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VENICE — Snake Island, a popular recreation point at the intersection of the Intracoastal Waterway and Venice Inlet, will be off-limits for at least two months beginning Sept. 15. Workers will be doing some dredging in the vicinity, and will add sand to the constantly eroding island. The Lyons Bay channel dredging project north of… Read More
MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — Madeira Beach Mayor John Hendricks warns that John’s Pass is filling in with sand from beach renourishment projects and it has created a dangerous situation at the number one tourist destination in Pinellas County. “The pass is getting narrower. So, the currents are getting stronger,” said Mayor Hendricks. “We’ve got so… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) San Francisco District is currently preparing a feasibility study to evaluate coastal storm and flood risk management alternatives along 7.5 miles of the San Francisco Waterfront. Specifically, the study area runs from Aquatic Park to Herons Head Park. This area is highly urbanized, supporting commercial,… Read More
Anchorage, AK – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) sent a letter to the Pebble Partnership outlining their expectations for compensatory mitigation wetlands impacts associated with the project. The letter from the USACE has been anticipated by the Pebble Partnership as part of the ongoing discussions about the issue. PLP CEO Tom Collier issued… Read More
Explosion and Subsequent Sinking of Barge Alaganik Accident Location: Whittier , AK USA Delong Dock, Canal Passage; 60°46.72’ N, 148°39.96’ W Accident Date: 7/7/2019 Accident ID: DCA19FM042 Date Adopted: 8/6/2020 NTSB Number: MAB-20-31 NTIS Number: Executive Summary On July 7, 2019, at 2339 local time, an explosion occurred on the barge Alaganik as it was… Read More
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard crews and partner agencies continue pollution and salvage response Sunday for the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dive and salvage operations commenced at approximately 10 a.m., Sunday, and are ongoing. A piece of the dredging vessel was located in the middle of the channel and… Read More
U.S.-based Odyssey Marine Exploration hasn’t given up its intentions to move forward with a phosphate seabed mining project in Mexico’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), despite two permit rejections. The Florida-based company, through its Mexican subsidiary Exploraciones Oceánicas, aims to dredge phosphate sands from one of the American continent’s biggest deposits of the fertilizer. The asset,… Read More
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has signed lease agreements with Vineyard Wind and Mayflower Wind to use the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal as the primary staging and deployment base for the construction and installation of their offshore wind projects. The lease agreements commit the facility to full-time offshore wind work from 2023 into 2027 and… Read More
A federal agency is cutting a channel between the mainland and Fort Myers Beach after two powerful hurricanes partially filled in the popular shipping lane. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the middle of a dredging project that stretches 2.5 miles, from San Carlos Bay near Bowditch Point Park to the shrimp terminals… Read More
A dredging project in Lorain’s Black River could be the future of keeping shipping channels open while reusing mud from the river bottom. The city of Lorain Engineering Department, Coldwater Consulting LLC and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources have joined to create a pilot project to dredge the river and pump the mud upland…. Read More
Baldwin Beach Park in Paia is closed through Aug. 27 as crews remove part of a pavilion structure heavily damaged in recent high tides, Maui County officials said. Photos show the large concrete pavilion collapsed on one side. County officials did not say how much the repair work would cost. They said the structure was… Read More
The Sandwich Board of Selectmen learned Thursday, August 20, that obtaining sand for eroded Town Neck Beach continues to be a slippery slope. A final draft of the US Army Corps of Engineers study into why Town Neck Beach has lost so much sand was expected to be finished and available this month, but it… Read More
Residents have asked the Falmouth Waterways Committee to make Waquoit Bay, Perch Pond, Megansett Harbor and Rands Canal priorities for dredging projects. Several residents submitted written comments or called into the committee at its meeting on Wednesday, August 19, to comment. Molly Kammerer of North Falmouth advocated for Falmouth Inner Harbor. “Sure, we’ve got the… Read More