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We had some pretty hard storms here in South Jersey this winter. With summer less than a month away, various beach towns are starting to examine the damage in order to carry out any restoration projects that are necessary before the start of shoobie season. The towns with super wide beaches (looking at you, Wildwood),… Read More
Research Receives $2M from DOE to Make Wastewater Treatment Energy Neutral and Keep Billions of Pounds of Sludge Out of Landfills May 3, 2021 BY: Sharon Gaudin PHOTOGRAPHY: Matt Burgos A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) received a nearly $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to create renewable… Read More
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Thursday it is about to open a 30-day public comment period for an offshore wind farm, Revolution Wind, planned for waters south of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. This comment period kicks off the environmental review of the project. If BOEM approves it, Revolution Wind would be allowed… Read More
Ten properties adjacent to bay team up to launch project Citing severe coastal erosion that puts public safety and infrastructure at risk, a group of Lahaina neighbors is proposing a multimillion dollar project that would gather offshore sand to expand Kahana Bay to about 65 feet — similar to its width nearly a half century… Read More
Newly elected senator says he is committed to keeping Port of Savannah at ‘top of the agenda’ U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) visited the Georgia Ports Authority for the first time on Tuesday, where he talked about the importance of securing funding to finish the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project. The $973 million deepening is on schedule to… Read More
Sea-level rise is often pointed to as the unbeatable culprit chomping away at Southern California’s most popular asset. But rising seas aren’t the only reason the coastline is disappearing. Decades of development along the coast blocked sand flow to beaches. Local shores historically have had a helping hand from the federal government in staying wide… Read More
An abandoned tugboat deemed to be a “nuisance vessel” was scuttled offshore Southeast Alaska, Sunday. The operation to sink the derelict tugboat Lumberman was carried out by the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) Docks and Harbors and Global Diving and Salvage, assisted by Coast Guard Sector Juneau. The Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick, a… Read More
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands, today announces is providing $10 million in cash support to six Alaska port communities severely impacted by the ongoing U.S. suspension of cruise voyages. Approximately 60% of all tourism in Alaska is generated through cruising, which… Read More
WELLFLEET – The town’s Dredging Task Force is hoping a lobbyist will help open the doors for the dredging of the mooring field in Wellfleet Harbor next year. Last month, the Select Board approved a $25,000, one-year contract with the lobbying firm FBB Federal Relations, which will represent the town in discussions with the U.S. Army… Read More
A conservation group filed suit asking a judge to stop a federal agency from dredging a Georgia harbor during the nesting season for rare sea turtles that began over the weekend. The group One Hundred Miles filed suit Friday in U.S. District Court against the Army Corps of Engineers, which plans to end a policy that… Read More
This issue of Western Dredging Association’s (WEDA) Journal of Dredging contains two interesting manuscripts. The first provides a technically sound basis for analyzing slurry transport in inclined pipes. The results are very useful for estimating slurry flows from deep depths through an inclined pipe. The second paper discusses a range of approaches to increase beneficial… Read More
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution that paves the way for zero-emission waterborne transport. On 27 April, the European Parliament’s Plenary session adopted a resolution on “technical and operational measures for more efficient and cleaner maritime transport”, to achieve a climate-neutral transition of the waterborne transport sector by 2050, as aimed at by the… Read More
Port of Rotterdam Authority has sold its last remaining icebreaker tug to contractor Zijsling en Zonen BV in Jutrijp, Friesland. RPA 20 was one of four similar icebreakers built by Hendriks Shipbuilding in the 1960s and part of PRA’s fleet of port service vessels, the distinctive profiles of most indicating their towing capabilities as part… Read More
In a hotter climate, dirt is a hot commodity. With sea levels expected to rise three to six feet by the end of the century, coastal communities are moving fast to construct major shoreline projects to protect themselves. As the size of these projects expands, the primary building materials–dirt and mud –are getting scarce. Dirt… Read More
Worldwide, the offshore wind industry’s global installed capacity is set to exceed 250 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, driven by a surge in coming projects, a Rystad Energy report shows. The combined capital and operational expenditure for the decade is set to add up to $810 billion, signaling an increasing shift of investments from oil and… Read More