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Every day, boats travel into the San Francisco Bay, carrying with them cargo and other supplies. Some travel up the channel that connects the San Francisco Bay to Stockton. It’s the primary route for tankers carrying oil products to and from several oil refineries. This channel is naturally pretty shallow, about 35 feet. But a… Read More
Occupying part of the beach in Marina for decades, the last coastal sand mine in the United States has ceased operations, according to officials at the California Coastal Commission. Cemex, a multinational company based in Mexico, notified the commission in mid-October that it had stopped mining sand at its Marina dredge pond, fulfilling the central… Read More
The Westchester Bay Homeowners and Seagate Lagoon Associations sought a permit for structural repairs to an existing bulkhead in order to protect the residential development. SAN DIEGO—The California Coastal Commission at its Nov. 5 meeting approved a coastal development permit sought by the Westchester Bay Homeowners and Seagate Lagoon Associations to make structural repairs to… Read More
A four-year battle over a plan to dredge 13 miles of waterways to clear San Francisco Bay for larger oil tankers ended Monday. BAY AREA, CA — A four-year battle over a plan to dredge 13 miles of waterways to clear San Francisco Bay for larger oil tankers ended Monday, with the U.S. Army Corp… Read More
DredgeWire exclusive Dec 8, 2020 – The US Small Business Administration (SBA) has just released detailed data on loans to small companies, including to the US dredging industry, as part of its PPP program, a stimulus program to counter the economic impact of Covid-19. The companies included both dredging contractors and dredging equipment suppliers as well… Read More
Maybe, if you squint really hard and the skies are clear, you might be able to convince yourself that you see them, out on the horizon: two turbines spinning far offshore of Virginia Beach. You can’t, of course — the distance to the Dominion Energy-owned offshore wind outpost is too great. Bill Murray, a senior… Read More
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a Request for Information (RFI) process regarding the research needs for integration of large-scale offshore wind energy generation into the transmission grid. The purpose of the RFI, issued by DOE’s Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), is to solicit input from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and the… Read More
A bipartisan group is leading a push to shore up the Great Lakes which have been battered by storms, high water and widespread coastal erosion in recent years. The eight-state Great Lakes region accounts for a whopping one-third of our industry’s annual boat sales. Several relevant initiatives have been introduced in Congress to address the… Read More
Winds blowing off the Oregon Coast are some of the strongest in the nation, offshore or on land. They hold significant energy potential. Wind researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are now assessing offshore wind’s ability to provide value-beyond just the electricity that could be produced-to the power system in Oregon and parts of… Read More
Rochester council voices support for added planning for project that adds lake and trail changes to planned dredging effort. A $13.3 million proposal for Silver Lake received enough Rochester City Council support Monday to move forward to the next stage of planning. “It sounds like there is a lot of consensus for moving forward, a… Read More
On Monday, one of the most active and tumultuous Atlantic hurricane seasons on record will end. That’s reassuring news for New Jersey’s oceanfront communities, who, for another year, were spared a direct hit and continue to benefit from a 50-year beach-replenishment project by the Army Corps of Engineers that has left most of the state’s… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers says thousands of people have sent comments about a proposal for huge pumps to drain floodwaters from parts of the rural Mississippi Delta. They represent a wide range of viewpoints, Vicksburg District spokeswoman Jessica Dulaney told The Vicksburg Post. Supporters say the $400 million project is… Read More
The St. Simons Sound Response Unified Command (the Coast Guard, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and Gallagher Marine Systems) has taken a big step forward in its efforts to dismantle the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray and remove it safely, section by section. By Saturday, the twin gantry heavy lift catamaran VEB… Read More
(CN) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has abandoned plans to dredge a 13-mile stretch of the San Francisco Bay to make it easier for oil tankers to access oil refineries in the area. According to the corps, its about-face stems from the Port of Stockton’s decision to drop out as a non-federal cost-sharing… Read More
Federal Government Withdraws Plan Because of Lack of Local Support OAKLAND, Calif. November 30, 2020 — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced it will withdraw plans to dredge a 13-mile stretch of San Francisco Bay and adjacent waters in a project that would have allowed larger oil tankers to access local oil refineries. “Good riddance to… Read More