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The world’s largest offshore wind “living lab” will be created off the Grimsby coast through development of a 5G Testbed that includes Associated British Port’s (ABP) Port of Grimsby and the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farms. The £2.8m project will accelerate the development of a new generation of digital technologies essential for the huge… Read More
Carlsbad could be the next coastal North County city to join the San Diego Association of Governments’ proposal to launch a third regional beach sand replenishment project. SANDAG asked Carlsbad to shoulder a proportional share of the $200,000 cost for a planning, feasibility and economic analysis needed to start the project, which would pull sand… Read More
After torrential rains caused devastating flooding in the Fraser Valley and the B.C. Interior in 2021, one metre of sediment accumulated at the lower end of Michael Owen’s marina in a secondary channel of the Fraser River in Delta. It posed a major problem for the Ladner Reach marina’s 28 floating homes in summer 2022. During the… Read More
In the Port of Oakland on a weekday, trucks, cranes and ships laden with containers moved goods across the sprawling 1,300-acre complex with the precarious precision of a Rube Goldberg machine. Just blocks from downtown Oakland, the port essentially functions as a city within a city. It is the nation’s ninth busiest port and the… Read More
Maryland leaders are making a big commitment to offshore windmills in an effort to reach state goals increasing the use of renewable energy sources and making the state a leader in the wind energy industry. Both Gov. Wes Moore and the General Assembly are pushing those efforts, with Moore reaffirming the state’s effort to reach… Read More
Marine pollution from sunken vessels is predicted to reach its highest level this decade, with over 8,500 shipwrecks at risk of leaking approximately 6 billion gallons of oil. Lack of data and international cooperation means action is often too late to prevent serious harm to communities’ health and livelihoods, coastal economies, wildlife populations and ecosystems…. Read More
Pacific Chapter The Pacific Chapter of WEDA represents the West Coast of the United States including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, and Canada: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba. Pacific Chapter WEDA Fall 2023 Meeting Call for Abstracts: Please limit your abstract to one page. Presentations on all… Read More
The Port of New York and New Jersey regained the top spot as the busiest shipping port in the country, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Although U.S. port activity is typically quieter in February due to overseas production slowdowns and closures related to the Lunar New Year holiday, the Port Authority’s… Read More
Colombia’s regional autonomous river corporation Cormagdalena and national finance agency Findeter have signed a 55bn-peso (US$12mn) contract with the Shanghai-Panamerican Dredging consortium to dredge the access channel to the Barranquilla port. The consortium is formed by CCCC Shanghai Dredging (70%) and Panamerican Dredging & Engineering (30%). The works will improve access to the important Atlantic coast port,… Read More
Google has signed a 150 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ørsted to purchase renewable energy generated by Helena Wind Farm for the next 15 years, a partnership that builds on Ørsted’s growing U.S. renewable energy portfolio. The project, located in Bee County, Texas, was commissioned in mid-2022 and provides low-cost electricity to the South… Read More