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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
Author: Dan Ginolfi Important WRDA 2020 Provisions The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has scheduled a markup of the Water Resources Development Act for this Wednesday at 10 am [Click here for a link to the webcast]. Last week, the committee released a Discussion Draft of the bill and solicited comments and amendments. Please note… Read More
While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has yet to make definitive plans for the placement of dredged material pulled from Pools 5 and 6 near Winona, it is studying potential land — with a hope that beneficial use will help optimize existing land. Pool 5 is located between Lock and Dam 4 in Alma,… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — After more than a year of planning and nearly three months of work, the dredging-and-sand-spreading portion of the $28.2 million Bogue Banks beach nourishment project that began Feb. 8 is complete. The Ellis Island, the largest-capacity hopper dredge boat in the fleet of contractor Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., as well… Read More
After a break for the winter, dredging on Fountain Lake’s Edgewater Bay started again last week. Shell Rock River Watershed District Administrator Andy Henschel said roughly 20,000 cubic yards of sediment will be removed out of Edgewater Bay before the dredging is slated to begin in June in the main bay of Fountain Lake near… Read More
I write with optimism and concern for the proposed dredging of the Winnapaug Pond in Westerly on behalf of a number of local taxpayers. We applaud the pond project, as it is decades overdue. On another note, an aerial view of the “breachway” (Google Earth) reveals a giant sandbar transversing the waterway adjacent to the… Read More
The hospital ship USNS Comfort departs New York Harbor after treating patients in New York and New Jersey. The ship and its embarked medical task force remain prepared for future tasking. The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed New York City yesterday, April 30, after supporting the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 response efforts to… Read More
Fugro’s vessels Brasilis and Enterprise are set to mobilise for geophysical surveys at New Jersey’s Atlantic Shores offshore wind site on 1 May. The vessels will carry out surveys within the Atlantic Shores lease area and along potential export cable routes, according to the developer’s Notice to Mariners. Fugro secured a contract for geophysical surveys… Read More
MOREHEAD CITY, Carteret County — The beach is looking much different now on parts of Carteret County’s beachfront. Workers say they spent Thursday removing the dredging equipment along the beach; the equipment was used to bring more sand as part of the beach renourishment project. Approximately 2 million cubic yards of sand has been placed… Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would like to update our partners and the public on progress made in our levee rehabilitation program. There are 66 levee systems on target for repairs, some with breeches, some with other surface damage such as grass kill or scour holes. The… Read More