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COOS BAY — American Construction Company has been contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform maintenance dredging in the Coos Bay harbor from river miles 12 to 15 beginning on or around July 1. According to a press release from the International Port of Coos Bay, dredging was also conducted in this… Read More
City officials say the dredging of Big Pass will help protect the natural and built environment on Lido Key. by: David Conway Deputy Managing Editor Nearly seven years after the U.S. Army Corps of engineers unveiled plans to renourish Lido Key’s shoreline with sand from Big Pass, construction on the project is finally set to… Read More
Some boaters who travel the St. Lucie River regularly will have smoother sailing likely sometime in 2021. The Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District announced Tuesday it has begun the planning process to dredge 15.5 miles of the Okeechobee Waterway from the Crossroads, where the waterway intersects with the Intracoastal Waterway at the Indian River… Read More
On Wednesday, the Alabama State Port Authority signed a final agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to move forward with a project to widen and deepen the channel for the Port of Mobile. Mobile, Alabama’s sole deepwater port, has a 45-foot deep channel with a 40-foot deep inner harbor. It is home to… Read More
Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development Section 7001 of WRRDA 2014, as amended, requires that the Secretary of the Army annually submit to the Congress a report that identifies, for potential congressional authorization, completed feasibility reports, proposed feasibility studies submitted by non-Federal interests, proposed modifications to authorized water resources development projects or feasibility… Read More
DETROIT – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, recently awarded contracts for maintenance dredging of the Detroit River, Saginaw River and St. Clair River all in Michigan. The contracts were separately awarded to Morrish-Wallace Construction Inc., of Cheboygan, Michigan, (d.b.a.) Ryba Marine Construction. These dredging projects help maintain the Great Lakes navigational channel… Read More
OCEAN CITY – No one is happy about a beach project in July, but when the state and federal governments cover most of the cost, the city can’t afford to pass it up, Mayor Jay Gillian told Ocean City Council June 11. “We need it,” he told council, at a remote meeting from an office… Read More
Over 50 years, silt changed depth from 30 ft to 5 ft The water is gone from Buffalo Lake in Elizabethtown. The lake was drained last week as part of the Buffalo Lake Restoration Project. A major component of the project is to dredge the lake to remove sediment deposited over the past 50 years…. Read More
Lions Club will install handicapped-accessible dock after pond is dredged The Marilla Park pond is expected to be dredged next month, making way for the Lions Club to install a new handicapped-accessible dock. The International Union of Operating Engineers 150 have volunteered to dredge the park’s pond to get a depth of about five feet…. Read More
Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, has been awarded a $30,269,098 firm-fixed-price contract for a 120-calendar day shipyard availability for the post shakedown availability of the expeditionary sea base USNS Miguel Keith (T-ESB 5). Work will be performed in Portland and will include the furnishing of general services, shipboard access, clean and gas free tank voids… Read More
The Government of Canada has awarded a performance-based National Shipbuilding Strategy contract to Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards for the full construction of two joint support ships (JSS). Valued at CAD 2.4 billion (about US$1.76 billion), this contract will allow the transition to full-rate construction of the first ship, the construction of early blocks for which began… Read More
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $9.5 Million in Grants for America’s Marine Highways WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) awarded $9.5 million in grants to eight marine highways projects across the Nation under the America’s Marine Highway Program. The funding supports the enhancement of navigable waterways and expands… Read More
There will always be a 1,000-foot area closed for construction during the project, according to city officials. LONG BRANCH, NJ — Beach replenishment will begin soon in Long Branch. The process will start with sand pumping Sunday or Monday, before work begins Monday on Plaza Court. Work will continue south to Sycamore Avenue until June… Read More
Canada’s Seaspan Shipyards (Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd.) has entered a teaming arrangement with Heddle Shipyards (Heddle Marine Service Inc.) to compete for the contract to build the Canadian Coast Guard’s future polar icebreaker, the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker. Under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), two Canadian shipyards – Seaspan and Irving’s Halifax Shipyard — were… Read More
A $618 million expansion proposal for the Port of Nome would roughly double the length of the port’s west causeway, seen here with a vessel moored, and add a nearly 1,400-foot breakwater with three large vessel docks in deep water. The project is a step closer toward happening after the Corps of Engineers approved the… Read More