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By Richard Balzano Congress recently made a major, if little noticed, new investment in American infrastructure. As part of the year-end budget deal, lawmakers released $10 billion that had been locked away in the Harbor Maintenance Tax Trust Fund to be used for its intended purpose: dredging U.S. harbors to keep our ports open and support U.S. economic and national security. Maritime infrastructure is an indispensable national asset, which is why the U.S. Department of… Read More
(Reuters) – Two Fieldwood Energy LLC oil workers face federal criminal charges for allegedly separately allowing crude oil spills from offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms to avoid required shut downs. The two were indicted Tuesday for spills in 2015 and 2018, according to complaints by the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana…. Read More
Congress’ amendments to the Jan. 1 National Defense Authorization Act “cleared up any ambiguity” that all U.S. laws governing offshore energy apply equally to the new wind sector, a top maritime lawyer says. “Prior to that, it wasn’t so clear…All those laws are crystal-clear now,” Charlie Papavizas, chair of maritime practice in the international law… Read More
PLUM ISLAND — The federal budget for the coming fiscal year includes $19 million for dredging sand from the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers, with thousands of cubic yards of that sand targeted to help stem erosion at the beach along Reservation Terrace. Plum Island Foundation President Marc Sarkady said more than 220,000 cubic yards of sand from… Read More
A public posting by Collier Materials concerning dredging permits for Lake LBJ is insufficient, said Save Lake LBJ, a group concerned about the impact of equipment traffic on country roads and wildlife, noise pollution, and the effect on Lake LBJ itself. Collier Materials officially filed Jan. 18 with the Lower Colorado River Authority for permits… Read More
What’s in a Wall? Rising seas, strengthening storms and eye-popping real estate growth have forced Charleston to consider extreme steps to protect its downtown peninsula, the engine of the state’s relentless tourism industry. To do nothing is a nonstarter, and would risk billions of dollars in storm damage and gamble the city’s priceless cultural history…. Read More
The Schuylkill was supposed to be deeper by now. After tons of sediment were removed from the riverbed, the waters — and the historic regattas that run along it in Philadelphia — were meant to be restored to their former glory. But more than a year later, the project is at a standstill. Citing a… Read More
NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Despite sluggish returns in 2020 due to unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak, the global dredging market is expected to report 3.3% YOY growth in 2021, a significant improvement over 3.5% y-o-y exhibited in 2020, finds Fact MR in a new study. The overall growth outlook remains positive, especially as applications… Read More
BERKELEY – A dredging project is not only opening up channels for boaters but working to preserve salt marshes nearby. Boaters in the Berkeley Shores area have noticed for years that the channels were becoming difficult to navigate. The neighborhoods out there had man-made lagoons, and nature is hard to control. Erosion would cause the… Read More
Details about a comprehensive proposal laying out numerous options for disposal of dredge material occupied much of Wednesday’s meeting of the Dare County Waterways Commission, indicating that finding somewhere to put excess sand may be as challenging as finding ways to keep it from washing away. In a lengthy slide presentation on the proposed Dare… Read More
PINE KNOLL SHORES — Stormwater drainage improvements and shoreline protection are on their way to Pine Knoll Shores, courtesy of the N.C. Coastal Federation. The town board of commissioners met online via Zoom Jan. 13 for its regular meeting and unanimously approved a restoration declaration. The declaration is for a project town officials have partnered… Read More
ATLANTIC BEACH — Beach nourishment ended in Fort Macon State Park and moved into eastern Atlantic Beach this week, with sand coming from the harbor at the N.C. Port of Morehead City. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, which oversees dredging and nourishment projects, said in an email Monday the J.S…. Read More
Ex-MPCA leaders opposed the project, which left fragments of cans on Park Point beaches. DULUTH – The city is warning residents to be careful on Park Point beaches after locals found 1970s-era metal can fragments that were dumped during a recent dredging project aimed at protecting the shoreline from Lake Superior’s high water levels. The… Read More
In the past six months, ferry runs have been canceled nearly two dozen times because it is not safe for the ferry to go through a channel that has filled in with silt and eelgrass. Chebeague Islander Courtney Doughty is used to planning her life around the ferry schedule and dealing with the inconveniences that… Read More
The Barnstable County dredge program, which helps towns across Cape Cod clear harbors and waterways, may increase its rate of service in the coming fiscal year. Barnstable County Dredge Administrator Ken Cirillo told the Barnstable County Board of Regional Commissioners at their regular meeting on Wednesday, January 20, that the increase to the rates is… Read More