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Two Plum Island residents will travel to Washington, D.C., next month with Mayor Donna Holaday and state Sen. Bruce Tarr to try to raise awareness of coastal erosion problems locally to federal officials. Bob Connors and Marc Sarkady of the Plum Island Foundation (PIF), will join the Newburyport mayor and Tarr in Washington Dec. 5… Read More
The water glows with a golden hue as the Texas sun sets on Sikes Lake. The soft wind pushes the water along, the waves creating an image that looks like a painting. The wildlife goes to rest while the stars begin to shine. Moonlight is the only light allowing the joggers to see. MSU established… Read More
Sand mining for reclamation of coastal areas is both, a geopolitical and conservation issue for the Southeast Asian region, with many of the more developed countries in the bloc playing culprits. Leading the regional pack for reclaiming land from its coasts is Singapore, with Malaysia close behind. In Singapore, the total land area has literally… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers allocated an additional $34.5 million to its 2019 fiscal year budget to fund critical maintenance and safety projects at ports along the Oregon coast. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ranking member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) made the announcement Wednesday, which would add funding to dredge numerous harbors, bays and… Read More
The cabinet nod to the dredging of 470 kilometres (kms) of river routes to facilitate Bangladesh-India water transit and trade comes as a welcome relief. The waterway earmarked for dredging is set to start from Jakiganj of Sylhet to Ashuganj and Sirajganj in Bangladesh up to Doikhawa in India. The dredging project will jointly be… Read More
This week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Work Plan with funds for several projects in the Sunshine State. The Corps released its plan on Wednesday with funds going to projects across Florida. On top of the funds that President Donald Trump wanted for the Herbert Hoover Dike Rehabilitation,… Read More
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science community officially welcomed its new flagship research vessel — the R/V Virginia — at the Yorktown waterfront Friday, Nov. 16. The public christening of the vessel is scheduled for April of 2019. “This is a new day in marine research opportunities for VIMS,” says Dean and Director John Wells…. Read More
The Port of Virginia saw a 17 percent increase in import volumes from September to October. Down in Georgia – another major East Coast seaport – imports jumped 15 percent. In Charleston, it was nearly 14 percent. At the port in Los Angeles, it was 10 percent. There are common ties to these double digit… Read More
Grand Haven leaders say they are skeptical of a proposed dredging project that would allow boaters to commute between Grand Rapids and Lake Michigan. City Manager Pat McGinnis said they are concerned about the environmental impacts of dredging and the congestion of boat traffic that is already a problem in the Grand Haven channel. The… Read More
Coastal communities across Canada are supported by small craft harbours that provide the commercial fishing industry with safe and accessible facilities. With approximately 44,000 Canadians employed in this sector, the Government of Canada is making investments to renew its network of small craft harbours and work with municipalities and other stakeholders where investments can enhance… Read More
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has approved more than $48 million for eight new projects that will focus on the restoration and conservation of Alabama’s natural resources, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday. The projects will include: Alabama Artificial Reef and Habitat Enhancement Plan – Phase II – $22.5 million This project will build… Read More
The most important issue facing the state of Louisiana, and Plaquemines Parish in particular, is coastal land loss. The statement, “We lose a football field of land every 100 minutes,” runs way too smoothly off our tongues. In fact, this statement should scare people, but it has lost its effect. Unfortunately, it also seems that… Read More
September and October were record months for many of the nation’s ports as shippers prepared for a busy holiday shopping season and rushed to get cargo into the U.S. ahead of the Trump administration’s tariffs against several nations, including China. The Port of Los Angeles processed a record 952,554 20-foot-equivalent units, or TEUs, in October,… Read More
Dredging and reclamation for the International Multipurpose Deepwater Seaport at Vizhinjam, which came to a standstill after the Ockhi cyclone in November last and South West monsoon in June this year, is to resume in December. Granite needed for the construction of the remaining portion of the 3.1-km-long breakwater has started reaching the project site… Read More
Dredging is more than simply lifting sediment out of the water and moving it to somewhere else. This was once again obvious on November 19 and 20 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, when a conference was held with the theme, “Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure.” The conference marked the launch of the book of the same name,… Read More