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The largest heavy lift vessel ever built in the U.S., the twin-gantry, twin-barge catamaran VB-10,000, designed and owned by Versabar, Inc., New Orleans, has arrived in the Port of Fernandina, Fla., to undergo final modifications and checks before heading for St. Simons Sound, Ga., where it will be used to remove the capsized car carrier… Read More
The Jacksonville Port Authority will go to City Council this month for up to $70 million as the city’s share of deepening the St. Johns River, which would be the final scoop of money needed for bringing deeper water all the way to the Blount Island docks by 2023. JaxPort says the $484 million deepening… Read More
The restraining order request comes just days before the Lido Key renourishment project is set to begin. Save Our Siesta Sand 2, an organization formed to protect Siesta Key beaches and the environment, has asked a federal judge for an emergency temporary restraining order to halt the dredging of Big Pass over the weekend. The… Read More
The state budget Gov. Ron DeSantis signed this week contains millions of dollars for projects that will directly, and indirectly, help clean Treasure Coast waterways. The budget for fiscal year 2020-21 includes more than $322 million for Everglades restoration projects, $160 million for targeted water quality improvements and $25 million to combat harmful algal blooms… Read More
The applicant, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, is proposing a project to dredge the New Kernsville Dam impoundment, including the historic Schuylkill River channel, and remove the New Kernsville Dam. The project area is located along the Schuylkill River in Tilden and Windsor Townships, Berks County, Pennsylvania. More details are available in the scribd… Read More
July 2020 WaterLog Source: waterlog.net
Washington D.C. – The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today issued the following statement supporting Senator Cassidy, Senator Whitehouse, and other Senate leaders who sent a letter to the Treasury Department on the importance of safe-guarding America’s offshore wind energy future. “The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing challenges facing offshore wind development, threatening to sink… Read More
In this edition of Listen Up!, we talk with David Lee, senior account manager, new sales, at ABB Marine & Ports. He oversees all sales initiatives for towboats, tugs, dredging and marine construction throughout North and South America. In this podcast, we discuss the current state of the U.S. tug market, how it compares on… Read More
Dominion Energy announced Friday the successful instillation of the first offshore wind farm to be approved by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, and installed in federal waters. Once the two-turbine, 12-megawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot project built 27 miles off Virginia Beach is energized later this summer, the offshore wind farm… Read More
Reprinted from Carteret County News-Times EMERALD ISLE — It’s been about two months since the last Bogue Banks beach renourishment project ended April 29, but Carteret County officials are moving to go out for bids for the third phase of what’s known as the post-Hurricane Florence project. Greg Rudolph, manager of the County Shore Protection… Read More
Investments Focused on Safety and Capacity to Strengthen Rail Network, Help Reduce Emissions, and Support Economic Growth VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that, as part of its strategic investments to support growing demand and enable supply chains, it plans to invest approximately $445 million… Read More
Question: Why are there large machines and digging along the Neenah Slough and into Bridgewood Golf Course? Answer: The activity you witnessed is the government-ordered removal of contaminated soil and sediment from the Neenah Slough. The contamination was discovered in late 2008 and subsequently was traced to stormwater runoff from Neenah Foundry, 2121 Brooks Ave…. Read More
This study’s purpose is to address critical-infrastructure and evacuation-route protection, along with structural-damage reduction, in response to coastal storm risks and effects and associated impacts such as sea-level rise, storm surge, and extreme wind and tidal effects. The study’s three-year timeline started in October 2018 and will terminate with a Chief’s Report in September 2021…. Read More
A Historic Preservation Commission plaque highlights the beginning of the Portage Canal near its pedestrian bridge that connects West Mullett Street and West Edgewater Street. Portage City Administrator Shawn Murphy said Tuesday that dredging of the canal along with other improvements will get underway in 2021. Work to improve the Portage Canal will come at… Read More