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There’s much to do to address land loss and reduce flooding along the Louisiana coast. Yet, here are 16 ways that progress was made toward those goals in 2018. 1. New land built In 2018, Louisiana’s Coastal Program dredged 22 million cubic yards of sediment and created 4,753 acres of new land and marsh. Since… Read More
But officials fear the plans will disrupt the genteel tourist destination by turning it into an industrial hub in a matter of months. The project is set to be overseen by gaffe-prone Transport Secretary Chris Grayling. One Whitehall insider told The Sun: “It’s getting people really worried – you’ll have massive HGVs going up and… Read More
The U.S.-Flag dredging industry commemorated the 77th anniversary of the Japanese air raid on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. The event highlighted the critical need for a robust American shipbuilding capacity to ensure for the preparedness of the nation. According to the Dredging Contractors of America (DCA), the American dredging industry is… Read More
A $940,000 grant announced by state officials Monday will help whittle the costs associated with dredging Ogdensburg Harbor and extending the port’s dock, but there is still nearly a $10 million gap to fill before the more than $24 million initiative becomes a reality. Broken into two components, the project calls for spending $10.1 million… Read More
The Beach Haven Borough Council recently signed an agreement that authorizes the New Jersey Department of Transportation to use Parker Island as a dredge disposal facility. The area is located in the bay west of Morrison’s Marina. Judy Drucker, DOT public information officer, said the DOT intends to utilize the 4.3-acre site, in cooperation with… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has committed $4 million to putting sand from channel dredging work into an area where it could help feed the eroding beaches of Dauphin Island. Dauphin Island Mayor Jeff Collier said that while the move wasn’t a magic cure-all for the health of the barrier island’s fragile shores, it… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Texas General Land Office will soon consult officials from other countries, local experts and public comments as they refine their Coastal Texas Study, a plan to improve and protect the Texas Gulf Coast from hurricanes and other devastating storms. Both groups on Dec. 18 held their final public… Read More
Commercial seabed mining seems imminent, highlighting the urgent need for coherent, effective policy to safeguard the marine environment. Reconciling seabed mining with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals will be difficult because minerals extraction will have irreversible consequences that could lead to the loss of habitats, species and ecosystems services. A dialog needs to take… Read More
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 14 December 2018 – Her Majesty Queen Máxima performed the christening ceremony for Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Amalia in Rotterdam this afternoon in presence of 1,400 employees and guests. This was also the final event in the celebrations marking Van Oord’s 150th anniversary in 2018. The vessel was moored… Read More
The first time I visited Satkhira, the tide country, was as a student of Environmental Science. And I remember returning with pages upon pages of focus group discussions with villagers who were living in homes that had been cut off from nearly everything because of water-logging. They talked of a life constantly battling a disaster…. Read More
Sandwich’s effort to quell its beach erosion problem is getting a boost from the town of Bourne. Sandwich Town Manager George “Bud” Dunham said the town would receive roughly 5,000 cubic yards of surplus sand that would go toward padding an exposed area on Town Neck Beach hit hard by a string of nor’easters earlier… Read More
TMaterial dredged from Barnegat Bay channels to make navigation safer will be used to rebuild an island suffering from erosion. The SandPaper reports that New Jersey Department of Transportation will deposit dredged material onto the 4.3-acre Parker Island, located in the Barnegat Bay west of Long Beach Island’s Beach Haven. The placement of the dredged… Read More
A notice of intent has been approved by the city’s Conservation Commission to dredge the Eastern County ditch (once known as Diamond Creek), which runs from the old Wonderland property to Revere Street and in the Northshore Road area. During last Wednesday’s meeting of the Conservation Commission, Eurovest Development that owns Waterfront Square and has… Read More
With dredging works expected to be completed within the first year of the concession, mega vessels will soon be able to enter the Port of Guayaquil – guaranteeing a new authorized draft of 12.5 meters at high tide, and 7.5 meters at the Guayas River. The “Los Goles,” a famous rock causing a bottleneck in… Read More
At Thursday’s high tide, a tiny tugboat named Bonnie pulled a red barge through Great Egg Harbor Bay. It headed to Beesleys Point 2 miles away to be filled with up to 300 tons of rock before returning to Shooting Island, an eroding wetland within eyesight of Ocean City’s back bay. As shore towns grapple… Read More