Washington, D.C.—Escaping a “chopping block,” the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA 2020) made it into a massive package Congress passed to fund the government and provide coronavirus relief to the… Read More
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November 30 brought the official end to a record-setting Atlantic hurricane season. In all, the 2020 hurricane season ended with a record 30 named storms, topping the previous record of… Read More
Florida is seeking to become the third state to transfer discharge permitting authority under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act from the federal government to the state under a… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, the nation’s largest provider of dredging services, announced October 22 that it is moving its national headquarters to Houston, Texas, from Oak Brook, Ill. Read More
Washington, D.C.—The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has launched a new Marine Highway module of the Port Planning & Investment Toolkit to help U.S. ports plan, evaluate and finance freight transportation projects. Read More
Washington, D.C.—The House easily approved a stopgap measure to continue funding the federal government through December 11 and extend surface transportation and national flood insurance programs for a full year… Read More
Hurricane Sally made landfall in the early morning hours September 16 near Gulf Shores, Ala., as a Category 2 storm. Remarkably, Sally made landfall 16 years to the day—almost to… Read More
Members of the Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group family, who incurred almost a direct hit from Hurricane Michael in October 2018 when the storm made landfall at Mexico Beach,… Read More
Oak Brook, Ill.-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) announced July 6 the awarding of four dredge contracts that total $51.1 million in value. The largest contract is with… Read More
Catching up on a backlog of dredging takes time, but the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) says progress is being made. In 2016, the backlog for dredging along the waterway… Read More
