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Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced that up to $684.3 million is now available for Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grants, to be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port. This… Read More
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 09 May 2022 – Van Oord and DEME are extremely proud to have accomplished the deepening of the Świnoujście-Szczecin Fairway, one of the most important dredging projects in Poland’s history. Together with the Ministry of Transport and the Maritime Office of Szczecin, the joint venture partners celebrated the official opening of the… Read More
The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm Rear Admiral Ann C. Phillips USN (Ret.) to serve as the Administrator of the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration. The Senate voted 75-22 in favor of confirmation, making her the first woman to hold the position. The DOT’s Maritime Administration is the agency responsible for the United States’ waterborne transportation system and… Read More
ESVAGT has chosen HAV Design to develop an offshore wind service operation vessel (SOV) that will service renewable giant Ørsted’s UK East Regional programme. HAV Design will deliver both the ship design and an integrated equipment package including propulsion system, engines, propellers and positioning system. The total contract value is approximately NOK 200 million. “ESVAGT… Read More
Santa Barbara’s city leaders are looking toward the future and embarking on a decades-long plan to combat the inevitable encroachment of the ocean on the waterfront due to climate change, with three projects funded by over $2 million in grants from the California Coastal Commission Planner Melissa Hetrick presented the “Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Plan” at… Read More
The Biden administration has committed to create 30GW of electricity via US offshore wind by 2030, the US Department of Interior is expecting to offer up to seven additional offshore wind lease sales in federal waters by 2035 and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has been actively pursuing these policy ambitions – for… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will celebrate the reopening of its newly renovated visitor center at its Lake Ashtabula Dam and Recreation Area, as well as the site’s 70th anniversary, with a ribbon cutting ceremony May 18, at 11 a.m. The public is invited to attend or watch it live on Facebook… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for a proposed end cell project at Lock and Dam 4, near Alma, Wisconsin, today, May 9, and is seeking public comments. Comments should be submitted no later than Jun 9. The purpose of the project is to construct… Read More
More than 2,200 dams built upstream from homes or communities are in poor condition across the U.S., likely endangering lives if they were to fail, according to an Associated Press analysis. The number of high-hazard dams in need of repairs is up substantially from a similar AP review conducted just three years ago. There are several… Read More
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. 15 – Sept. 15 to dewater the upper gate and Oct. 1 – 30 to dewater the lower gate. The lock will temporarily reopen on… Read More