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On August 1st, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee passed the Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill on a 28-0 vote. The bill matched the President’s budget request. Unlike the House of Representatives bill verison, it did not include any Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS, aka earmarks) for the waterway. Both appropriations bills also included Additional Dredging Needs funding… Read More
On the evening of July 31, 2024, Major General William H. “Butch” Graham Jr. was confirmed by the United States Senate as the next chief of engineers and commanding general of the Corps of Engineers. The Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) congratulates Mr. Graham on this accomplishment, and look forward to continuing with our longstanding… Read More
The WEDA Safety Commission was honored to present five Safety Excellence Awards this year: Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Company: Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, LLC Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Company: Matthews Brothers, LLC Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Project: CEDA Tailings Management and Environmental Solutions, IOL Kearl Lake WETA Dredge… Read More
The WEDA Safety Commission was honored to present five Safety Excellence Awards this year: Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Company: Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, LLC Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Company: Matthews Brothers, LLC Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Project: CEDA Tailings Management and Environmental Solutions, IOL Kearl Lake WETA Dredge… Read More
The WEDA Safety Commission was honored to present five Safety Excellence Awards this year: Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Company: Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, LLC Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Company: Matthews Brothers, LLC Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Project: CEDA Tailings Management and Environmental Solutions, IOL Kearl Lake WETA Dredge… Read More
The WEDA Safety Commission was honored to present five Safety Excellence Awards this year: Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Company: Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, LLC Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Company: Matthews Brothers, LLC Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Project: CEDA Tailings Management and Environmental Solutions, IOL Kearl Lake WETA Dredge… Read More
The WEDA Safety Commission was honored to present five Safety Excellence Awards this year: Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Company: Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, LLC Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Company: Matthews Brothers, LLC Safety Excellence Award for a Dredging Project: CEDA Tailings Management and Environmental Solutions, IOL Kearl Lake WETA Dredge… Read More
Crowley and SEACOR Holdings (“SEACOR”) jointly announced today the successful formation of Fairwater Holdings LLC (“Fairwater”). Fairwater, an independent U.S. company, integrates Crowley and SEACOR’s petroleum and chemical transportation vessels, capabilities and personnel to provide U.S. Jones Act shipping solutions. Fairwater is active in all major Jones Act coastwise tank vessel trades, differentiating it from… Read More
Heidelberg Materials North America came to an agreement to purchase Carver Sand & Gravel, which is located around Albany, New York. According to Heidelberg Materials, four quarries, three sand and gravel pits, a trucking business, two asphalt plants, 70 million metric tons of reserves and about 200 employees are included in the deal. Heidelberg Materials and Carver… Read More
Canada’s largest shipbuilder, Davie, is inspecting sites and seeking a U.S. partner “to make a long-term commitment to American shipbuilding” and expand its capacity, the White House announced this week. This was just one of the Biden administration’s announcements on expanding domestic shipbuilding following the July 11 agreement reached among the United States, Canada and Finland to… Read More
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 30, 2024 – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Headquarters Engineering and Construction Division announced in June that Nicholas “Nikko” Aleman, the Geotechnical Section Chief for the Memphis District (MVM), is the recipient of this year’s Timothy Skeen Geotechnics Professional of the Year award. The Timothy Skeen Geotechnics Professional of the Year… Read More
Covington, Louisiana — Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (“Hornbeck Offshore” or the “Company”) announced today that the United States Department of the Navy Office of Small Business Programs recently approved a Mentor Protégé Agreement between the Company and Next Generation Logistics, LLC (“NGL”). Small businesses, including Veteran/Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small businesses, Historically Underutilized Business Zone small businesses, Small… Read More
US-based fleeting and shifting firm Turn Services on Tuesday (30 July) announced its plans to acquire Marine Fueling Service, Inc. (MFS), a company with 65 years of service in the Golden Triangle area and the Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW) in Texas. Owned by the Bean family for over six decades, MFS provides bunkering, fleeting, shifting, towing,… Read More
HOUSTON — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD) today announced that it will release the financial results for its three and six months ended June 30, 2024 on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. C.D.T. A conference call with the Company will be held the same day at 9:00 a.m. C.D.T. Investors… Read More
As global shipping proves buoyant, Saltchuk Resources announced its plan to purchase Overseas Shipholding Group (“OSG”) in an all-cash deal that values the company at an aggregate equity value of approximately $653 million. Saltchuk is a privately-owned family of diversified freight transportation, marine service, and energy distribution companies, while OSG focuses on transportation services for crude… Read More