‘How can a project that has anchored four coastal master plans be excluded?’ one advocate said during CPRA meeting. Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority approved the agency’s annual plan Wednesday, which forecasts record spending of nearly $2 billion on projects aimed at creating new wetlands, elevating homes and building additional hurricane protections. But more than a… Read More
After Hurricane Michael displaced more than 400 million cubic yards of beach shoreline, our team has been working to restore and reinforce the coastline. Over the last several months, we’ve been moving down the beach in 1,500-foot sections — dredging more than 1,000,000 cubic yards of sand from an outside location with the same sand… Read More
MANILA, April 17 (Reuters) – Four people, including a Chinese national, have died and seven others are still missing off a western Philippine province after a dredging vessel carrying 25 people capsized two days ago, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Thursday. The MV Hong Hai 16 was carrying 2,000 litres of lube oil and… Read More
Autonomous vessel developer Saronic announced today the acquisition of Louisiana-based Gulf Craft, marking a significant expansion into autonomous shipbuilding. The acquisition provides Saronic with a strategically located Gulf Coast shipyard that will serve as the production hub for its medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) fleet, beginning with the Marauder, a 150-foot Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV). Gulf… Read More
Baton Rouge, La. – Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has initiated Construction Management At-Risk (CMAR) pre-construction services on the Chandeleur Islands Restoration Project. CPRA has selected Weeks Marine, Inc. to provide the CMAR services for the State’s largest barrier island restoration project ever undertaken. The CMAR project delivery model integrates the construction contractor… Read More
