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Cargo ships brace for cleaner fuel requirements, higher costs Hitachi, NVIDIA also backing startups designed to improve data At noon every day — when the sun is directly overhead — the world’s fleet of commercial maritime ships report their position, speed and weather conditions. It’s the primary way ships track how much fuel they’re burning… Read More
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN) today announced the appointment of Mr. Robert Tabb as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Tabb has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since November 2, 2018. “I’m very pleased to have Robert fill the position of Chief Financial Officer. Robert’s efforts these last several months have demonstrated… Read More
Ellicott Dredge Technologies (EDT) is pleased to announce the sale of an IMS Model 7012 HP JetMaster® dredge to Matrix Reservoir Sdn. Bhd. for maintaining Tok Bali Supply Base (TBSB) in Kelantan, Malaysia. The system will perform annual maintenance of TBSB which serves the oil and gas industry in offshore Peninsular Malaysia and the Gulf… Read More
WILMERDING, Pa., April 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wabtec (NYSE: WAB) announced that Kristine Kubacki, CFA, has joined the company as vice president of investor relations. In this role, Kubacki will be responsible for communicating the vision and value of Wabtec to shareholders and the financial community. Kubacki will succeed Tim Wesley, who has held… Read More
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) joined with its binational partner, the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC), to mark the opening of the Seaway’s 2019 navigation season. 2019 marks the 60th anniversary of the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. “The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System is… Read More
RESERVE, LOUISIANA – Christina Bolling was named Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of DSC Dredge, LLC. She was promoted after serving five years as DSC Dredge Corporate Human Resources Director where she has fostered an integrated culture throughout DSC headquarters and two production facilities in Greenbush, Michigan and Poplarville, Mississippi. Bolling’s background experience… Read More
Backlog Reaches Record High with Strong Demand Continuing Into 2019 Fourth Quarter Reported Results Reflect Project Delays, Weather Impacts and Non-Cash Impairment Charges Process Improvement Plan Underway HOUSTON, Texas, March 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN) (the “Company”), a leading specialty construction company, today reported financial results for the fourth… Read More
CITY HALL — As the threat of “storm of the century” looms, the Army Corps of Engineers is trying to figure out how to get the New York and New Jersey region ready, but some of those ideas could potentially cause more water to actually hit Staten Island. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
Last weekend I attended J.F. Brennan Company, Inc.’s annual party and celebrated our 100th anniversary. 500 of the greatest workforce and spouses I have ever had the pleasure to work with. It was amazing to see and hear the history (will be sharing more in future posts) and how a 4th generation family business has… Read More
Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, received two awards for the Barbours Cut Dock 8 & San Jacinto Battleground Marsh Restoration project. The awards, the Environmental Port Project of the Year and the Inland Dredging Project of the Year: Majors, were presented at the 2018 Dredging and Port Construction Awards event held November 20,… Read More
Upmanu Lall, director of the Columbia Water Center, and Patrick Decker, president and chief executive officer at Xylem, discusses the challenges preventing global access to clean water. They speak on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: bloomberg.com
Applied Spectrometry Associates Analytics Inc., a Waukesha-based maker of instrumentation for the water and wastewater treatment industry, has been acquired by In-Situ Inc. of Fort Collins, Colorado. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ASA Analytics has been renamed ChemScan Inc. and will operate as a subsidiary of In-Situ. Founded in 1995 by Bernie Beemster,… Read More
Transportation Institute (TI), a leading maritime association that advocates and works for sound national maritime policy in the United States, announced a 30 percent increase in domestic maritime job creation enabled by the Jones Act. Thanks to the law, the industry now employs nearly 650,0000 Americans across all 50 states and contributes $154 billion to… Read More
GREEN BAY (WLUK) — Those working on the Fox River Cleanup Project were honored for their work in reducing the impact of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on the river. The NEW Watershed Champion award was presented Wednesday by NEW Water and Green Bay Water Utility at the Jack Day Environmental Education Center. The annual event commemorates… Read More
By Heiko Osterchrist, Associate Publisher, DredgeWire The U.S. Jones Act dredging industry is integral to Florida’s economic and national security. “Our U.S.-Flag Jones Act dredging companies, ships and workers are at the forefront of deepening and widening all of Florida’s ports, harbors and channels. We build the beaches, restore the coastal areas — and we… Read More