Consultant To Oversee County Dredge Program

After a season of dredging disrupted repeatedly by high winds and the outbreak of the coronavirus, Barnstable County is using a contracted engineering firm to develop a five-year business plan for the county’s dredge program. Christine Player, an engineer for Marion-based Foth Engineering LLC, will lead the development of the plan, which she expects will… Read More

Dredging operations starting at Cobourg Harbour

Essential dredging operations should be done by May 31, says town COBOURG — Dredging operations are starting at the harbour, staff are advising residents. “Dredging operations are completed frequently to maintain the essential operation of our harbour,” says Dean Hustwick, director of the Town of Cobourg’s community services division. “Our staff continue to work hard… Read More

Assembly urges funding of Homer harbor study

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted unanimously at its April 21 meeting to approve a resolution asking the U.S. Economic Development Administration to grant $3 million to fully find the City of Homer’s Port Expansion General Investigation Study. If funded, the grant would start Homer on planning to build its long sought-after harbor expansion, a… Read More

What Coastal Communities Need in the Next Stimulus

By Howard Marlowe, President of Warwick Group Consultants, LLC It’s clear that even the $2.2 trillion CARES stimulus and relief package has not provided enough assistance to state and local governments. State coastal programs are already losing money has governors look to make up for significant revenue losses and cost increases directly related to COVID-19. At… Read More

US Senators pen Jones Act support letter to Pres. Trump

Ørsted faces delays across US offshore wind portfolio

Ørsted’s offshore wind development projects in the US are moving forward at a slower pace than originally expected, the company’s CEO and President Henrik Poulsen said. The delays are due to a combination of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) prolonged analysis of the cumulative impacts from the build-out of US offshore wind projects,… Read More

Big plans for Kiwanis Lake: Reducing goose population, dredging, new lighting & floodgate

If you grew up in the Greater York area, you know where Kiwanis Lake is located near Farquhar Park. You probably have fond memories of visiting the water feature. However, over the years, nature – in the form Canada geese and the waste they create – and time have taken their toll on the lake…. Read More

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Nearly $20 Million in Funding to Small Shipyards

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Nearly $20 Million in Funding to Small Shipyards WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today awarded $19.6 million in discretionary grants to 24 U.S. small shipyards through the Small Shipyard Grant Program. The funding will help modernize America’s small shipyards, making them more efficient… Read More

J.F.Brennan Co. works to save island and habitat of common Tern in the Duluth-Superior Harbor

We’re working hard at Interstate Island — an island in the Duluth-Superior Harbor. Over the past 5 years, rising water has drowned out half of the island, threatening a critical nesting site of the already #endangered common tern. The project’s objective is to make more space for the gulls on the island, hoping that the… Read More

NY court allows Maersk to move services from GCT to APMT

A New York District Court has ruled against the Global Container Terminals’ (GCT) request for a restraining order against Maersk’s plans to transfer three services from GCT’s New York container terminal over to APM Terminals Elizabeth, New Jersey. The decision comes after GCT tried to stop the premature termination of the contract with the shipping… Read More

Dredging work to begin at Blind Sodus Bay in Wayne County

Wolcott, N.Y. – Dredging efforts are scheduled to begin Thursday on Blind Sodus Bay in Wayne County. The work is part of a multi-million-dollar state effort incorporated in New York’s REDI initiative to help the Lake Ontario shoreline after severe flooding in 2017 and 2019. Dredging work was completed on the Port Bay area in… Read More

Low-level release at Zorinsky Lake set for May 1

OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, will begin a small low-level release at Zorinsky Lake in Omaha on Friday to improve the water quality of the lake. This release will help reduce algae growth by removing a portion of the nutrients that are released from lake sediment under summer conditions…. Read More

Bogue Banks nourishment project to wrap up Thursday

emerald isle — The $28.2 million Bogue Banks beach nourishment project is now expected to be complete Wednesday, except for planting vegetation on newly created dunes. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, said late last week that before the weekend, the Ellis Island, the dredge boat working on the project for… Read More

Framework under development for sand projects for Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Over the course of four webinars, 165 people listened to a presentation and then asked questions about the National Park Service’s project to adopt a framework for managing sand projects on Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches. Dave Hallac, superintendent for the National Parks of Eastern North Carolina, said: “The public has a longstanding and deep… Read More

SPO: Work going well in Atlantic Harbor

ATLANTIC — The Atlantic Harbor dredging project is going “great” one week after it started, according to Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office in Emerald Isle. “As of today, we have about 3,000 cubic yards of (material) dredged out of the 8,000-cubic-yard target,” Mr. Rudolph said Tuesday. The material so far… Read More