Last week, Manson’s newest hopper dredge FREDERICK PAUP successfully completed its first load on the Gulf Renourishment Pensacola Beach project in Pensacola, Florida. This milestone marks the first time the new hopper dredge has executed pump-off operations. The project includes dredging and placing sand—enough to fill five Olympic sized swimming pools—along the Gulf shoreline and… Read More
By Tom Bayles A wide sandbar sealing off Blind Pass between Sanibel and Captiva islands is growing longer every week. And while winds, tides, and storms can change its progress on any given day, so much sand is flowing south from a recent beach renourishment on Captiva Island that the pass is expected to close… Read More
By Gabriel San Roman San Clemente’s stunning coastline, which will serve as backdrop to Olympic surfing in two years, has also turned into a battlefield against beach erosion. Construction crews, hopper dredges and bulldozers have worked to patch up vanishing stretches of beach with much needed sand. The city has also contracted a coastal administrator to manage… Read More
In a maritime market increasingly defined by volatility, from war in the Middle East and the resulting whiplash freight and energy rates, William Doyle chose a moment of celebration in New Orleans to deliver a message grounded in something far less fashionable: stability. Speaking at the March 21 christening of Frederick Paup, a 15,000-cubic-meter trailing suction hopper dredge… Read More
By Riya Mala The Cabinet has approved a $16.7 million grant-funded initiative by the Asian Development Bank, with co-financing from the Oceans Resilience and Coastal Areas Trust Fund, for the “Enhancing Climate Resilience of Coastal Communities Sector” project. The project aims to strengthen the resilience of Fiji’s vulnerable coastal communities against the impacts of climate… Read More
