SUPERIOR, WI – Fraser Industries, a historic maritime company with subsidiaries Fraser Shipyards, Lake Assault Boats, and Northern Engineering, located in Superior, Wisconsin, and Portsmouth, Virginia, has successfully closed a bond financing deal that will pave the way for a sustainable and robust maritime workforce for future generations. Founded in 1890, the company has been a leader in the Great Lakes maritime industry with unmatched expertise and innovation. Over the decades, Fraser has built a reputation for excellence in ship construction and repair, serving a diverse range of clients i ..read more

We’re proud of how hard our NAD team has worked to coordinate response efforts and provide support to the Baltimore District and Unified Command Center in the aftermath of the FSK Bridge collapse. Sgt. 1st Class Orlando Papaleo is one of our military personnel on the team who has provided crucial support. Papaleo is the Forward Engineer Support Team – Advanced (FEST-A) Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) for the 71st FEST-A. He has helped run our operations section day-to-day by capturing and channeling information related to the response. Source The post USACE NAD Team Working Around t ..read more

Jade Creek Construction, a subsidiary of government contractor Akima, will modernize facilities in the region over five years. Award: Critical infrastructure modernization Value: $499 million Location: Baltimore Clients: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Herndon, Virginia-based Jade Creek Construction has won a $499 million design-build construction contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District. Jade Creek — a subsidiary of Akima, a contracting firm performing government work across a wide range of sectors — will modernize USACE facilities and enhance water ..read more

BALTIMORE – The Captain of the Port established a fourth channel, the Fort McHenry Limited Access Channel, which will run the length of the northeast side of the federal channel, and provide additional access to commercially essential traffic. The limited access deep draft channel has a controlling depth of a minimum of 35 feet, a 300-foot horizontal clearance, and a vertical clearance of 214 feet. Additional restrictions for transits are outlined in MSIB 043-24, including weather limitations which may impact the transit window. Starting Monday, April 29, operations to remove the M/V DALI w ..read more

NEW ORLEANS — In remarks at the International Partnering Forum conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will announce a new five-year offshore wind leasing schedule, which includes up to 12 potential offshore wind energy lease sales through 2028. Future offshore wind energy lease sales from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) are anticipated in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, and the waters offshore of the U.S. territories in the next five years. The leasing schedule includes four potential offshore lease sales in 2024, one each in ..read more

Coastlines around the world are changing, causing serious problems for the many communities living near the sea. In the second of two programmes on coastal erosion, CrowdScience explores the best ways to tackle this problem. As we heard in the first programme, listener Anne from sees trucks dumping sand on the beach near her Florida home. We dig into this effective but expensive strategy to restore beaches by replenishing the beach with imported sand. And in Puerto Rico, we hear about the importance of natural ecosystems, both on and offshore, in combating the power of the sea. CrowdScience jo ..read more

Florida’s beaches are incredibly important for storm damage reduction and tourism, however they are under threat from coastal erosion. Dr Tiffany Roberts Briggs explains to Caroline Steel how Florida’s beaches are restored with mined sand. Source The post Should beaches be restored with mined sand? appeared first on DredgeWire ..read more

Florida’s beaches are incredibly important for storm damage reduction and tourism, however they are under threat from coastal erosion. Dr Tiffany Roberts Briggs explains to Caroline Steel how Florida’s beaches are restored with mined sand. Listen  Now (Photo: A truck prepares to dump sand on Miami Beach. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The post Should beaches be restored with mined sand? appeared first on DredgeWire ..read more

Coastlines around the world are changing, causing serious problems for the many communities living near the sea. In the second of two programmes on coastal erosion, CrowdScience explores the best ways to tackle this problem. As we heard in the first programme, listener Anne from sees trucks dumping sand on the beach near her Florida home. We dig into this effective but expensive strategy to restore beaches by replenishing the beach with imported sand. And in Puerto Rico, we hear about the importance of natural ecosystems, both on and offshore, in combating the power of the sea. CrowdScience jo ..read more

Dutch marine contractor Boskalis recently completed an extensive land reclamation campaign on the island of Gulhifalhu in the Maldives. The works were carried out over a period of nine months using the trailing suction hopper dredgers Oranje, Queen of the Netherlands, Willem van Oranje, and Prins der Nederlanden. The development is part of an overarching plan by the Ministry of Construction and Infrastructure of the Maldives. The reclamation itself was carried out with an extensive environmental monitoring and mitigation program creating urgently needed space for social hou ..read more