Marine News

SOURCE: APP.com · PUBLISHED: June 17, 2010 · AUTHOR: Carol Gorga Williams

Long Branch - A 141-foot bow-loading ferry carrying a maximum passenger load of 399 passengers could service a new city pier 350 days a year - the number of days the seas produce waves of eight feet or less - according to the findings of a N.Y. state engineering firm examining the feasibility of rebuilding an oceanfront pier here.

SOURCE: Engineering News Record · PUBLISHED: 4/15/09 · AUTHOR: Jay H. Reichgott, PE

Short sea shipping (S3), the shipping of cargo or goods over relatively short distances or to nearby coastal ports, has many advantages over trucking and rail transport. In addition to reducing road congestion (its greatest benefit), waterborne transport often uses less fuel, costs less, produces less air pollution, is faster, and has greater space capacity as there are extensive shipping lanes.

SOURCE: Engineering News Record · PUBLISHED: 7/10/06 · AUTHOR: Malcolm G. McLaren, PE

The water quality in major U.S. harbors has improved drastically over the last 15 years thanks primarily to the strict standards established by the federal Clean Water Act of 1972. An unfortunate by-product of that effort, however, is the resurgence of micro-organisms that feed upon submerged wood, commonly called marine borers. These creatures have caused the collapse of dozens of piers in New York Harbor, as well as marine structures on other waterfronts.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently awarded McLaren two On-Call contracts for the provision of structural engineering services in 2008.

The Contracts, one of which is exclusively for waterfront facilities, involve the inspection, condition assessment and prioritization of repairs for various Authority facilities. On the waterfront, structures include tunnels, piers, wharves, and bulkheads, while on land, they include various Authority buildings, retaining walls, toll booths, utility chambers, and other miscellaneous structures.

June 19 marked the successful opening of Kinnally Cove in Hastings-on-Hudson – another project designed and engineered by McLaren Engineering Group.

A 3.2-acre site with the Hudson River to its west, Kinnally Cove originally served the water-dependent industries that were located west of the Hudson River Railroad. Acquired by the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson in 2002 in order to extend McEachron Waterfront Park, McLaren developed the site plan for transforming this piece of landfill into an access point to the Hudson River, particularly for the launching of small craft.