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Derecktor Shipyards reports that it is moving ahead at full speed on its plans to convert the nearly 100-year-old Port of Fort Pierce, Fla., into a full-service repair and refit facility for the global fleet of megayachts. After 11 months of review, the engineering and plans for Derecktor Ft. Pierce’s new haul-out basin have been… Read More
The mouth of Cow Creek is so backed up with sand and silt it’s a hazard to boaters and upstream landowners alike, Bright’s Grove residents say. One of them, Mark Moran, is asking Sarnia to dredge the outlet, and city council is expected to consider the issue on Oct. 26. Cow Creek winds through Bright’s… Read More
U.S. Fourth District Congressman John Rutherford visited the Port of Fernandina last Thursday to observe and discuss long-awaited federally funded dredging work being done to deepen the turning area at the port with Worldwide Terminals Fernandina CEO Christopher Ragucci and members of the Ocean Highway and Port Authority board. Worldwide is the port operator and… Read More
China’s offshore wind sector, like solar and onshore wind before it, is soaring, boosted by policy support and improved technology. In the past two years, China’s offshore wind power has increased more than any other nation. A Global Wind Energy Council report on offshore wind in 2019 described the year as the best yet for… Read More
Work on a Yakima dam removal project that aims to improve fish passage and water reliability is slated to start next year. Nelson Dam, on the Naches tributary of the Yakima River, was built in the 1920s to divert irrigation water for Yakima and the Naches-Cowiche Irrigation Co. The original design did not allow any… Read More
Dominion Energy said Wednesday that a wind energy pilot project off the Virginia coast is ready for commercial service. The utility wants to make the port of Hampton Roads the hub for building future offshore wind projects along the East Coast. But North Carolina also has its eye on that business. Dominion’s $300 million project… Read More
The study is a blueprint for capitalizing on this habitat’s capacity to store carbon In the world’s largest seagrass restoration project, scientists have observed an ecosystem from birth to full flowering. As part of a 20-plus-years project, researchers and volunteers spread more than 70 million eelgrass seeds over plots covering more than 200 hectares, just… Read More
12MW project is now ready for commercial operations to deliver power to Virginia customers Dominion Energy has announced today that the 12MW Coastal Virginia offshore wind farm off the US east coast has completed reliability testing and is ready to enter full commercial operations to deliver electricity to Virginia customers. The company said that the… Read More
“We’ve had a lot of complaints,” said Jim Tobin, chairman of the Oregon Inlet Task Force. Shoaling at the Oregon Inlet ocean bar has reduced depth to five to seven feet according to the most recent survey conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Oregon Inlet Task Force, at its regular monthly meeting… Read More
The stairs leading down to the beach from a house on the front row of North Topsail Beach at high tide on June 14th, during the beach renourishment project. The bulldozer in the background is moving sand piped in from the New River Inlet dredging project. A Topsail Island federal beach nourishment project has been… Read More
Don’t forget, our coast and businesses need lasting protections. The Trump administration recently protected North Carolina from its own oil drilling plan by offering half-hearted protections from offshore drilling for 10 years. It’s a welcome change from the radical and reckless proposal to open the entire Atlantic coast to dirty and dangerous drilling. But the… Read More
District 7B Rep. Liz Olson, DFL-Duluth, is looking to the funding to provide jobs and help jump-start Minnesota’s economy. It took five special sessions, but the Minnesota Legislature finally passed a bonding bill Thursday afternoon. That legislation will provide some sorely needed funding to fix seawalls in Duluth and armor much of the city’s shoreline… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stores dredge material at a temporary site near Homer, red outlined section. The Corps asked for a interim use permit to move that dredge material about 4 miles up Winona County Road 15 to a quarry site. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested an interim-use permit for a… Read More
Michigan Tech and the City of Marquette were each among those awarded funds. LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) – The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced more than $1.1 million in coastal management grants to fund 13 projects and statewide initiatives. EGLE also has opened the application period for project proposals seeking… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded the first contract to jumpstart the deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel from Baton Rouge, La., to the Gulf of Mexico to 50 feet. The phased project will begin by deepening Southwest Pass to the new depth, which will bring a 50-foot channel to the mighty… Read More