Administrative Law Judge has upheld DeBordieu Colony Community Association’s permit for beach nourishment. The plan includes placement of up to 650,000 cubic yards of sand and three groins on DeBordieu Beach at the southern end of the development. The groins will be built perpendicular to the beach… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Town commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday night to concur with the Carteret County Beach Commission’s recommendation to not opt into a federal beach nourishment program for Bogue Banks. The vote came during the Emerald Isle Board of Commissioners’ monthly meeting, conducted on GoToMeeting. Commissioner Jim Normile, who is vice chairperson of the beach panel,… Read More
As the cost of offshore wind power has been driven down by Europe and China, companies in the US are planning enough capacity to power millions of homes. Americans owe Europe a thank you. Two decades ago, Germany’s new renewable energy feed-in tariff stimulated the market for rooftop solar power. A decade ago, Denmark, Germany and… Read More
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard will bring a less militaristic face to the persistent global presence of U.S. naval power outlined in the new Tri-Service Maritime Strategy, the Coast Guard’s commandant says. The strategy, unveiled in mid-December, seeks an integrated, all-domain naval power consisting of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard,… Read More