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By Heiko Osterchrist The author was honored and privileged to have been recently invited aboard the newest GLDD hopper dredge, The Galveston Island. She is a magnificent hopper vessel that is bristling with the latest dredge technology that makes her not only the most modern efficient vessel in the GLDD fleet, but in N. America. … Read More
At this week’s International WorkBoat Show, dredging industry experts discussed the sector’s major advancements and trends in a panel titled “The U.S. Dredging Boom: Trends, Technologies, and Future Directions”. Panelists included Bill Doyle, CEO and executive director of Dredging Contractors of America, Fred Paup, board chairman and executive vice president of Manson Construction Co., David Johanson, senior vice president… Read More
In three years, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has made more than 66,000 projects possible for thousands of communities across the country WASHINGTON, DC— Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) released the following statement on the three-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. More than $560 billion in Bipartisan… Read More
By Laurie Schreiber It’s long overdue and taken years to begin, but the dredging of Portland Harbor will finally move forward this winter, with the construction of a “confined aquatic disposal” cell — basically a deep hole dug into the seabed into which the dredged-up material can be permanently deposited. The city of Portland has… Read More
HOUSTON– The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met on Tuesday for its annual Budget Workshop, during which it approved Port Houston’s $674 million operating budget and $396 million capital plan, to help guide staff in operating and managing facilities and activities for Fiscal Year 2025. Port Houston, a strategic leader for the… Read More
Jeffersonville, IN – American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Coxon as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. This marks a significant step in ACBL’s transformative journey toward realizing its vision of being the trusted leader in marine transportation. Over the last few years, ACBL has made important progress in… Read More
Ørsted announced today that David Hardy, Group EVP and CEO Americas, has decided to leave the company to join GE Vernova as Chief Commercial Officer, Wind. He will step down from his position effective November 30. The search for a successor Region Americas CEO is well underway. In the interim period, Ørsted’s Chief Commercial Officer… Read More
In a key meeting for the future of the Latin American port industry, the Executive President of AAPA Latam, Juan Duarte, together with the General Director of the AAPA Latam Congress, Zulma Dinelli, met with the authorities of the Argentine Port Council (CPA) to present AAPA’s new strategy for Latin America. The main objective of… Read More
HOUSTON, Nov. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, announced that its newly launched Multi Cat dredge support vessels, Cape Hatteras and Cape Canaveral, have been awarded the prestigious 2024 Significant Boat of the Year title at the International WorkBoat Show. This… Read More
In a key meeting for the future of the Latin American port industry, the Executive President of AAPA Latam, Juan Duarte, together with the General Director of the AAPA Latam Congress, Zulma Dinelli, met with the authorities of the Argentine Port Council (CPA) to present AAPA’s new strategy for Latin America. The main objective of… Read More
The offshore wind industry is growing. According to the 2024 Offshore Wind Market Report, the U.S. industry’s project pipeline grew by 53% from the previous year—enough to power more than 26 million homes if fully developed. As the U.S. offshore wind industry grows, so does the number of good-paying job opportunities and the demand to fill… Read More
Cummins Inc. will be highlighting its latest marine technologies at the International Workboat Show in New Orleans, La., Nov. 12-14, 2024, including the QSK38 EPA Tier 4 solution, which the company said is designed with repower flexibility in mind. “Cummins is committed to leading the maritime industry toward a sustainable future through innovative power solutions,”… Read More
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) invites all authors and presenters to submit abstracts for presentations, panels, and planned sessions for WODCON XXIV. The conference will be held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, from June 23-27, 2025. Click here to submit an abstract. This year’s conference theme is “Dredging Towards a More Resilient Future”. The presentations featured at… Read More
Jeffersonville, IN – American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Coxon as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. This marks a significant step in ACBL’s transformative journey toward realizing its vision of being the trusted leader in marine transportation. Over the last few years, ACBL has made important progress in… Read More
Port and Terminal Operators tap industry veteran with over 30 years of maritime law and regulatory experience WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 12, 2024) – The National Association of Waterfront Employers (NAWE) Board of Directors announced that the Honorable Carl Bentzel has been elected to serve as the association’s new president, effective December 16, 2024. As part… Read More
At its annual meeting on Nov. 6, the American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU) elected Sean M. Dalton, executive vice president of Munich Reinsurance America Inc., as its chair. Dalton will succeed Anthony Cowie, head of marine reinsurance for the Americas. Karen Griswold will become AIMU’s new vice chair, while Brian Murphy will become director… Read More
