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The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), which operates the San Francisco Bay Ferry fleet, has taken delivery of M/V Dorado. It is the fastest vessel in WETA’s fleet with a service speed of 36 knots and is also the first boat built for WETA that can safely dock at any of the… Read More
More than $90 million for Chesapeake Bay conservation, and $440 million in clean water grants is what eight U.S. senators are requesting amid decreased crab populations. In a May 6 letter to the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, nine programs aimed at bay conservation and clean water initiatives were outlined as targets for increased funding. Sens. Mark… Read More
The California Coastal Commission unanimously approved a three-year, $68 million series of projects Wednesday to stabilize the train tracks on the eroding Del Mar bluffs, despite objections to some of the work from residents and the North County Transit District. The transit district, which maintains and operates the tracks, opposed three beach access projects recently… Read More
Representatives of Pacific civil society and conservation groups are calling on the New Zealand government to show regional leadership and support a moratorium on deep sea mining. They were speaking in an online forum on deep sea mining hosted last week by the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition in Aotearoa New Zealand. Fiji-based deputy coordinator for… Read More
A more holistic approach needs to be adopted, keeping the aspirations and apprehensions of the local communities in mind while employing sustainable urban development. Thirty-seven percent of the world’s population lives within 100 km of the coast. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2019 sheds light on the issues concerning rising seas, with 90 percent of the… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. —The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District will temporarily close Lindy C. Boggs, Lock and Dam (L&D) to navigation on the Red River during two separate periods, Aug. 30–Sept. 28 to dewater the upstream gate and Oct. 14–Nov. 12 to dewater the downstream gate. Tows should expect delays during daylight hours… Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. —Federal water managers are changing release and storage schedules at several Pacific Northwest dams because of a late season and strong atmospheric river that began June 9. Significant amounts of rainfall have fallen across the Columbia River Basin filling reservoirs and rivers. To assist in managing river stages at Vancouver, Washington, the U.S…. Read More
Ahsahka, Idaho —AHSAHKA, Idaho – Dworshak Dam is currently releasing approximately 20,200 cubic feet per second (cfs) and will be increasing outflow to 25,000 cfs over the afternoon of Sunday June 12, 2022. Currently the project’s forebay elevation is 1,595 ft with 5 ft remaining prior to the project being full at 1,600 ft. Dworshak is… Read More
Lyon Shipyard Inc., Norfolk, Va., has been awarded a $13,489,440 firm-fixed-price contract to provide the management, technical, procurement, production, testing and quality assurance necessary to plan, prepare and execute all maintenance, repair, and alterations required to complete the docking phased maintenance availability onboard the USNS Narragansett (TSV-4). Work will be performed in Norfolk and is expected… Read More
Martinique port operations company acquires low emission tug The Azimuth Stern Drive tug Plis Fos was launched from the vertical ship lift at the Damen Song Cam Shipyard on May 3rd. Following sea trials, the vessel will sail on her own keel from Vietnam to the Isle of Martinique in the Caribbean Sea, where she will be taken into… Read More