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“Louisiana has lost approximately 1,900 square miles of its coast since 1932,” according to the City of New Orleans. The rapid coastal erosion comes as the byproduct of climate change, rising sea levels, and human involvement. In order to fight back against this coastal loss, two former Tulane students, Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz, founded… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) – Ships and barges on the Mississippi River near Vicksburg have run aground because of the low water level due to the extreme drought conditions. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are using their Dredge Jadwin ship to push out massive sandbars in the Mississippi River. The ship had been carving out… Read More
Dredging efforts over the past few weeks are expected to begin easing access for larger vessels and tows pushing heavier barge loads to make it through Montgomery Point Lock and Dam, the first point of access between the Arkansas River and the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River hit its lowest water level on record this… Read More
A Fenwick Island committee agreed this week to accept a $59,000 proposal from a Lewes-based engineering firm to support bidding work related to the town’s dredging project. On Monday, the Fenwick Island Dredging Committee voted 6-0 to accept a $59,000 proposal from Anchor QEA. Steve Bagnull, project manager, said the document includes $4,000 for the… Read More
Lindsay Park Yacht Club is undergoing a dredging project and staff says they’re using unusual methods to make that project happen. Yacht club staff said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is going to be performing the work with funding that the yacht club received a year ago that had been set aside for the… Read More
On 24th October 2023, with a ceremony held at OCCAR premises in Rome, OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation) has signed with a Consortium, coordinated by Naviris and gathering together Fincantieri (Italy), Naval Group (France), Navantia (Spain) and other beneficiaries from Greece, Denmark and Norway all the Modular and Multirole Patrol Corvette (MMPC) contractual documents… Read More
In the middle of the shrunken Mississippi, a barge drags a giant metal-edged suction head along the riverbed to remove sediment from shipping lanes. The crew of the dustpan dredge Hurley has been working around-the-clock for months to deepen the channels so boats and barges can pass through. “We’ve worked almost nonstop since last fall,… Read More
The former presidential yacht USS Sequoia, which has been kept under wraps in Belfast for the past four years, is being moved to Maryland. The 104-foot motor cruising yacht, originally built in 1925, was barged out of Belfast’s harbor Wednesday morning. An employee at French & Webb, the local boatyard that has been hired to… Read More
Scenes of the dredging project on the Grand Canal near Pineda Causeway which is part of the Save Our Indian Lagoon Plan. They are removing large amounts of organic muck from waterways in South Patrick Shores and Satellite Beach areas. TIM SHORTT / FLORIDA TODAY Hydraulic dredging in a canal at Tortosie Island in Satellite… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. — Low water levels at the Mississippi River are causing ships to run aground. The river is so low because of the lack of rain. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is using its dredge ship “Jadwin” to push out massive amounts of silt in an effort to keep the mouth of the Yazoo… Read More
Exciting News! The long-anticipated Beach Restoration Project is now officially underway! This vital initiative is geared towards mending the damage the City of Gulf Shores, Gulf State Park, and the City of Orange Beach sustained during Hurricane Nate and Hurricane Sally. Here’s what you need to know about this project: Project Schedule: The project is… Read More
Although the Mississippi River remains extremely low, flows below Baton Rouge, along with mitigation efforts by the New Orleans Engineer District, continue to hold at bay salt water intruding up the river from the Gulf of Mexico. For the past week, the leading edge of the salt water wedge has been at Mile 63.9 on… Read More
Federal dollars will help move forward a resiliency project meant to protect a South Shore neighborhood, the Advance/SILive.com learned this week. Sen. Charles Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) office shared a press release outlining the more-than $20 million in funds for the Tottenville Shoreline Protection Project that has been in the works since shortly after Hurricane Sandy over… Read More
There is hope among county officials the Army Corps of Engineers could add a third dredge to their lineup. It would be dedicated to the Mid-Atlantic and used from Virginia up to Delaware. The feeling is at this point, it’s the best long-term option and would enable areas like the inlet to get more attention,… Read More
Louisiana’s inland wetlands are at risk of losing federal protections, after a court decision changed the way wetlands are legally defined. The change, which took effect last month, limits the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and dramatically weakens the Clean Water Act, a pollution control act that celebrates its 51st anniversary today. It was… Read More