Ochsner Health is pleased to announce that Ben Bordelon, President and CEO of Bollinger Shipyards, LLC, has been elected to serve as a board member for its 46-hospital health system. Bordelon will begin his four-year term effective January 1, 2025. The Ochsner Health Board of Directors oversees the system’s leadership and strategy to achieve the… Read More
California’s offshore wind industry could be a casualty if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his promise to sign an executive order to “end” the offshore wind industry. He cannot do it with the stroke of a pen. But Trump can deeply wound the state’s next-generation renewable energy source by cutting off funding just as it’s gaining… Read More
Here’s how much electricity the state’s windfarms current produce The winds in California get a bad name when they worsen devastating fires across the state but wind also is a clean form of energy the state is looking to harness further. The first big wind farms in the U.S. were built in California, then the… Read More
Offshore wind power is as a critical resource in the rapid shift towards renewable energy, but is also now a target of frequent cyberattacks. Two-thirds of energy professionals say their infrastructure is more vulnerable to cyber threats than ever, making guidance more vital than ever before. DNV and Siemens Energy have launched a joint industry… Read More
The project could potentially generate 2.4GW of offshore wind energy, enough to power 800,000 homes. The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published its final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the SouthCoast Wind Project. The move aligns with the US administration’s target of deploying 30GW of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030. If… Read More
This funding is expected to help increase both capacity and efficiency at coastal seaports, Great Lakes ports, and inland river ports. The port improvement projects announced will strengthen supply chain reliability, create workforce development opportunities, enhance freight efficiency, lower costs, reduce emissions, and improve the safety, reliability, and resilience of our ports. The funding comes… Read More
The March 26 ship allision and catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was a stark revelation of U.S. port vulnerability. When the 8,600’ continuous truss span came down, killing six workers, it was the end to a “sequence of poor decisions that are just about the hallmark of all disasters,” said… Read More
By Laurie Schreiber It’s long overdue and taken years to begin, but the dredging of Portland Harbor will finally move forward this winter, with the construction of a “confined aquatic disposal” cell — basically a deep hole dug into the seabed into which the dredged-up material can be permanently deposited. The city of Portland has… Read More
ATLANTA – The Georgia Ports Authority experienced its third busiest October on record, handling 494,261 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), the agency reported Thursday. That number fell short only of October 2021 and October 2022, when more than half a million TEUs crossed the docks at the Port of Savannah. Last month’s numbers were driven… Read More
Port Technology International (PTI) is excited to introduce the speakers and sessions for the upcoming Maritime Safety Series: Ports Edition in partnership with ICHCA. The Maritime Safety Series event will be held virtually from 3 – 4 December 2024. Several sessions will be held over two days, giving attendees the chance to hear from recognised experts… Read More
Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Pete Nguyen provided the following statement: Today the Department of Defense’s Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs (IPSA) announced the Maritime Security (MARSEC) Consortium, a new public-private initiative focused on transforming maritime security in Southeast Asia. The MARSEC Consortium brings together defense industry investors, companies, U.S. government… Read More
Pennsylvania American Water has completed dredging Roaring Brook of silt and sediment inadvertently released into the waterway in February from a dam rehabilitation in Dunmore, the company announced Monday. The sediment removal was part of a corrective action plan required by the state Department of Environmental Protection after a mishap at the No. 7 Reservoir… Read More
FIRE ISLAND, NY – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, has announced the commencement of essential 2024-2025 maintenance dredging operations for the Fire Island Inlet and Shores Westerly to Jones Inlet, New York Beach Erosion Control and Navigation Project (Project). This critical work, awarded to Norfolk Dredging Company for $36,978,060, will begin… Read More
Ray Brook, NY – The Adirondack Park Agency is accepting public comment on projects currently under review. The public is encouraged to go online to learn more about each public comment opportunity and to submit comments electronically. At present, the following projects are available for comment at https://apa.ny.gov/Hearings/index.cfm: A three-lot subdivision to create a 0.39±-acre lot with… Read More
BOISE, Idaho, –Two big local rock materials companies are combining into a new company. Premier Aggregates and Ada Sand & Gravel have merged to form Premier Aggregates Holdings, LLC. Ada Sand & Gravel launched in 1961 and operates a large quarry on S. Pleasant Valley Rd. south of the Boise Airport. In 2019, the Wheeler… Read More
Titan America, today announced it has acquired D.M. Conner Sand & Gravel Company, which operates an aggregates quarry located in Stuarts Draft, Virginia. The acquisition further advances the Company’s mission to lead in providing high-quality construction materials. “The addition of these sand, gravel and critical minerals strengthens our growing aggregates position and the strategic location of these assets reinforces our… Read More
Morristown has been able to haul material out of its town gravel pit for the past two years. Now, the town has settled a court dispute with the state, ensuring the town will be able to use the land how it wants when it wraps up operations in the pit a quarter century from now…. Read More
