WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced he secured $293,114,000.00 for Louisiana in the Energy and Water, Interior and Environment, and Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bills for fiscal year 2026. This includes $137.5 million for the Morganza to the Gulf project, $20 million for Southwest Coastal Louisiana for hurricane and shoreline protection, and… Read More
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Resolve Marine is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in Tokyo, Japan, marking a significant step in expanding its presence across Asia and reinforcing its commitment to the global maritime community. Originally launched in late 2025, the office in Japan has established firm roots where it… Read More
PASCAGOULA, Miss., Jan. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that Daniel Marks has been appointed vice president of contracts and pricing at its Ingalls Shipbuilding division. Marks succeeds Stephen Fitts, who has been appointed vice president of supply chain management at Ingalls and is succeeding Scott Weldon who retired at the… Read More
WESTMINSTER, Colo., Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) will hold a conference call on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 8 a.m. ET to review its fourth quarter and full year 2025 results. The call will be broadcast live on the web at https://investor.trimble.com. Investors and participants who wish to dial into the call may do so by first registering at https://events.q4inc.com/analyst/345704027?pwd=d%23tLa2%3C%3D…. Read More
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced it will publish a Request for Information and Interest to evaluate industry interest and gather public input that could inform a potential lease sale for minerals on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Alaska. The request is an early step in BOEM’s competitive… Read More
Portion of grant to kick start nonstructural program. NORFOLK, Va. — The City of Norfolk has been awarded an additional $25 million grant by the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund (CFPF) to advance the Office of Resilience’s Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) project, Resilient Norfolk. In partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Resilient… Read More
Supporting Our Future Leaders in Marine Technology MTS Scholarship Program Each year, MTS awards funding to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students who are accepted into or enrolled in full-time marine-related programs, with a focus on marine technology, marine engineering, or marine science. Learn more and apply! Scholarships Available to MTS Student Members: MTS Rising College Scholarship – $2,500… Read More
On February 18, 2025, about 0925 local time, the towing vessel Thor was pushing two barges downbound on the Delaware River, 1.5 miles downriver from New Castle, Delaware, when a fire broke out in the engine room (see figure 1 and figure 2).1 Four crewmembers isolated the fire to the engine room and subsequently abandoned… Read More
VANCOUVER, WASH. and UTQIAĠVIK, ALASKA — Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) has acquired a majority interest in Northbank Civil and Marine, Inc. (Northbank), a Vancouver, Washington–based construction firm. The acquisition strengthens UIC’s established maritime and infrastructure portfolio and expands its operational presence in the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 2014, Northbank specializes civil and marine construction projects… Read More
US marina operator Suntex Marina Investors, in partnership with Centerbridge Partners and its affiliates, has acquired Two Georges Marina in Shalimar, Florida. The marina will operate as Shalimar Harbor Marina going forward. Suntex says the new name references the former Shalimar Yacht Basin and the Town of Shalimar, where the facility has operated for many… Read More
The Trump administration is finalizing new rules that would effectively cut the permitting process for deep-sea mining in half, even in areas outside of US jurisdiction. On Wednesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced a revision to regulations under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA) that aims to streamline the seabed mining permitting… Read More
Dredgewire emphasizes that this is a very big story for the US maritime industry as it will channel more fees directly to maritime infrastructure including dredging. Two Federal Maritime Commission commissioners confirmed Thursday that the Trump administration has begun implementing enforcement measures to close a decades-old tax loophole that allowed cargo routed through Canadian and… Read More
DredgeWire: Just saying! Right after DredgeWire published its lead story last Thursday about the strong performance of the stocks in our DredgeWire index, JP Morgan issued its own report endorsing GLDD and Orion. Guess we were on to something! Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) +8% in Thursday’s trading to its highest in more than four years as J.P. Morgan… Read More
Moffatt & Nichol – Burns & McDonnell Hawaii, Large Business, Honolulu, Hawaii, is awarded an $84,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to a previously awarded contract (N62478-20-D-5035) for architect-engineer services. This award brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $264,000,000. The contract modification is for design and engineering services for various waterfront projects. Work… Read More
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