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The National Coastal Resilience Fund will award approximately $140 million in grant funding to enhance coastal communities’ natural defenses against severe weather and flooding WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 21, 2022) – The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced the release of the 2022 Request for Proposals for the National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF), which… Read More
Yesterday, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) marked the opening of the Seaway’s 64th navigation season. The Canada Steamship Lines’ Trillium Class bulk carrier CSL Welland was the first ship to transit through the Welland Canal. Over the past decade, with investments to modernize and optimize operations, the Seaway has firmed up its position… Read More
Boskalis has been awarded the contract for the protection and replenishment of more than 40 kilometers of coastline stretching from the eastern coastline of Togo to the western coastline of Benin in West Africa. The coastal protection project is part of the West African Coastal Areas Management (WACA) program. The award was made by the… Read More
Boskalis has been awarded the Hollandse Kust West Beta export cable contract by TenneT, in consortium with Orient Cables (NBO). The contract scope comprises the installation of two 65-kilometer-long export cables that will connect the planned Hollandse Kust West Beta 700 MW offshore wind farm to TenneT’s onshore grid in the Netherlands. Furthermore, Boskalis will… Read More
When the Aspen Institute Shipping Decarbonization Initiative launched Cargo Owners for Zero Emission Vessels (coZEV) in 2021, multinational climate-leading companies in their 2040 Ambition Statement emphasized the urgent need for policy support across various jurisdictions to enable new, climate-friendly shipping fuels to be adopted and come to scale quickly. Specifically, they called for measures that… Read More
After 27 years in the role, Joe Hughes will stand down as CEO of American P&I Club managing company, Shipowners Claims Bureau Inc. (SCB), on August 1. Succeeding him as CEO will be Dorothea Ioannou, who is currently deputy COO at SCB. She will be the first woman to hold a top executive position at… Read More
A half-century later, not many would guess that plans for The Sea Ranch supplied the impetus for California’s coastal protection law. There’s seldom a news story about this oceanfront community that fails to feature its architectural and environmental legacy. The stories use words such as “iconic”” and “visionary” and “paradise.” A “modernist utopia,” declared the… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — When it comes to spending for climate change and the environment, San Francisco Bay’s ship may finally be coming in. Congresswoman Jackie Speier recently pushed through $24 million in funding for the EPA’s Bay restoration projects in the new federal budget. That’s roughly triple the normal amount, and long overdue according… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $737,000 contract to Toledo, Ohio-based Geo. Gradel Company on March 2 to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Ashtabula Harbor. Material dredged from the harbor will be placed in USACE’s beneficial use project in Ashtabula’s outer harbor, leading to the creation of… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on a new dredged material management plan and Environmental Assessment released today, March 22, for the Mississippi River’s Lower Pool 4. The draft plan describes what the Corps proposes to do with the dredged material, or river sand,… Read More