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HICKMAN COUNTY, KY — The Dorena-Hickman Ferry is closed on Sunday, Aug. 25, and potentially Monday, Aug. 26, due to dredging operations nearby. According to The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 1, operators are concerned that low water levels may interfere with the ferry tomorrow but will wait until the morning to make that call. Drivers planning… Read More
MOBILE, Ala. – One of the challenges of the Mobile Harbor Project, which calls for deepening and widening the harbor, is what to do with the dredged material produced. In response to that challenge, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District developed four Beneficial Use Areas: the Dauphin Island Causeway, Relic Shell Mined, Sand… Read More
LULING, La. – At its monthly board meeting in Luling, La. today, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) announced grant funding totaling over $37 million dollars for coastal projects in Louisiana. The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) has awarded $25.5 million to CPRA under its Spill Impact Component Program to fund continued… Read More
When Hurricane Debby lashed beaches around the Tampa Bay area earlier this month, it marked the third time in less than a year that a storm has substantially eaten at the region’s shoreline. Debby’s damage, experts said, was not as bad as that of Hurricane Idalia, which last August left dramatic cliffs of sand and erased decades of… Read More
Foreign owners are beginning to get anxious into the impending conclusions of the US probe into Chinese shipbuilding, aware that some of the possible recommendations could be highly punitive. The US Trade Representative (USTR) launched an investigation into China’s shipbuilding practices this April, with the Biden administration reacting to unions and bipartisan calls to clamp… Read More
Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Hawaiian island of Molokaʻi faces serious impacts from sea-level rise and has already experienced severe runoff and sedimentation from upland forest degradation. Coastal wetlands on the island have been degraded due to sedimentation, human alteration, and invasive species. Coastal wetlands are fundamentally important to Native Hawaiians—their… Read More
STONE HARBOR, N.J. — Some areas of the Jersey Shore experienced coastal erosion due to recent high tides. The borough of Stone Harbor shut down the access road to Stone Harbor Point on Monday morning as the tide was eroding the end of the road. Julia DiGeronimo is a shorebird steward at the Point and… Read More
In 2025, Horry-Georgetown Technical College will begin construction on a new Marine Center on Georgetown’s campus. Southeast Crescent Regional Commission awarded the college with a grant to purchase new and advanced equipment for their outboard marine program and new boat building program. Using the new equipment, students will be able to cut out and make any… Read More
In light of many recent storms causing severe river overflows across Vermont, one being just last week, people have been suggesting and asking why not dredge the rivers. “It is very intuitive and seems very logical at first, but there’s actually a lot more to it,” said Shayne Jaquith, a river scientist at Nature Conservancy… Read More
POINT PLEASANT BEACH – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dredge boat Murden has vacuumed up about 20,000 cubic yards of sand out of the Manasquan Inlet so far as it works to dig out the dangerous shoal that formed this summer. That converts to about 64 million pounds of wet sand removed from the… Read More
NEW CASTLE, Del — Several years ago, Delaware state officials had to justify sinking millions into a costly bridge protection system that may never be needed. Months after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, they’re glad they made that decision. “We jokingly call this the golden goose,” said Greg Pawlowski, a senior project engineer with… Read More
Hurricane Ernesto is wreaking havoc in the Atlantic, forcing cruise lines to alter itineraries and disrupting maritime operations along the East Coast. As the storm builds strength, meteorologists at Weather Routing Inc. are working tirelessly to keep ships and their crews safe. “We have a yachting and sport fisher and sailing division, and a commercial… Read More
Even with the storm hundreds of miles offshore, Hurricane Ernesto was still being felt Saturday along much of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, with dangerous rip currents forcing public beaches to close during one of the final busy weekends of the summer season. The storm’s high surf and swells also contributed to coastal damage, including the… Read More
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – the Army Corps of Engineers will once again be dredging the Ohio River. They got started on their “Pump Out Project” Friday, and will continue through the weekend. They ask boaters to be mindful , especially at night. The sand is being pumped will make a temporary island, but they ask that… Read More
“Dredging (on Lake Shamrock) is continuing with good progress,” Clare City Manager Jeremy Howard told the Commission at the August 5th City meeting. He said, “Our mechanical dredge has ben undergoing some repairs from normal wear and tear on the equipment, but should be back up and running hopefully the first full week in August… Read More