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After boaters raised concerns with the Advance/SILive.com, the city Parks Department has issued an update on planned dredging at Lemon Creek Marina in Prince’s Bay. “The dredging work is part of a larger Parks capital project to repair waterfront infrastructure at Lemon Creek Marina damaged by Hurricane Sandy,” the department said. “This project will include… Read More
AUGUSTA – On Wednesday, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced it is now accepting grant funding applications for coastal sand dune restoration and protection projects. The funding was approved in last year’s supplemental budget passed by the Legislature, thanks in part to advocacy by Assistant House Majority Leader Rep. Lori K. Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach…. Read More
Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is gearing up for a significant fiscal 2026, with an anticipated $1.8 billion budget aimed at flood risk reduction, coastal restoration, and economic impact. The agency continues to prioritize construction, allocating 80% of its funding — approximately $1.44 billion — toward ground-level projects that protect and restore Louisiana’s vulnerable… Read More
For 30 years ending in 1977, GE dumped more than 1 million pounds of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, into the Hudson River, turning a 200-mile stretch into a superfund site. The EPA ordered GE to dredge a section of the upper Hudson as a result, and ever since GE wrapped that project in 2015, the… Read More
Will shipping be blown off course by high tariffs under Trump? This article was originally published in November 2024. It has been republished to mark President Trump’s inauguration. Shippers are used to changing winds and having to be flexible with plans, and that will likely be a useful skill going into four more years of… Read More
Beach replenishment in Beach Haven, North Beach Haven and Holgate is complete as of Jan. 12, according to Steve Rochette, public affairs officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District. Contractor Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. began pumping sand on Oct. 9, with a total of 684,000 cubic yards propelled onto the… Read More
FAIRFIELD — After months of waiting with multiple delays, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its high-demand dredging boat have arrived to widen the mouth of Southport Harbor. The harbor’s dredging is a long-awaited federal project that will dig up a corner of a shoal sticking into the harbor from the edge of Sasco Beach to clear… Read More
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing the United States to again withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement, dealing a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.S. from its closest allies. Trump’s action, hours after he was sworn in to a second term,… Read More
Trump promised during the campaign to immediately lift the moratorium, which has disrupted plans for multi-billion-dollar export projects by Venture Global LNG Inc., Energy Transfer LP and Commonwealth LNG. President Donald Trump has lifted a moratorium on new US licenses to export liquefied natural gas, making good on a campaign pledge to rescind the measure… Read More
Crews are working around the clock and have made steady progress toward restoring approximately 3.5 miles of Navarre Beach to the way it looked way back in 2016. That was the last time the beach was fully renourished with 1.37 million cubic yards of sand pulled out of an offshore barrow area and dropped onto the beach…. Read More
FAIRFIELD — After months of waiting with multiple delays, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its high-demand dredging boat have arrived to widen the mouth of Southport Harbor. The harbor’s dredging is a long-awaited federal project that will dig up a corner of a shoal sticking into the harbor from the edge of Sasco Beach to clear… Read More
Much more sand is on the way along the midsection of Brevard County beaches, long denied the massive sand-pumping projects that fattened the shores that surround. For some beach replenishment critics, the new sand never looks the same as the current beach, costs way too much, and is always on its way back out to… Read More
Last month, the city of Tybee Island received its first application for the yearly beach bash Orange Crush Festival. The permit, which featured an extensive 44-page long proposed site map, aims to completely transform the previously unpermitted event with not one but two stages, over 100 vendors, a fashion show, dance competition, community brunch and more — a true festival…. Read More
Chinese government claims US investigation has protectionist and unilateralism overtones China’s government says it “strongly deplores and opposes” a US trade representative’s report targeting the country’s maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sector. On 17 January, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said the US Section 301 investigation had protectionist and unilateral overtones and was full of accusations… Read More
Yauco Mayor Ángel Luis “Luigi” Torres Ortiz met with Resident Commissioner Pablo Hernández Rivera in Washington on Saturday to discuss the need to expedite the partial dredging of the Río Yauco. “At the same time we dealt with our [part of the] commitment and dedicated reconstruction equipment,” the mayor said. “The meeting was very productive.”… Read More