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Navigation-clearance stakeholder influencing bridge height and design constraints
The Federal Highway Administration has approved the environmental plan for a new Chesapeake Bay Bridge crossing. The Record of Decision selects Alternative C: two new four-lane spans, eight lanes across the Bay, and removal of the two existing bridges.
Updated 3 days ago
Beneficiary of the new pier; will homeport four offshore patrol cutters there
Skanska has started building a new homeport pier at Naval Station Newport for four Coast Guard offshore patrol cutters, under a $271.2 million contract awarded in September 2026. The old Pier 1, a 1,585-foot concrete structure from the mid-1950s, was demolished in an earlier phase after storms and waves left it condemned.
Updated Oct 23
As of July 2026: Enforced the canal safety zone for testing
For more than a century, an artificial canal has linked the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan. That link is how invasive carp could reach the Great Lakes. This week, crews lowered the first permanent piece of a barrier built to close that door.
Updated Jul 13
As of May 2026: Lead operational force executing boardings, seizures, and pursuit under court orders
The U.S. Coast Guard is now chasing a third Venezuela-linked tanker in international waters near Venezuela—under a judicial seizure order. Two other tankers have already been stopped in the past 11 days, including one dramatic helicopter boarding that the administration amplified on social media.
Updated May 15
As of May 2026: Potential lead for interdictions; linked to prior tanker seizure operations.
Trump's Venezuela "blockade" threat is now backed by policy. Washington has added new Venezuela-linked sanctions and also targeted Iran's shadow-fleet network. Together, these expand the pool of already-sanctioned vessels that the U.S. Navy could board if they try to trade with Venezuela.
As of May 2026: Led the boarding and seizure of the Skipper under sanctions and counter‑terrorism authorities.
A US Coast Guard team fast-roped from helicopters onto the supertanker Skipper off Venezuela's coast. Within hours, President Donald Trump was bragging in Washington that the United States had just seized one of the world's largest tankers and would likely keep the oil.
Updated May 11
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