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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have allocated nearly $1.65 million for the dredging of Holland Harbor in 2021. U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, announced the figure Tuesday. USACE will dredge both the inner and outer harbors in Holland, after including it in its 2021 work plan. Dredging cleans out the bed of… Read More
DETROIT- Using strategically placed water monitoring equipment and a field team, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is providing technical advice for St. Clair River U.S. and Canadian coast guard ice breaking operations. The technical advice helps identify areas to focus ice breaking efforts and Corps of Engineers Emergency Management is helping coordinate efforts across… Read More
The operator of the Port of Baltimore’s container terminal plans to spend more than $166 million on upgrades as shipping rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic and the long-awaited Howard Street Tunnel project promises to potentially double the port’s container volume. Ports America Chesapeake, the New Jersey-based firm that operates the state-owned Seagirt Marine Terminal under… Read More
Solstad Offshore ASA, Skudeneshavn, Norway, reports that it as signed a contract with MHI Vestas for hire of the construction support vessel Normand Fortress to support its walk-to-work (W2W) operations at the Triton Knoll wind farm in U.K. The firm period of the contract is 140 days plus options thereafter, commencing March 2021. The contract… Read More
Project will examine present state of City’s beaches and dunes, and make recommendations for sea level rise adaptation and coastal resiliency. Integral Consulting is to undertake an assessment of beach and dune conditions at South Padre Island in a Texas Coastal Management Program study funded[1] by the Texas General Land Office and the City of… Read More
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Technical Solutions division was awarded a contract last week to provide maintenance, training and planning support for U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes a five-year ordering term, with a total potential value of $175 million. “We are very pleased the U.S. Navy has entrusted us to support the readiness… Read More
East Coast Repair and Fabrication LLC, Portsmouth, Va., has been awarded a $12,131,903 firm-fixed-price contract for a 50-calendar day shipyard availability. The work to be performed provides services for the mid-term availability of the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196). The contract also contains five unexercised options that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative… Read More
When it comes to maintaining a home, dredging doesn’t typically come to mind on the to-do list. But when owning waterfront property complete with a private boat slip, Sean Scarborough, owner of Scarborough Marine Group, said dredging to remove muck and silt could make all the difference in the world. “It increases the value of… Read More
Oregon Inlet has a dredging schedule for February and March. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge Merritt, a side caster, is the only Corps dredge in North Carolina. The dredge is expected to arrive at Oregon Inlet the second week of February after brief stops in Lockwood Folly and Carolina Beach. Once the Merritt… Read More
The Tuesday agenda for the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners was short on business items, but commissioners, staff and the public found plenty to discuss. Commissioners heard about drainage problems from a Risk Road resident; they heard reports that the US Army Corps of Engineers is asking certain Columbia River shoreline residents for letters of… Read More
NextDecade Corporation has announced that it has completed an evaluation of the Galveston Bay LNG site and determined that the site in Texas City is not suitable for development of an LNG facility and related infrastructure and utilities. The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District, has advised that a portion of the Galveston… Read More
Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14), whose district includes all of Ashtabula County, announced on Friday that dredging work for the Ashtabula and Conneaut harbors is included in the Army Corps of Engineers’ 2021 work plan. The dredging of the Ashtabula Harbor will cost $2.29 million, and dredging in Conneaut will cost $911,000, according to a press… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, entered into an agreement in December with the Northwestern Water & Sewer District to provide almost $1 million assistance toward the total costs of sanitary sewer upgrades in the Sugar Ridge/Mercer Road area. The new wastewater collection system will protect surface water quality and address unsanitary conditions… Read More
The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are marking a milestone of environmental stewardship this month on the landmark restoration of Poplar Island near Talbot County. Simultaneously, the agencies are advancing plans for their next partnership using dredged materials to preserve and protect Maryland’s… Read More
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Nearly four years after Hurricane Irma and five years after Hurricane Matthew, Congress has allocated $500,000 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin a study of erosion along North Ponte Vedra Beach. Over the last decade, the St. Johns County coastline has been eaten away by those two… Read More