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The Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works heard an update last week on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project that could be scaled down or delayed. The proposed $2.9 billion project is designed to send land-building sediment from the Mississippi River to Louisiana’s shrinking wetlands along the coast. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority says the diversion… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana voters will have to decide how the state allocates money for coastal restoration on the Nov. 5 ballot. The amendment, called the Louisiana Outer Continental Shelf Revenues for Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund Amendment, would require federal funding the state receives from offshore energy production to go toward the Coastal… Read More
Our subsidiary, Healy Tibbitts Builders, is hard at work on the USACE Honolulu District’s maintenance dredging project at Honolulu Harbor, located on the southern coast of Oahu. Honolulu Harbor is the principal seaport of the state of Hawaii, and this project will ensure that commercial and recreational vessels can navigate the waterway, which is vital… Read More
Houses have historically been a key driver of middle-class wealth creation — but when some or all of your house gets destroyed in a flood, it feels less like an asset and more like a liability. That’s a scenario of concern to millions of Americans this hurricane season. Why it matters: Only a tiny proportion of… Read More
In the first nine months of 2024, reported incidents of piracy and armed robbery fell to the lowest levels since 1994, according to the latest report by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB). Despite the lowest reported incidents in three decades, IMB and its Piracy Reporting Centre warns that crew safety remains at risk. IMB… Read More
NEW ORLEANS — After a busy hurricane season causing a lot of destruction, Ducks Unlimited is raising money and awareness for the need to protect the coast. “Louisiana loses a football field, piece size, piece of property every 100 minutes,” said Zac Brown, the Louisiana regional director of Ducks Unlimited. “So 25 to 35 square… Read More
Jonathan Phillips says he thinks about Louisiana’s disappearing coastline every day. As a commercial fisherman and member of the Atakapa-Ishak/Chawasha tribe, he sees water levels rising in Plaquemines Parish firsthand. He grew up in Marrero but spent a lot of time as a child in Grand Bayou Indian Village, a small community in south Plaquemines… Read More
SANDWICH – Sandwich is undertaking a major beach rehabilitation project that will see thousands of cubic yards of sand bolstering its shores. Town Neck Beach is the main target for the sand being dredged by the US Army Corps, as structures on the edge of the Canal catches sand that would normally replenish the beach,… Read More
The canals at Keaton Beach (above) and surrounding coastal areas of Taylor County are filled with storm debris, including large portions of homes, complete roofs and the contents of residences destroyed by Hurricane Helene. Hurricane Helene dealt a major blow to the county’s long-awaited plan to dredge coastal canals, which was expected to finally get… Read More
Marine construction company Callan Marine, in cooperation with Texas’ Nueces County, has begun work to rebuild the Bob Hall Pier in Corpus Christi. After Hurricane Hanna swept through the area in 2020, Nueces County officials committed to rebuilding the Bob Hall Pier. The groundbreaking held earlier this month follows three years of project negotiations, public… Read More
ENCINITAS — The Encinitas City Council reviewed a presentation Wednesday night from the Nature Collective, which highlighted the urgent need for dredging at the San Elijo Lagoon inlet to remove sand buildup that is causing low oxygen levels and threatening local wildlife. A supplemental dredging project, which will be managed by Pacific Dredge and Construction… Read More
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ removal of 170,000 tons of sand from Great Kills Harbor will improve access and safety at the East Shore site. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn) organized a Wednesday tour of the month-long project, which secured $6.75 million in funding as part of the 2021 Bipartisan… Read More
Hart-Miller Island won’t be filled with dredging from Sparrows Point. The port, seeking a deeper channel, will dump its river mud elsewhere. SPARROWS POINT, MD — Following a determination from Tradepoint Atlantic to no longer pursue the potential placement of approved dredged material at the inactive Dredged Material Containment Facility at the North Cell of… Read More
Dredging is underway in the north Fenwick channel of the Little Assawoman Bay in Fenwick Island. Expect dredging to be done from 7am to 7pm Monday through Saturday – this work is being done by a private company – J. F. Brennan Dredging Company. If you are operating a boat near the area, be aware… Read More
Callan Marine, alongside Nueces County officials and the residents of Corpus Christi proudly celebrated the groundbreaking of the Bob Hall Pier Rebuild Project on Monday, October 7, 2024. After Hurricane Hanna delivered a devastating blow in 2020, Nueces County officials committed to rebuilding the Bob Hall Pier. The long-awaited groundbreaking follows three years of project… Read More