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During a recent meeting with chemical distributors, Commissioner Carl W. Bentzel heard concerns about systemic reductions for hazardous materials transportation via ocean. Specifically, distributors source chemical products from manufacturers overseas and sell them to diverse customers in the United States across all industries that use these chemicals to produce a wide range of goods critical… Read More
The Port of Tillamook Bay Board of Commissioners welcomed two new faces this summer, including one commissioner who has served on the board before. Bill Baertlein and Kevin Stoecker started their four-year terms on July 1. The men replace Chris Sween and Jim Young. “I want to thank Chris and Jim for their service. Chris… Read More
Hurricane Ida Recovery Update 9/2/2021: Conrad Deepwater Repair: Deepwater Repair facility has resumed operations. All Deepwater Repair employees that are able to safely return to work should arrive at their normally scheduled time. Conrad Deepwater South New Construction: Deepwater South has resumed operations for day shift only. All Deepwater South employees that are able to… Read More
DSC continues to assess the long-term impact of Hurricane Ida and the catastrophic damage brought to the gulf coast earlier this week. We are grateful to share that both of our southern facilities fared well. Our corporate offices and manufacturing facility located in Reserve, LA was extremely fortunate, escaping with minimal damage compared to the… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Inc., Houston, Texas, has been awarded a $47,469,180 firm-fixed-price contract for beach replenishment. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in New York, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2022. Fiscal 2014 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of… Read More
Brian Grant – Hired as Vice President of Sales at Fortress UAV Ken Mika – Hired as Senior Project Manager at Terta Tech Lennard Nieuwland – Promoted to SHE-Q Specialist at Royal IHC Mike Martin – Hired as St. Louis Region Operations Manager at Central Stone Company Suzanne Rijnders – Promoted to International Legal Counsel… Read More
Crowley Maritime Corporation has signed a long-term time charter with Shell NA LNG, providing for the building and operation of a new U.S.-built, LNG bunker barge. With a capacity of 12,000 cubic meters, it will be the largest Jones Act-compliant vessel of its kind. It will be built at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay,… Read More
Gulf Coast Fuel Supply, an offshore fuel supplier specializing in MGO and VLSFO deliveries at the Galveston, Sabine, S.W. Pass, and Corpus Christi lightering area in Texas, has partnered with Fueltrax to install its fuel monitoring solution on the 11,500 dwt tanker Bonaire Trader. The Fueltrax technology onboard Bonaire Trader helps Gulf Coast Fuel Supply… Read More
In 2019 Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Company, LLC filed several patents to explore incorporating light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology into dredging and marine construction activities aboard dredges and tugs. LiDAR produces a 360-degree 3D landscape of stationary and non-stationary objects in real-time, using mounted sensors to emit billions of light photons per second… Read More
SAVANNAH — The bodies of two Effingham County brothers were found Sunday morning following a Friday night boating accident. Joseph and Thomas Fox were in a group in a small boat that crashed into a dredge vessel in the Savannah River near Elba Island. All seven passengers were ejected. Five were rescued from the water… Read More
WASHINGTON – Today, the White House announced that John D. Porcari will be the Port Envoy to the Biden-Harris Administration Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force. The Task Force was established in June to address supply and demand mismatches that emerged in several sectors as the economy reawakened following the Administration’s historic vaccination and economic relief… Read More
When last we reported on Meredith Berger, she was swinging a bottle of bubbly at Ingalls Shipbuilding to christen LPD 28 Fort Lauderdale. Yesterday, she was designated as performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy. In this role, she serves as the deputy and principal assistant to Secretary of the Navy Carlos… Read More
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has named Brooke Hart executive vice president, communications. She will succeed Jerri Dickseski, who will retire on September 1 after nearly 31 years of service. Hart will be located in HII’s Washington, D.C., office and will report to Mike Petters, HII’s president and CEO, effective Sept. 27. “Jerri has been a… Read More
Dredging projects have added an additional 2,300 kilometers of navigational waterways to Bangladesh’s river system over the past several years. In 2012, Ellicott supplied its first dredges to the Bangladesh Inland Waterway Transport Authority (BIWTA) and the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB). In the past decade, these two governmental organizations have purchased 32 dredges, over… Read More
Nick Fawle has joined Milford, Mass.-based Milton Cat’s sales team as marine market manager with a focus on new engine sales in the Northeast territory. Fawle has more than 20 years of marine industry experience. He spent six years with Cummins where he sold marine, industrial and truck engines. He also worked for New England… Read More