Millions Of Yards of Contamination Cleaned From Riverbed MADISON, Wis. – A successful 17 year-long cleanup in the Lower Fox River is complete through collaboration between Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), tribal groups and many private organizations. “This legendary accomplishment will… Read More
GALVESTON, Texas – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $15,494,310 to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, LLC for the first phase of the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project. “This contract is a huge milestone as it initiates the beginning of the first step to build this… Read More
Visitors to Seawork 2018 will remember the clever modular Tugdock in-water boat lifting system, but now the company is broadening out into offshore wind. The modular platform designed to aid in the building and launching of floating wind turbines is being researched and tested with support from UK South West regional funding body Marine-i. Tugdock,… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today it is seeking comments on its proposal to renew and revise 52 nationwide permits for work in wetlands and other waters that are regulated by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. In… Read More
Lamar University’s Department of Earth and Space Sciences utilized an aerial drone on Sept. 11 to take photos and video imagery of Jefferson County’s coastline’s status in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. “We have satellite data, airplane data and drone data as sources, but the drone performs at higher resolution of imagery, because of its… Read More
On behalf of Somaliland Port Authority, P&O Maritime Logistics (P&OML), the marine services arm of global port operator DP World, have taken delivery of another Sanmar tug for the DP World managed Berbera Port in Somaliland. Satisfied with the capabilities and performance of the initial tug purchased from Sanmar, the EGAL (ex. Dogancay XXVI), delivered… Read More
New Zealand ports are watching and waiting as one of their own tries to add a little grey to “black and white” legislation set up to preserve protected coastal areas. Port Otago is trying to push through a more flexible approach to signing off on port activities that could affect the environment, saying balance is… Read More
This intensively research documentation articulating relevant details about growth initiators of the Dredge Special Vessels market has been designed to equip report readers and aspiring market participants with high end reference material to gauge into the nitty gritty of developments, events, trends as well as challenges and threats that influence growth prognosis in the global… Read More
As climate change drives more intense storms, hurricane-related costs in the United States have increased 1,100% since 1980, and the population of counties prone to hurricane damage has increased at least 22% faster than the overall U.S. population has grown. State governments must prioritize rebuilding better and investing in climate resilience now to avoid the… Read More
Sandwich Town Manager George H. (Bud) Dunham is asking three federal legislators to help secure an ongoing source of sand to beef up Sandwich’s eroded beach and, in turn, to save historic village areas from potentially devastating storm surges. “Under heightening climate change conditions, these continued erosional pressures have reached a critical stage that have… Read More