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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Federal, state and local officials have agreed to spend about $450 million to dredge contaminated sediment from Milwaukee’s Lake Michigan harbor and area rivers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it will devote $275 million from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to the project. The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, We… Read More
In the face of lawsuits and accusations of “secret” arrangements, Pawleys Island Town Council is considering a resolution that details the town’s partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers on beach renourishment projects. “The purpose of this resolution is to document previous Town Council approvals of these Corps documents associated with this partnership and to… Read More
Shipping is an exciting and relatively easy target for cyber hackers who are looking for a quick thrill, concludes a new report exploring the state of cybersecurity in the maritime industry. Citing a 350 percent increase in ransom demands in the past year and an average payment of $3.2 million, the report prepared by law… Read More
BEAUMONT — The City of Beaumont says a contractor is making good progress on the $17 million Riverfront Park restoration project. Callan Marine has completed the installation of the interlocking concrete mats for the revetment wall to protect against erosion of the bank on the north side of the park, according to the city. They… Read More
USACE New York District, is finishing up maintenance dredging at the Shrewsbury River, NJ. In collaboration with the Wilmington District, the Hopper Dredge Murden is working around the clock to get the project done. (Video by: Hector Mosley, Public Affairs Specialist, USACE, New York District) Source
California’s valuable remaining salt marshes are disappearing. Climate change, with its melting glaciers and warming seas, threatens to drown the remaining coastal marshes out of existence. But now, a pioneering project is offering these marshes a remarkable new chance. Between the land and the sea, salt marshes are the true guardians of our coastline. They… Read More
A special operations Marine Corps unit participating in exercises expected to last through Oct. 22, departed early this week “as a result of emerging events,” according to reports. On Tuesday, the Marines issued a press release saying marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit would be participating in Marine Air-Ground task force training exercises in… Read More
A Qualitative Research Study accomplished by Global Market Vision titled as ‘Global Dredging Services Market’ with 100+ market data Tables, Pie Charts, Graphs & Figures spread through Pages and easy to understand detailed analysis. A wide ranging Dredging Services market report is the outcome of continual efforts guided by knowledgeable forecasters, innovative analysts, and brilliant researchers. In… Read More
When looking across the water, the sand is being tossed aside as if the dredge in Barnegat Inlet is annoyed. The federal government dredge Merritt has been spitting shoaled sand 80 feet to the side at the inlet for the past week. The description of the channel maintenance job reads more like a spy novel: to provide… Read More
The long-awaited U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ beach replenishment project aimed at shoring up local beaches and re-engineering some “trouble spots” where a project seven years ago was performed has faced yet another hold-up – the latest in a string of administrative wranglings that has kept the project from beginning. This week, Steve Rochette, public… Read More
Ten-foot vertical drops and heaps of sand redistributed on the beach. Rough surf with waves that rose between 6 to 10 feet. And off the coast of the Jersey Shore, buoys forced to bob and weave against winds that surpassed 50 miles per hour. Those were some of the conditions brought on by Tropical Storm… Read More
GAUTIER, Miss. (WLOX) – More than $6 million in state funds will bolster and improve public access projects in South Mississippi — but where exactly is that money going? “You see living shorelines and making them more resilient, you see pavilions, harbor improvements, boardwalks, all sorts of things on the Coast, and you think about… Read More
The Northwest Territories Government has wrapped up work for the year to clear a channel to and from the Hay River harbour, where low water and sediment buildup have made shipping difficult. But more work will need to continue next summer to finish the job. That’s according to the territory’s Department of Infrastructure. The emergency channel… Read More
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Plans by the Port of South Louisiana to purchase what was once a major New Orleans area shipyard for construction of military vessels have been delayed. The port announced in January its intent to purchase the old Avondale Shipyard site from the current owner, port terminal operator T. Parker Host. However,… Read More
Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced that $26 million in funding will be invested over four years in the National Weather Service (NWS) National Mesonet Program and the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) to support the development of a transformative federal-state-private partnership to provide improved early warning for drought, flooding, fire and… Read More