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Park City Wind Permit Review to Proceed for Second AVANGRID Joint Venture Offshore Wind Project. 804 MW Project Will Help Connecticut to Reach Goal of 2,000 MW of Offshore Wind Power by 2030. ORANGE, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) today confirmed that the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a Notice of… Read More
Oversees Coastal Texas Study, Likely Largest Civil Works Project in U.S. History HOUSTON – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has named Port Houston Executive Director Roger Guenther to the Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) Board of Directors. The Texas State Legislature created the Gulf Coast Protection District to “operate and leverage funding to build the unique… Read More
One of America’s best known Great Lakes shipbuilders has come under new ownership. Superior, Wis.-based Fraser Industries LLC has been acquired by Infrastructure Acquisition Partners LLC, a joint venture between Norway’s Cleaves Invest AS and Foundry Mountain Infrastructure Partners LLC. “As a Great Lakes maritime company, Fraser Industries has a terrific 133 year legacy on… Read More
The Board of WISTA USA, the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association, appointed Boriana Farrar, vice president and chief legal officer of Patriot Contract Services LLC, as president at its 2021 Annual General Meeting held virtually earlier this month. Farrar takes over the presidency from Parker Harrison, senior vice president and General Counsel, Crowley Maritime… Read More
At a ceremony held today at the Port of New Orleans, Rear Adm. John P. Nadeau transferred command of the Coast Guard Eighth District to Rear Adm. Richard V. Timme. As the Eighth District commander, Timme is responsible for all Coast Guard operations spanning 26 states, including the Gulf of Mexico coastline from Florida to… Read More
CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) reports that its Maritime Finance business is providing $42 million in financing for a portfolio of seven dry bulk vessels. Dynamic Bulk Holdings, a leading dry bulk shipping operator, will use the loan to refinance existing debt on its fleet of seven Handymax vessels. “Demand for commodities transport increases constantly… Read More
Mettawa, IL (June 24, 2021) – Brunswick Corporation today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Navico, a global leader in marine electronics and sensors for $1.05 billion. As a result of this acquisition, Brunswick will add the industry leading brands of Lowrance, Simrad, B&G, and C-MAP to its Advanced Systems… Read More
The 410-foot vessel is the second ATB in Crowley’s fleet, after the Aveogan/Oliver Leavitt, to be dedicated to the Alaska market. The ATB is specially designed to add efficiency and range to transport clean petroleum products for Crowley Fuels, the company’s Alaska-based business unit. “This purpose-built vessel was specifically designed by our in-house naval architects… Read More
Crowley Maritime Corporation and the University of North Florida (UNF) today announced that Crowley has donated $2.5 million as an endowment gift for the creation and operation of a new center of excellence named the Crowley Center for Transportation and Logistics (CCTL). The center will reside in UNF’s Coggin College of Business and utilize interdisciplinary faculty… Read More
Farhat Ben Amor – Appointed as Technical Field Expert Rehabilitation of Piers and Dredging clean and contaminated material at BHP International Poti
PANAMA CITY, FL – Today, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) announced that the company has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Louisiana’s Bayou Metal Supply to provide material and labor in support of the production of the United States Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Program. ESG is the prime contractor of the OPC program… Read More
This past Friday we celebrated the well-deserved and hard-earned retirement of Vic Buhr! Throughout his 30+ years with Brennan, Vic developed our “dredge division” into what is now known as the Environmental Group. His forward way of thinking allowed him to take a small dredging operation and turn it into one of the most sophisticated… Read More
The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) has announced the recipients of its annual shipyard safety awards. Each year, SCA honors shipbuilding and repair organizations with the “Excellence in Safety,” “Improvement in Safety”, and “Significant Safety Achievement” awards for enhancement of operations and promotion of safety and accident prevention. This year, nine shipyards received awards, with… Read More
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Sally Bakko, Michel Bechel, Roger Guenther, Robert D. “Bob” Mitchell, Lori J. Traweek, and Michael VanDerSnick to the Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) Board of Directors for terms set to expire on June 16, 2025. Additionally, the Governor named Nicole Sunstrum as the temporary Executive Director. The Gulf… Read More