Paul C. Schmall and Anthony J. Binsfeld have been selected to receive the Outstanding Achievement Awards by The Moles, a National Heavy Construction Industry Professional Organization. The awards will be presented at The Moles’ Annual Award Dinner at the New York Marriott Marquis on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. Paul Schmall will accept The Moles Member Award… Read More
By Heiko Osterchrist The author was honored and privileged to have been recently invited aboard the newest GLDD hopper dredge, The Galveston Island. She is a magnificent hopper vessel that is bristling with the latest dredge technology that makes her not only the most modern efficient vessel in the GLDD fleet, but in N. America. … Read More
Download this Press ReleasePDF Format Special General Meeting of Shareholders Scheduled for December 2, 2024, for Approval of Related Items HOUSTON — McDermott International Ltd. (“McDermott” or the “Company”) today announced that it has reached an agreement with the holders of a majority of its Series A Preference Shares (“Series A Preference Shares”), par value $0.001… Read More
Decks & Docks, a 34-year-old Clearwater-based marine construction and outdoor living supply company, has bought a Texas supplier growing its footprint to 43 locations. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the purchase was of Bayou City Lumber, which is based in Houston. According to a statement announcing the deal, Bayou City will operate… Read More
MORGAN CITY, La. — Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) announced today its third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2024 financial results and backlog at September 30, 2024. For the quarter ended September 30, 2024, Conrad had net income of $7.5 million and earnings per diluted share of $1.49 compared to net loss of $3.2 million and loss per diluted share of $0.63 during the third… Read More
Every year, Marine Log’s Top Women in Maritime Awards honor a diverse group of women for their extraordinary professional achievements—whether their careers are shoreside or onboard a vessel. This year they will take their recognition one step further by launching Marine Log’sTop Women in Maritime Celebration. Employees from two Port Bureau member companies are being… Read More
Swiss forwarder adds marine drayage specialist Forwarder Kuehne+Nagel announced it has acquired a majority share of IMC Logistics, a U.S.-based provider of marine drayage services. Switzerland-based Kuehne+Nagel will acquire 51% of privately held IMC, which specializes in end-to-end transportation solutions to or from seaports or rail hubs, customer facilities and inland in the U.S. K+N… Read More
Offshore support vessel (OSV) owner Tidewater announced its third quarter results on Thursday afternoon in New York. The market hated the news – the shares were down 12 per cent on Friday to close at US$56.11, a 15-month low. If you bought Tidewater stock at any time since early July 2023, you have lost money, not that… Read More
Port and Terminal Operators tap industry veteran with over 30 years of maritime law and regulatory experience WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 12, 2024) – The National Association of Waterfront Employers (NAWE) Board of Directors announced that the Honorable Carl Bentzel has been elected to serve as the association’s new president, effective December 16, 2024. As part… Read More
There is an up and coming generation looking for opportunities to start working within our environmental/restoration/reef research space. Here’s a good roundup including opportunities for summer internships.. Attention Job Seekers! This week’s Roundup of hashtag#NowHiring job & internship opportunities is one you don’t want to miss! INTERNSHIPS: 1. Reef Relief is accepting applications for its… Read More
At its annual meeting on Nov. 6, the American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU) elected Sean M. Dalton, executive vice president of Munich Reinsurance America Inc., as its chair. Dalton will succeed Anthony Cowie, head of marine reinsurance for the Americas. Karen Griswold will become AIMU’s new vice chair, while Brian Murphy will become director… Read More
Ochsner Health is pleased to announce that Ben Bordelon, President and CEO of Bollinger Shipyards, LLC, has been elected to serve as a board member for its 46-hospital health system. Bordelon will begin his four-year term effective January 1, 2025. The Ochsner Health Board of Directors oversees the system’s leadership and strategy to achieve the… Read More
The National Association of Waterfront Employers (NAWE) Board of Directors announced that the Honorable Carl Bentzel has been elected to serve as the association’s new president, effective December 16, 2024. As part of this role, he will also serve as the Executive Director of the National Maritime Safety Association (NMSA). “I am honored to join… Read More
HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — McDermott has been awarded a large* engineering, procurement, removal and disposal (EPRD) contract by Santos for the decommissioning of the Harriet Alpha platform and associated infrastructure, located offshore Western Australia. The contract follows the successful execution of the Campbell decommissioning project for Santos in Australia. Part of the Harriet Joint Venture (HJV)… Read More
Dan Conrad, Sr. VP of Conrad Shipyard, commented to DredgeWire about receiving the Work Boat of the Year Award: “Conrad appreciates our long term relationship with the customer GLDD as well as with the designer Damen. Repeat business is always a testament to great companies with similar values working together. We look forward many more… Read More