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management in the future we have to consider the maritime support industries. The port is not just the big terminals; there are also the support industries that provide a place for tug boats, ferries, recreation and for marinas to coexist. For a full service harbor, you need all of these things. The Port Authorities and Army Corps of the world can afford to do what needs to be done to dredge, but some mom and pop marinas, ship yards, boat yards and dry dock companies can?t.? S eebode said, ?Coming up with affordable and environmentally safe solutions will be critical. In the future we?re going to have a signi cant amount of dredged material to deal with. Trade in the port is expected to increase in the coming decades and the port will have to be maintained to safely receive larger vessels.? ?One thing we continue to do successfully is work as a team of agencies to come up with solutions,? said Thomas Creamer, chief, The captain of the pump barge who sprayed the sand onto the CDF to cap it. Credit: Linda Guenther, NY District, USACE November 201264 MNMNNov2012 Layout 50-65.indd 64MNNov2012 Layout 50-65.indd 6411/7/2012 11:45:27 AM11/7/2012 11:45:27 AM