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Rhode Island-based offshore wind crew transfer vessel owner and operator Atlantic Wind Transfers plans to be to be at the forefront in providing crew transfer services up and down the East Coast as the U.S. offshore wind industry expands. As part of its growth plan, the company will use DNV’s seamless Fit for Purpose program… Read More
Galeton Borough Council will make minimal repairs to the Berger Lake dam so the majority of a grant can be used to dredge the lake. At its meeting April 14, council reviewed the dam study by Schnabel Engineering, which detailed repairs needed to the dam before the lake can be dredged. The first option included… Read More
The state will also help a sea level rise study on Longboat Key The House and Senate continue to haggle over environmental protection matters but agreed on more than $2 million for reef restoration. Both chambers have also agreed to an assortment of other environmental expenditures, including a Longboat Key sea level rise program and… Read More
ALBERT LEA, Minnesota – It’s a project aimed to address water quality issues affecting Fountain Lake and its three bays: Bancroft, Dane’s and Edgewater. Phase two of the multi-phase dredging project has officially kicked off, with dredgers cleaning out sediment and heavy phosphoric silt from the lake bed and pumped to an off-site confined disposal… Read More
OAK ISLAND — Slated to make a key decision on assigning sand assessment amounts to residents Thursday, Oak Island Town Council will instead delay the determination for an estimated nine months. At a special meeting set to discuss sand assessments required to pay for a $40 million long-term beach nourishment project, Town Manager David Kelly… Read More
NEWBURYPORT (CBS) – Plum Island homeowners are upset large sand bags are now buried and breaking apart on the beach. “I have videos of bags floating into the ocean,” said Lela Wright. “Where will these remnants end up and how’s that going to impact the resource and the environment?” said Robert Ciampitti. The bags are… Read More
HONOLULU Magazine emerged from predecessor “Paradise of the Pacific,” which began in 1888, fulfilling a commission by King Kalākaua. That makes this the oldest continuously published magazine west of the Mississippi with an enviable archive worth diving into each month. Here’s a look back at April 2001. Mucking Around” takes on the topic of dredging… Read More
A pending commitment by wind energy developers to use only union labor has caught some of the state’s top construction firms off guard. Maine’s largest construction contractors say they fear being shut out of work in the state’s nascent offshore wind industry because of a pending labor agreement between the lead project developer and trade… Read More
A group of Senate Republicans that includes Ohio’s Rob Portman plans to present a broad alternative to President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan later this week. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican, told reporters Tuesday, April 20, she anticipates GOP lawmakers will provide their own infrastructure proposal “in the… Read More
The Biden administration is fighting climate change in part by pushing for cars and trucks to be more fuel efficient and reduce emissions, but so far, that talk hasn’t landed in another mode of transportation: barges. In light of increased pressure to advance the cause of green energy, the future of the barge industry is… Read More
Ten orphaned oil and gas wells and an associated groundwater well at Padre Island National Seashore were recently plugged as part of Restore the Gulf, a program that uses Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill funding to clean up the Gulf of Mexico shoreline from South Texas to Eastern Florida. The money is administered by the Railroad… Read More
CAPE CARTERET — The in-water portion of the Old Ferry Channel/Deer Creek dredging project ended Thursday, which was the deadline. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, said in an email the remaining work is on land. “We have to conduct some final grading of the upland disposal sites, which we anticipate… Read More
From University of Southern Mississippi University Communications HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) _ The University of Southern Mississippi was recently awarded $7 million in state funding to support infrastructure associated with the Roger F. Wicker Center for Ocean Enterprise. The appropriated money from both capital expense funds and the Mississippi Development Authority’s Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, brings… Read More
After a break for the winter, dredging began again Monday on Fountain Lake. Shell Rock River Watershed District Administrator Andy Henschel said work started with the small dredge in Dane Bay on Monday and was slated to start up Tuesday in the main bay. Dredging and marine construction company J.F. Brennan is expected to remove… Read More
Road work and canal dredging will impact traffic for some motorists traveling through the city of Port Huron. Construction on McMorran Boulevard from Huron Avenue to Merchant Street is scheduled to begin Monday, weather permitting. Work slated for the stretch of roadway includes water main replacement, sanitary sewer installation and street reconstruction. The project, which… Read More