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Dare County has released a video highlighting a brand-new shallow-draft hopper dredge that is currently under construction in Louisiana and slated to arrive on the Outer Banks next spring. The video, which is titled, “The New Dredge — ‘Miss Katie’ — Arriving April 2022,” debuted at the Dare County Board of Commissioners meeting that took… Read More
Project expected to be complete by April 30 COCOA BEACH, Fla. – Cocoa Beach — the Space Coast’s premier tourism spot — soon will see new sands, dredged up and pumped in from shoals several miles offshore of Cape Canaveral. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin placing the new sand on the so-called… Read More
Offshore wind developer Ørsted is now one step closer to opening Maryland’s first offshore wind staging center — and potentially closer to sharing plans for a new steel manufacturing facility in the state. The company announced Wednesday the completion of $13.2 million in port infrastructure upgrades at Tradepoint Atlantic, Baltimore County’s 3,300-acre former steel mill-turned-logistics… Read More
Construction of the world’s first shipping tunnel has been given the go ahead with state funding coming in for the much debated giant engineering work. The Norwegian Coastal Administration (Kystverket) will compete a tender process this year with construction to start on the Stad Ship Tunnel in 2022 ahead of a planned opening in 2025… Read More
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Thursday, March 11, eased the path for a land-swap deal between the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority and an oil company moving forward, ruling against an environmental group that sought to invalidate the trade by arguing the California Coastal Commission did not follow its own rules when approving the… Read More
Dredging the Savannah River is like a box of chocolates, say those who head up the task. You never know what you’re gonna find. How about three cannons that may date to the American Revolution, an anchor and a likely piece of ship’s timber? The Army Corps of Engineers halted work in the vicinity after… Read More
A nor’easter over three days in February did an estimated $600,000 damage at Ortley Beach, which was the hardest hit in Toms River. TOMS RIVER, NJ — Just more than a month after a nor’easter did an estimated $600,000 damage to Ortley Beach, Toms River Township officials are preparing to address the repairs that need… Read More
A massive coastal restoration project in Louisiana could test whether new wetlands can be created faster than they’re disappearing under waves and rising seas. The $1.5 billion project would redirect more than 12% of the Mississippi River’s flow into Barataria Bay, a nearly 600,000-acre expanse of degraded marsh that’s drowning in salt water. The proposed… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A House subcommittee hearing on innovation and investment in water resources infrastructure turned into a course on the importance of annual dredging at the nation’s ports and what to do with the mountains of material produced by that activity. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), the chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water… Read More
Contractor will grade area of recent bluff collapse DEL MAR — All coastal rail service will be suspended Sunday and again March 20 and 21 for work on the recent Del Mar bluff collapse and for other previously planned projects. Beach access will be limited between Del Mar and Torrey Pines State Beach and, depending… Read More
In the midst a detailed, fact-filled draft letter to the US Army Corps from the Sandwich board of selectmen, one sentence dramatically underscored the town’s urgent need for federal help. “Over the last month, four private homes on Spring Hill Beach have toppled onto the beach and been destroyed as drastic erosion continues to place… Read More
DredgeWire exclusive “Further to our Featured Americas story from last week (Watermaster), DredgeWire has learned that Watermaster won this order in a tender issued by the New York State Canal Corporation in 2020. That tender specifically provided that joint ventures or subcontracts or coproduction agreements would be allowed, facilitating the participation of foreign technology companies… Read More
A newly formed coalition made up of businesses and trade associations are pledging their support for two bills that would “responsibly regulate” commerce and seaports. The Keep Florida’s Economy Sailing coalition launched on Wednesday, throwing its weight behind two bills in the Florida legislature that would protect maritime commerce. Members of the group say they seek… Read More
People gave Outten their own ideas about who should pay to protect their town: the federal government. The state government. The rest of the county. Tourists. People who rent to tourists. The view for many seemed to be, anyone but them. Written by Christopher Flavelle Bobby Outten, a county manager in the Outer Banks, delivered… Read More