Maersk Line, the global containerized division of the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, and the leading container shipping company in the world added PortMiami to its Transpacific 7 (TP7) Service. The first call for the TP7 Service started two days ago at PortMiami with the arrival of the Maersk Kristina, a 6,700 TEU (twenty foot [...]
South Pasadena, Fla.-State Representative Kathleen Peters announces that the Florida Legislature has secured money for the Pinellas beach renourishment project FY 2013-2014. $3.7 million has been designated to Treasure Island and Long Key, matched by $13.7 million in federal dollars. Funding comes after beaches on the East Coast were affected by Hurricane Sandy and will [...]
Low water levels at Kanopolis Reservoir have made all but one boat ramp unusable this spring. And that ramp, located at Langley Point in Kanopolis State Park, has been difficult for boaters due to shallow water. To improve boating conditions near the ramp, Kanopolis State Park staff have been overseeing a dredging operation. Crane Rental [...]
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command has announced a plan for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard dredging project, located in Kittery, ME. This development project consists of dredging at berthing spaces and dry dock entrances at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, ME. Work includes acceptance of Government’s pre-dredge hydrographic survey, lobster mitigation actions, dredging, dewatering/amending, sampling, [...]
In a continued effort to keep Mainers informed of his work in the nation’s capital, U.S. Senator Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME) sat down to recap the events of this past week in the U.S. Senate. Senator King spoke about the passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA), which contains amendments from [...]
Represenative Dan Maffei (D-NY) announced that the Army Corps of Engineers will dredge Little Sodus Bay harbor in Fair Haven as part of relief efforts to restore damage following Superstorm Sandy. Little Sodus Bay has not been dredged since 2005 and the Army Corp of Engineers has determined that dredging is necessary due to damage [...]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released a draft environmental assessment on a proposed action to unload dredged material from the Grand Encampment Placement Site in Buffalo County, Wis. The placement site has reached its storage capacity, and the Corps is proposing to unload approximately 500,000 cubic yards of dredged material. The [...]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Reps. Steve Israel (D–NY) and Rosa DeLauro (D–CT) announced the introduction of bipartisan legislation to protect Long Island Sound. The Long Island Sound Stewardship and Restoration Act will advance the protection and restoration of this key estuary. They were joined by local environmental groups, including the New York and Connecticut [...]
Results from the Phase I Lewis and Clark Lake Sedimentation Management Study indicate that high discharge, short duration reservoir releases out of Fort Randall Dam could help transport significant amounts of fine sediment out of the Missouri River. The build-up of silt and sand behind Gavins Point Dam has been an area of concern for [...]
Mayor Kasim Reed announced in partnership with the the White House Council on Environmental Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Transportation and Urban Development, the Army Corp of Engineers and the Centers for Disease Control, along with other federal and community partners, that the Urban Waters Federal Partnership is expanding to [...]
