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The monthly Southern Shores Town Council meeting took place on May 5 at 5:30 p.m. Council members met, while maintaining social distance, at the Pitts Center to receive updates on recycling, beach nourishment and the fiscal year 2020/2021 budget. Wes Haskett, interim town manager, reported that the proposed 2020/2010 budget was filed on May 5… Read More
The towns had planned for a meeting in March, but it was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. MARSHFIELD — Before the coronavirus pandemic, Marshfield Planning Director Greg Guimond and his Duxbury counterpart planned a public presentation and meeting in March for a plan for beach nourishment by dumping sand on and near beaches to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District is advising mariners that scheduled maintenance is ongoing at Maxwell Locks and Dam on the Monongahela River. The district’s dive team will perform underwater dive work on the upper guide wall in both the primary and auxiliary chambers. Additionally, the regional repair fleet will perform work on… Read More
FALMOUTH – It has taken several years but we have finally gotten photos of the missing piece of our rather informal visual study of dredging projects on Cape Cod. We found two barges at rest in Falmouth Harbor, with their often unseen drill bits, known as cutterheads, exposed. Back in April, at the Monomoy National… Read More
Despite 16 US offshore wind projects in the pipeline, strained resources at BOEM are slowing the approval process Economic activity generated by offshore wind development could provide a massive boost to the US post-pandemic economy, amounting to US$25Bn annually before 2030. Led by commitments of 9 GW in New York and 7.5 GW in New… Read More
A consortium led by Dominion Energy is developing a Jones Act compliant installation vessel for the U.S. offshore wind sector. Funded by the consortium, the vessel is set to enter service in 2023 and operate on offshore wind projects located off the East Coast. According to the company, it will be equipped to handle all… Read More
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has received results from surface water and sediment sampling performed in November 2019 to determine if per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly called PFAS, are present in areas that are targeted for potential cleanup-related dredging across the US EPA-designated Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern (AOC). Results indicate… Read More
The hopper dredge WESTPORT is back in Anchorage with her very experienced crew for the final round of a three-year maintenance #dredging contract for US Army Corps of Engineers in support of Port of Alaska. #westcoastdredging Source: linkedin
In April, Gator Dredging completed a maintenance dredging project for the City of Fort Pierce, Florida, along the Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW). The work included hydraulically dredging and dewatering about 10,500 cubic yards of sediment from the ICWW, approximately 2,500 feet south of the A1A bridge in Fort Pierce, Florida. The area had shoaled to emergency… Read More
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – With eyes around the world on Jacksonville’s beaches, some of the first to open amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many are noticing the pier rebuilding project is on pause. The Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier, which was damaged by Hurricanes Matthew and Irma in 2016 and 2017, respectively, is part of a nearly… Read More
A 51-foot-long U.S. Army Corps of Engineers towboat has sat at the bottom of the Mississippi River somewhere near the U.S. 190 Bridge for the past 10 days after it capsized while helping an agency dredge that hit the bridge last week, authorities said Friday. Three crew members on the sunken towboat, the M/V Sanderford,… Read More
Federal Maritime Commissioner Louis E. Sola will lead a fact finding investigation and work with key industry stakeholders to identify commercial measures passenger cruise lines can adopt to mitigate COVID-19 related impacts to this sector of the maritime industry. The Federal Maritime Commission designated Commissioner Sola to serve as the Fact Finding Officer for Fact… Read More
Drone footage taken April 27 in Emerald isle shows renourishment work for the $28.2 million phase 2 project to repair Hurricane Florence’s damage to the beach in 2018. Planting sea oats on dunes will begin this week now that the final load of sand has been delivered to west Emerald Isle, which wrapped up the… Read More
MOREHEAD CITY — Crews last week finished dredging the Pelletier Creek harbor, a project more than a year in the making. The actual dredging work began April 21 and was complete Tuesday, according to Morehead City Planning Director Sandi Watkins. Final surveying work and other finishing touches to ensure the harbor is at the proper… Read More
San Diego-based energy company and LNG operator Sempra Energy has pushed back its decision on the Port Arthur LNG project. To remind, in March this year, Sempra Energy tagged the contractor Bechtel for a turn-key EPC deal. As a result of the deal, Bechtel will perform the detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, performance testing… Read More