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All American Marine (AAM), Bellingham, Wash., has been awarded a contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) covering construction a 50-foot aluminum research catamaran for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. The twin-engine Teknicraft Design vessel will be built to USCG Subchapter T standards. The vessel will carry up to 18 personnel on… Read More
DETROIT — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, awarded a contract for dredging at Duluth-Superior Harbor in western Lake Superior on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. The more than $2 million contract was awarded to Roen Salvage Co., from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The contract (award number W911XK20C0014) is to dredge approximately 120,000 cubic yards of… Read More
The bill includes a $70 million city contribution over two years and a $40 million loan. by: Mike Mendenhall Staff Writer The Jacksonville City Council authorized a $70 million city contribution and $40 million bridge loan to the Jacksonville Port Authority’s dredging project in the St. Johns River. Council voted 17-0 on July 28 to… Read More
BOEM’s Gulf of Mexico Office Regional Director, Mike Celata, virtually signed a memorandum of understanding to address coastal restoration in Texas with Col. Timothy Vail, Commander, USACE Galveston District and Mark Havens, Deputy Land Commissioner for Texas GLO. This effort is intended to streamline and synchronize Gulf of Mexico sediment resource identification for Texas coastal… Read More
Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department boats combat a fire onboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego, July 12. On the morning of July 12, a fire was called away aboard the ship while it was moored pier side at Naval Base San Diego. Local, base, and shipboard firefighters responded… Read More
Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Ore., has been awarded a $10,000,000 modification to a previously awarded contract to support the extended drydocking selected restricted availability of the Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65). This modification will provide docking and pier-side services to USS Chosin (CG 65) during the performance of the extended availability… Read More
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI Ocean City has been spending millions of dollars in the past few years for an ambitious dredging program to clear out sediment-choked channels and lagoons along the back bays. In some places, the sediment had been so thick that boaters were unable to navigate through the shallow lagoons at low tide. The… Read More
DETROIT — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, recently awarded a contract for dredging in western Michigan, on Lake Michigan. The Corps awarded a maintenance dredging contract for Holland (Outer) Harbor in June to Luedtke Engineering Company from Frankfort, Michigan. The contract (award number W911 XK20C0012) was for more than $455,000 to dredge… Read More
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command has awarded Crowley Government Services, Jacksonville, Fla., a $24,070,898 contract extension to continue the operation and maintenance of five T-AGOS ocean surveillance ships and two T-AGM missile range instrumentation ships. The extension includes one six-month base and two six-month option periods that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative value… Read More
DETROIT — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, awarded a contract for dredging at Duluth-Superior Harbor in western Lake Superior on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. The more than $2 million contract was awarded to Roen Salvage Co., from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The contract (award number W911XK20C0014) is to dredge approximately 120,000 cubic yards of… Read More
WASHINGTON – One year after announcing the launch of the Non-Traditional and Emerging Transportation Technology (NETT) Council, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today released Pathways to the Future of Transportation – a policy document that is intended to serve as a roadmap for innovators of new cross modal technologies to engage with the Department…. Read More
A project to deepen certain areas of the Intracoastal Waterway off Long Beach Island is expected to begin in November, nearly a year after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract to address shoaling issues in the channel from Cape May north to the Island. The ICW is a 3,000-mile inland waterway running… Read More
The St. Johns River Water Management District is diving right in with a pilot project to restore the DeBary Bayou, also known as the Gemini Springs Run, by using mechanical harvesters to remove exotic and nuisance vegetation. An ambitious plan to rid DeBary Bayou of invasive and excess vegetation has begun. If successful, St. Johns… Read More
FENWICK ISLAND, Del. – The Little Assawoman Bay has never been dredged before. Boaters say they often get stuck. After a new survey, that could change. “A lot of people go out here and don’t know what’s going on,” says Jack Straughan. “They get stuck up here on the sand bar.” Straughan grew up in… Read More
FENWICK ISLAND – The results of a bathymetric survey will determine Fenwick Island’s next steps for a dredging project in the neighboring bay. This week, Delaware firm Three Chord began surveying work in the Little Assawoman Bay. In a Fenwick Island Dredging Committee meeting on Tuesday, Councilman Bernie Merritt, committee chair, said the survey would… Read More