The Anchor QEA Scholarship Committee is happy to announce our 2021 scholarship award winners. Since 1999, our scholarship program has focused on supporting graduate students in financial need who are entering fields aligned with our expertise—and who are committed to giving back to their communities. As a step toward dismantling the financial barriers that contribute… Read More
WEDA webinar on hiring and retaining talent a huge success; replay available here Over 100 attend WEDA’s “Dredging for Talent” webinar Five dredging and marine industry human resource leaders share their secrets and insights. DredgeWire reports… Last week these three panelists: Laurie Boyan – VP Human Resources, Weeks Construction Rebecca Gardner, PE – Anchor QEA, LLC Don… Read More
Michael Gerhardt – Michael Gerhardt has started as Senior Director of Government Affairs for Mike Hooks, LLC of Westlake, Louisiana, a family-owned and -operated dredging and environmental remediation contractor, founded in 1945, that performs maintenance dredging, port deepenings, beach reclamation, wetland restoration, marsh creation, and disaster recovery along the Gulf Coast.
PANAMA CITY, FL – On Thursday, January 20th, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) announced the completion of a new, state-of-the-art aluminum superstructure fabrication and assembly hall at its Nelson Street Shipyard. This major infrastructure project further optimizes ESG’s Nelson Street Facility to support multi-hull production for the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program for which… Read More
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Privately-owned Maxim Watermakers has become the latest company to be acquired by Beloit, Wis.-based Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management (Arcline). Shreveport, La., based Maxim Watermakers is a provider of ship desalination and water treatment technologies. Its systems provide life-sustaining water for crews during ship deployments. This position Maxim as… Read More
Recently named the director of safety and sustainability at American Waterways Operators (AWO), the national advocate for the U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge industry, Michael Breslin is no stranger to the industry. Prior to this role, Breslin spent nearly 13 years at Turn Services, New Orleans, La., as a port captain, safety and compliance manager,… Read More
To start the new year, The Maritime Executive caught up with Jennifer Carpenter, president and CEO of the American Waterways Operators, for an update on what 2022 will look like on America’s inland waterways. The year ahead is shaping up to be an eventful one for tug and towboat operators: between the final deadline for Subchapter M,… Read More
In a ceremony held December 3, 2021, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., shipbuilder Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding delivered the 340 foot long, 5,500-cubic-meter LNG bunkering barge, Clean Canaveral, to Polaris New Energy. The vessel, which is also our Vessel of the Month in this issue (see page 10), is the largest ATB bunkering barge thus far built in… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC is America’s largest provider of dredging and construction related services. Though most of their operations are in the American mainland, GLD&D as it is shortly called, operates overseas as well. With a diverse dredging fleet of numerous specialized vessels, they offer cutting edge solutions for modern day problems… Read More
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (NYSE: TGP) today reports that its previously announced acquisition by investment vehicles managed by New York City headquartered Stonepeak has completed. With the $6.2 billion deal done, the partnership will rebrand as Seapeak. It intends to convert to a limited liability company during the first quarter of 2022 and says it… Read More
Setting the stage for the start of investments in key port and infrastructure developments, Equinor and BP have finalized Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSAs) with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), for the Empire Wind 2 and Beacon Wind 1 offshore wind projects. The milestone agreement was announced at an event… Read More
RESERVE, LOUISIANA – On October 26th 2021 – DSC Dredge welcomed Mitchell Duplantis as the newest member of their Information Technology team. As a former IT support analyst and helpdesk specialist, Duplantis brings experience in applying technical and problem-solving skills to improve both team and organizational performance and the ability to leverage existing technology with… Read More
Global Innovator in Boat Monitoring and Control Technology Welcomes New Talent BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Jan. 13, 2022 – Blue Guard Innovations (BGI), the industry leader and innovator of smart boat monitoring and control technology, recently announced that David Divjak joined the company as Product Manager. In this role, he will be responsible for existing and… Read More