Port Angeles, WA – BRIX Marine is excited to announce the launch of its latest megayacht tender, the 11.8-meter T/T Kismet. This custom Naiad RHIB was designed for the tender garage on the 122-meter Kismet, recently launched by Lürssen. The 11.8-meter joins multiple other tenders in Kismet’s arsenal, and she stands out as a high-performance vessel… Read More
Bellingham, WA – All American Marine (AAM), a leader in constructing vessels with hybrid and electric propulsion systems, is excited to announce that it has secured a contract to build a 63-foot hybrid catamaran for the Orange County Sanitation District (OC San). The Teknicraft Designed vessel, designed to support ocean sampling and scientific research, will be an innovative hybrid-powered boat, contributing to environmental… Read More
LOCKPORT, La., – Bollinger Shipyards (“Bollinger”) today announced the delivery of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) John Witherspoon at Coast Guard Sector Key West. This is the 58th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) delivered under the U.S. Coast Guard’s current program and the 184th vessel built by Bollinger for the U.S. Coast Guard over a 40-year partnership… Read More
Dan Conrad, Sr. VP of Conrad Shipyard, commented to DredgeWire about receiving the Work Boat of the Year Award: “Conrad appreciates our long term relationship with the customer GLDD as well as with the designer Damen. Repeat business is always a testament to great companies with similar values working together. We look forward many more… Read More
WESTERLY — A nearly two-year process for the Watch Hill Yacht Club to get permission from the state Coastal Resources Management Council to dredge its marina in Watch Hill Cove could be over soon. The CRMC unanimously approved the yacht club’s application to do so, following an Aug. 27 meeting in which several objectors spoke… Read More
FIRE ISLAND, NY – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, has announced the commencement of essential 2024-2025 maintenance dredging operations for the Fire Island Inlet and Shores Westerly to Jones Inlet, New York Beach Erosion Control and Navigation Project (Project). This critical work, awarded to Norfolk Dredging Company for $36,978,060, will begin… Read More
This funding is expected to help increase both capacity and efficiency at coastal seaports, Great Lakes ports, and inland river ports. The port improvement projects announced will strengthen supply chain reliability, create workforce development opportunities, enhance freight efficiency, lower costs, reduce emissions, and improve the safety, reliability, and resilience of our ports. The funding comes… Read More
By Laurie Schreiber It’s long overdue and taken years to begin, but the dredging of Portland Harbor will finally move forward this winter, with the construction of a “confined aquatic disposal” cell — basically a deep hole dug into the seabed into which the dredged-up material can be permanently deposited. The city of Portland has… Read More
FIRE ISLAND, NY – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, has announced the commencement of essential 2024-2025 maintenance dredging operations for the Fire Island Inlet and Shores Westerly to Jones Inlet, New York Beach Erosion Control and Navigation Project (Project). This critical work, awarded to Norfolk Dredging Company for $36,978,060, will begin… Read More
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. – The beaches along the Pinellas County coastline are the lifeline of the area’s economy, and it took the brunt of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. “Our beaches are what people come to Florida for,” State Rep. Linda Chaney said. “We have to protect them.” State and county leaders say the need for beach renourishment is even more dire than before, especially… Read More
FLORENCE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and the Tennessee Valley Authority have released a timeline for planned repairs to the main chamber at Wilson Lock, which has been closed since Sep. 25, 2024. The current projected date for reopening the main chamber is spring 2025. This timeline is subject to… Read More
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recognized the accomplishments of many of its outstanding Civilians and Soldiers during a Nov. 13 awards ceremony held at USACE Headquarters in Washington D.C. The event was hosted by USACE Commanding General Lt. Gen. William H. “Butch” Graham, Jr., and honored individuals and teams throughout the U.S…. Read More
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the Port of Baltimore’s subsequent closure showed the world how valuable this region’s port operations are to the rest of the world. Port Of Baltimore Executive Director Jonathan Daniels sat down with World Trade Center Institute CEO Eddie Resende to discuss just how much the port… Read More
By Heiko Osterchrist-Associate Publisher Trimble is a global, industrial technology company who supports the building & construction, marine, agriculture, natural resources, utilities, transportation, and many other sectors. DW: Jonathan tell our readers a little bit about your background and how you came to be at Trimble. JW: I got involved in the LiDAR (Light Detection… Read More
We’re pleased to share the launch and christening of The Bridgeport and Port Jefferson Steamboat Company ferry LONG ISLAND with you. This is the 16th vessel we have built for our long-time customer, McAllister Towing. Watch here:
GO Marine Services Managing Director Jody Broussard talks with recruiter Heather Mequet about how using a third-party contractor recruitment firm for supplemental staffing and direct hire placement can help mitigate maritime risks. Jody Broussard stands out as a visionary leader in the realms of operational management, strategic planning, and human resources, bringing over twenty years… Read More