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Originally Posted on 1/17/2020 DredgeWire has obtained dramatic video footage of the sinking of the cutter dredge “Mindi” owned by the Panama Canal. Delivered during World War II by Ellicott, the Mindi was the main workhorse for the Canal for over half a century and operated continuously for over 75 years. More details will be… Read More
By Judith Powers, Special Correspondent to DredgeWire In 1977 when I began reporting on the dredging industry,innovations were being made in the United States that would lead to a complete revolution in equipment, methods, companies and the market itself. Positioning At that time, dredges and survey boats were positioned using long range navigation (LORAN), with… Read More
An Oregon land use policy creates a large economic value for some private homeowners who are allowed to protect their shoreline against erosion, according to a new Oregon State University study. The research directly informs policy on a contentious issue on the Oregon Coast – the tradeoff between a homeowner’s ability to protect their private… Read More
(Feb. 6, 2020) Jen Karberg looks at a map of the coastal dune just south of Millie’s Bridge in Madaket. It’s an area that had been part of Hither Creek and an adjoining salt marsh only three years ago, before a washover in a series of winter nor’easters buried nearly three acres at the southern… Read More
SUNSET BEACH — After a yearslong effort to deepen narrow waterways, Sunset Beach has appealed the state’s dredging permit, seeking to dredge material at a deeper depth than federal and state agencies recommend. In October 2019, the Division of Coastal Management (DCM) approved the town’s Coastal Area Management Act Major Permit to dredge its four… Read More
Development of strategies to mitigate shoreline erosion and maintaining healthy beaches is the goal of LD 774 AUGUSTA, Maine — LD 774, a bill put forth by Rep. Lori Gramlich, D- Old Orchard Beach that aims to protect Maine’s beaches and shoreline from erosion has earned approval from the Legislature’s Environmental and Natural Resources Committee…. Read More
EMERALD ISLE — As expected, the contractor for the county’s $28.2 million Bogue Banks beach nourishment project began delivering and assembling pipes and equipment last week. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection office, said Thursday that Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. of Illinois was busy Wednesday in Atlantic Beach and at… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard reported Friday that it had reopened the Intracoastal Waterway near Berwick, Louisiana, to vessel traffic after completion of salvage operations involving the rock barge, ACL 01700 which sank after a grounding on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Mile Marker 99 in Berwick, La. The barge was one of six being pushed… Read More
Images of green ooze flowing onto a Metro Detroit highway and homes sliding down the eroding shores of Lake Michigan speak to Michigan’s environmental pressures. So does a $69.5 million settlement negotiated with a corporate polluter to bring clean water to 1,000 homes north of Grand Rapids. Each of those examples form the foundations for… Read More
Walk out to the beach at the end of Ash Avenue and what do you find? If it is not high tide, you see huge ribbons of rocks ranging from pebbles to softball-sized and even larger. They fill this section of the beach, and require a detour to get around, or ninja-like care to walk… Read More
GLDD dredges Dodge Island and Padre Island are digging shoaled material from the entrance channels in Brunswick and Savannah, GA. This allows for the safe passage of commercial and recreational ship traffic in and out of the harbors. Photos by @odurdnk1868 (Instagram) #SAD#Diganddump#Itsjustmud#dredging#dredgelife#Savannah#Brunswick Source: linkedin.com
Japan has reportedly requested talks with South Korea over that country’s alleged subsidies to its shipbuilding industry. The talks would be held under the dispute settlement process of the World Trade Organization. Japan filed a complaint with the WTO over South Korean shipbuilding support practices back in November 2018. That led to talks between the… Read More
Looks can be deceiving–While our Massey’s Ditch team dredges along in a picturesque setting, our onsite engineer says roughly 18 billion gallons of water ebb and flow during tide changes…causing a really rough environment in such a shallow channel. Source: linkedin.com
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Cottrell Contracting began dredging the Norfolk Harbor Inner Channel and channel to Newport News in late December. The Norfolk District is managing the operations and maintenance project as part of an effort to remove shoaling, and expects the project to take five months to complete. The $10.4 million… Read More
GILCHRIST, Texas (AP) — The last fish are leaving Rollover Pass. Four months after the Texas General Land Office began filling in the popular fishing site with sand and dirt, the pass’ last residents are being targeted for removal. Crews from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department used nets to gather fish, crabs and other… Read More