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The Midwest isn’t what comes to mind when we think of America’s coastlines, but the total U.S. coastline of the Great Lakes is more in miles than both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The Midwest’s coastline is a magnet for the many people who visit its beaches and coastal towns, and for the lucky few wealthy enough… Read More
New loan program helps communities reduce shoreline erosion risk WASHINGTON — Legislation sponsored by Michigan Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow that would help shoreline communities address rising water levels and erosion passed the Senate this past week. The Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act would allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency to fund… Read More
The Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) reports that the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021 (NDAA), which today passed the Senate with a veto-proof majority, affirms that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) applies to offshore wind and other renewable energy projects constructed on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). OCSLA, which dates… Read More
American maritime and supply chain trade associations and organizations last week sent letters to Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin and Congressional leaders asking for help in coping with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. One letter, signed by a notably broad industry coalition asks for $3.5 billion in aid to the industry. A separate… Read More
Avangrid’s project off Virginia and North Carolina coasts join gigawatts’ worth of offshore wind in the works along the Eastern seaboard. Avangrid Renewables has submitted a plan to federal regulators for the first 800-megawatt phase of its Kitty Hawk offshore wind project, an opening move in a plan to build 2.5 gigawatts of wind power… Read More
A temporary order extending the area where South Carolina’s residual property insurance market provides insurance has been renewed for another two years. An order issued by South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer says the renewal of the 2007 expansion of the South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting Association (SCWHUA) territory is necessary “to address those… Read More
After more than a century of toxic pollution, Brooklyn’s infamous Gowanus Canal is finally being cleaned up. This November, the Environmental Protection Agency kicked off the first phase of its plan to dredge the entire length of this industrial waterway, scooping out the thick layer of “black mayonnaise” which has settled at its bottom. A… Read More
New studies of the Green Brook Flood Control Project and the renewal of a Rahway River flood study are included in a bill recently passed by the House of Representatives. The original Green Brook Flood Control plan called for the construction of detention basins on the Watchung Ridge in Berkeley Heights to slow the flow of… Read More
A project funded by the Department of Defense will make the NC shoreline more resilient against severe weather and protect fragile ecosystems. The Marine Corps is partnering with state and national organizations to form the longest living shoreline rehabilitation project on the North Carolina coast. The U.S. Department of Defense’s Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration,… Read More
MANTEO — After being stuck at home for nearly four years, the state-owned 16th century representative sailing ship Elizabeth II should soon be able to venture out from its dock alongside Roanoke Island Festival Park. Long-delayed dredging was set to begin Monday at the intersection of Roanoke Sound and Shallowbag Bay, but technical and weather… Read More
The Vineyard Wind project, a proposed 800-megawatt offshore wind energy installation, has been stalled as the company – Vineyard Wind LLC – withdrew its construction and operations plan from review by the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM), on 1 December, effectively halting the project’s progress. The withdrawal, announced in a letter to be… Read More
The Netherlands-headquartered Ventolines has signed on as the offshore wind expertise partner for the Mayflower Wind project in Massachusetts. Ventolines will provide transport and installation expertise on the substation, foundations, inter-array cables, and wind turbines. The Dutch company has also opened its first U.S. office in Boston with the aim of exploring new opportunities in… Read More
Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday created a new Atchafalaya River Basin Restoration and Enhancement Task Force to help the state navigate the conflicting interests within the basin, including fishers, landowners, the oil and gas industry, and communities at risk of flooding. The task force will also attempt to help integrate the use of the… Read More
Two Ellicott dredges were used for the dredging portion of the Lake Seminole Restoration project in Pinellas County, Florida. The dredges – an Ellicott 670HP 14” conventional cutterhead and an Ellicott 370HP 10” conventional cutterhead – worked in conjunction to remove accumulated organic sediment that had degraded the water quality of the lake. The 684-acre… Read More
Following up on our U.S. Offshore Wind Projects webinar held earlier this month as part of the Breakbulk Americas Digital Special, panelist Jonathan Zier from Crowley answers additional viewer questions that we didn’t have time to address during the session, primarily around the Jones Act and how it will affect development of this promising energy… Read More