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EAST CHICAGO — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to dredge another 182,300 cubic yards of sediment from the Indianan Harbor Ship Canal this year. It has dredged approximately 1.6 million cubic yards of sediment from the canal since 2012. “The current forecast to start is in July,” said Fernando Treviño, executive director for… Read More
The county needs beachfront property owners’ permission to deposit sand to fortify the coast. Flagler County is making progress on securing the easements needed for a large beach renourishment project designed to protect homes and businesses along the coast in future hurricanes. The county government won the Army Corps of Engineers’ support for a multimillion… Read More
UPDATE: Tracy Spahr – Public & Media Relations Principal, Marketing & Communications for the Port, responded: “The Port reviewed a variety of sands and selected a sand of a quality, color and texture that closely matches the current sand at Kellogg Beach. The sand will be coming from East County Sand, LLC based in Lakeside,… Read More
The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium will award a total of USD 10.3 million (around EUR 9.1 million) to twelve projects selected in its latest solicitation for offshore wind research and development (R&D). The funding will support research in areas such as the U.S. offshore wind supply chain, offshore wind impact on… Read More
ALBANY — Nearly five years after the removal of contaminated sediments in the Hudson River, environmental advocates remain concerned that levels of toxic chemicals detected in fish are not dropping quickly enough. Data from fish collected in 2019 show that the levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, did not show statistically significant improvement over 2018…. Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Town Manager Matt Zapp said this week work to replace the handicap access ramp to the beach at the Eastern Ocean Regional Access is complete and the project to repair facilities at the Western Ocean Regional Access is on track to finish and allow the parking lot to reopen by Friday, June… Read More
The Lake Redwood reclamation project in Redwood Falls is officially under way and has recently taken a big step. Although anticipation for the dredging activities is growing, the first step is to construct the confined disposal facility (CDF) which will hold and dewater the dredged materials over time. A parcel of land, 140-acres in size,… Read More
Standing at Grand Traverse Harbor on the Keweenaw Peninsula, a look right reveals picturesque yellow-sand beaches and unassuming seasonal homes. A look left includes nothing but a black shoreline on this part of the peninsula, which juts into Lake Superior in Upper Michigan. Jay Parent scooped up a handful of the pebbly black sand, which… Read More
Eight Jacksonville, Fla., firefighters were injured last night when an explosion occurred as they were battling a fire on board the Höegh Autoliners car carrier Höegh Xiamen at the Port of Jacksoville’s Blount Island Terminal. A ninth firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion. WJXT News4Jax reports Fire Chief Keith Powers as saying in a 10.15… Read More
The Siemens Gamesa turbine components destined for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project are being loaded onto Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Vole au vent in the Port of Halifax, Canada. Source: Siemens Gamesa The vessel first departed from Canada to the project site offshore Virginia on 20 May, carrying the monopiles and… Read More
Tradepoint Atlantic, a 3,300-acre multimodal global logistics center in Baltimore, Maryland, featuring an unmatched combination of access to deep-water berths, rail and highway, today announced that BAE Systems’ “Titan” dry dock will be arriving and docking at the onsite dry dock to undergo a five-month-long repair and maintenance program starting on June 4. This announcement… Read More
Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, United States Contractor to Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, United States An increasing abundance of projects demonstrate that coastal management strategies that align engineering and ecological objectives can deliver a wide range benefits. Better understanding how these strategies… Read More
GREENVILLE – The town will spend another $51,578 to restore a navigable stream that was illegally dredged 3½ years ago. The latest phase of the restoration will add rock to stabilize the stream bank where erosion has occurred. The work was mandated by state regulators overseeing the project and will push the cost of the… Read More
KANKAKEE — It may be hard to believe, but when it comes to the rehabilitation of the Kankakee River, $7 million represents a good start, a mere drop in the bucket. State Sen. Patrick Joyce, D-Essex, helped the region claim $7 million of state construction money through the Rebuild Illinois program and will dedicate all… Read More
Extra dredging is being done this week in the St. Joseph outer harbor thanks to action by the St. Joseph City Commission on Sunday. The body held a rare weekend meeting to authorize the reimbursement of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for more than 7,300 cubic yards of extra sand to be dredged from… Read More