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A 90-day dredging project to deepen and widen the channels within Shallowbag Bay and Roanoke Sound in Manteo was recently completed successfully, opening up the waterways to many vessels that had previously been unable to navigate the shallow waters due to shoaling—including the Elizabeth II sailing ship docked at Roanoke Island Festival Park. The Dare… Read More
A three-month dredging project to deepen and widen the channels within Shallowbag Bay and Roanoke Sound in Manteo has been completed. The project by Salmons Dredging Inc. began at the end of November 2020 and was completed at the end of February. The 90-day project opened up the waterways, allowing vessels to navigate previously unnavigable… Read More
On March 15, Dare County commissioners moved ahead on two of eight recommendations on dealing with dredge material. Ken Willson with Coastal Protection Engineering shared the results of a study commissioned by Dare County. The study identifies short- and long-term alternatives to create additional capacity for dredge material in order to maintain federal and non-federal… Read More
The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is extending the alternate schedule on the Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke due to continued shoaling issues in the ferry channel just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor, according to an NCDOT press release. The schedule through April 1, weather permitting, is: –… Read More
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior today announced nearly $249 million in fiscal year (FY) 2020 energy revenues to the four offshore Gulf oil and gas producing states, including nearly $110 million for Louisiana and its coastal political subdivisions (CPS). These funds, disbursed annually based on oil and gas production revenue, are used… Read More
BATON ROUGE – White buoys bobbing across one of the LSU Lakes indicate the presence of a tree stump—ever present in the former cypress swamp lands. “It is probably filled with tree stumps and we know that approximately 25 to 30 years ago, they tried to take out a lot of tree stumps and it… Read More
Tucked between South Dakota and Nebraska is a whole lot of what could be Louisiana. A growing mountain’s worth of Missouri River silt and sand that would have flowed to the Mississippi River and down to Louisiana has instead been trapped behind a border dam 85 miles southwest of Sioux Falls. The pile pressed against Gavins Point Dam won’t be spreading across the Mississippi Delta, where it could help rebuild Louisiana’s unraveling… Read More
DredgeWire exclusive by Peter Bowe, Publisher Here in America people are consumed with the annual college basketball extravaganza known as “March Madness;” folks cheer for their favorite team as “We’re number one!” Around the world people are cheering for the Suez Canal Authority dredge Mashhour for saving the day in the Suez Canal. If you think… Read More
Excerpt from White House statement: “President Biden is calling on Congress to invest an additional $17 billion in inland waterways, coastal ports, land ports of entry, and ferries, which are all essential to our nation’s freight. This includes a Healthy Ports program to mitigate the cumulative impacts of air pollution on neighborhoods near ports, often… Read More
The Mid-Barataria sediment diversion project would essentially cut a hole into the levee near Ironton and channel part of the river’s flow into Barataria Bay. NEW ORLEANS — A $2 billion plan to rebuild vanishing wetlands south of New Orleans passed a major milestone this month. The Army Corps of Engineers released its long-awaited environmental… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — The 2-million-cubic-yard Emerald Isle beach nourishment project is moving fast, with two dredge boats hauling sand from the ocean borrow site off Atlantic Beach and discharging it via pipelines to the strand. Carteret County Shore Protection Office Manager Greg Rudolph said in an email Thursday the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co…. Read More
CAPE CARTERET — The long awaited Old Ferry Channel/Deer Creek dredging project is nearly complete, Carteret County Shore Protection Office Manager Greg Rudolph said Monday. “We’re looking really good here,” he said in an email. “Our contractor has completed all the reaches (segments) except for the Old Ferry Channel and Deer Creek South, where we are… Read More
Near the coast, there’s not enough sediment to rebuild marshes; upriver, they can’t get rid of it Tucked between South Dakota and Nebraska is a whole lot of what could be Louisiana. A growing mountain’s worth of Missouri River silt and sand that would have flowed to the Mississippi River and down to Louisiana has instead been… Read More
CEDAR POINT — Cedar Point commissioners Tuesday night agreed to pitch in $2,500 to help pay for dredging in Bogue Inlet this spring. The board met in the town hall, and agreed to the request from Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, which oversees dredging and beach nourishment projects. Town Manager… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – As we await the true story behind multiple artifacts, including cannon, found in the Savannah River last month, we’re now learning more about their significance and a possible connection to the British war ship. “A lot of the early history of Savannah is tied to the water. Maritime history,” said Dr…. Read More