The Dunedin Marina boat ramp will close to the general public effective Friday, May 8, 2020. Press release from the City of Dunedin: 04/29/2020 12:00 PM The Dunedin Marina boat ramp will close to the general public effective Friday, May 8, 2020. The City of Dunedin will begin dredging the marina on Monday, June 1st,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, awarded the final contract for the cutoff wall required as part of the ongoing rehabilitation of the Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD), the earthen structure surrounding Lake Okeechobee. The Corps awarded the contract April 30, 2020 for $41.4 million to Bauer Foundation Corporation from Odessa, Florida. The contract… Read More
With a contractor selected, the city said work on a Lido Key renourishment project is poised to begin by July. by: David Conway Deputy Managing Editor The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected a contractor for a planned Lido Key shoreline renourishment project and is moving to begin work in July on the first-ever… Read More
Subsea Global Solutions (SGS) has entered into a new agreement with tanker operator Penfield Marine to provide underwater hull maintenance for their fleet. The contract is the natural evolution of the existing successful relationship between the two companies. As one of the leading tanker operators in the world with 54 tankers under its commercial management,… Read More
Dredging of the channel leading into Nantucket Harbor is now underway and will continue during daylight hours for the next four to five weeks, Nantucket director of emergency management Dave Fronzuto said Thursday. The dredge Currituck was delayed in starting the work by storms in early October, but is working now and berthed at the… Read More
Despite what’s expected to be a record high level this summer for Lake Michigan, the outer harbor in St. Joseph will be dredged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with the work expected to start next month. During this week’s city commission meeting, St. Joseph City Manager John Hodgson said they’ve asked the Corps… Read More
Chinese shipbuilder Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering has won an order to build liquefied petroleum tankers for Germany’s Hartmann Group. The contract includes the construction of three 5000 cubic meter LPG ships and additional order for two vessels. CIMC SOE, which is a unit of CIMC ENRIC, claims that the vessels will be the… Read More
Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, has been awarded a $20,880,790 firm, fixed-price contract (N32205-20-C-4005) for an 87-calendar day shipyard availability for the overhaul drydocking availability of the USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200). The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the total contract value to $22,186,509. Work will be performed in Portland, Oregon, and will… Read More
IHC America announces that it has been awarded the contract to build a Water Injection Dredge for the North Carolina State Ports Authority. The dredge will perform maintenance in the main seaports of Wilmington and Morehead City for maintaining the depth of the ports by moving sediment from the main channel and allowing the natural… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to conduct Grays Harbor maintenance dredging in the Outer Harbor beginning April 29 with the Corps hopper dredge vessel Essayons. There are many crab pots in the South Beach Disposal Site and the Army Corps of Engineers is asking fishermen and crabbers to move their equipment to avoid… Read More
GRAND HAVEN, MI – Grand Haven beach-goers will be able to enjoy twice as much beach this summer after the completion of a beach nourishment project funded by the federal government. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to replenish sand along the beach of Grand Haven State Park next month after finishing an annual… Read More
Weeks Marine and Eastern Shipbuilding Group (Eastern) announced they have signed a contract to construct a sister ship to Weeks Marine’s TSHD MAGDALEN, the twin screw trailing suction hopper dredge built by Eastern and placed into service in 2018. The new vessel will be constructed at Eastern’s Allanton Panama City, Florida facility. The contract to… Read More
Published April 22, 2020 Expiration date: 5/22/2020 The applicant, New Jersey Department of Transportation – Office of Maritime Resources, has requested Department of the Army authorization to perform ten (10)-year maintenance dredging of three (3) channels within Barnegat Bay, identified as the Berkeley Shores State Channel Complex: Berkeley Shores North Channel, Berkeley Shores Channel, and… Read More
MASSENA — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has modified a plan to address sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at the Grasse River Superfund Site. This calls for removal, instead of capping, of an additional 90,000 cubic yards of sediment from an area of the river near Snug Harbor to accommodate a new tugboat…. Read More
Textron Inc., New Orleans, La., has been awarded a $386,280,994 contract modification covering the construction of 15 Ship to Shore Connector landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) vessels. The award is for Craft 109 through 123. Textron delivered Craft 100, the first of the next-generation Shore Connector (SSC) air cushion landing craft to the U.S. Navy… Read More