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On July 31st, Gov. John Bel Edwards and other top Louisiana officials signed a formal agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin construction on the deepening of the Lower Mississippi River to 50 feet from 45 feet. This project will provide deep draft access to the ports at Baton Rouge, New Orleans,… Read More
Bipartisan measure includes projectsto improve three river systems in state The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Water Resources Development Act Wednesday, authorizing 34 U.S. Corps of Engineers projects across the country. It also contained provisions addressing three waterways that pass through Arkansas: the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System; the Ouachita and Black Rivers Navigation… Read More
Dyersburg, Tenn.,headquartered Inland Dredging Co. LLC, has been awarded a $24,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for rental of 24-inch cutterhead pipeline for dredging navigation projects in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District announces the award of a more than $12.9-million contract for the installation of two new dam lift gates and a new control system at Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Monaca, Pennsylvania PITTSBURGH – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District announces the… Read More
Sayreville and Old Bridge marina owners’ tireless efforts to have Cheesquake Creek dredged are finally paying off. U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-6th) announced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract for the dredging, which is expected to begin as early as August and take one month to complete. Burnham Dredging Co. of… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Carteret County will have to wait until Monday, Aug. 10 to open bids and perhaps award a contract for the next Bogue Banks beach nourishment project. In an email late Thursday afternoon, Greg Rudolph, manager of the County Shore Protection Office, said only two bids were received from contractors by the deadline… Read More
PINE KNOLL SHORES — The planting of vegetation to help stabilize new dunes created in the Bogue Banks beach nourishment project completed this spring is finished. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, said Tuesday workers from Coastal Transplants of Bolivia, working as a subcontractor under total nourishment project contractor Great Lakes… Read More
Much needed work at Schafer Dam at Success Lake is finally set to begin. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will begin construction to realign Avenue 146 and widen the existing Tule River Spillway at Success Lake in Porterville on Sunday. Avenue 146, including the Rocky Hill Recreation Area, will be closed for… Read More
OAK BROOK, Ill., July 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes”) (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States announced the signing of a subcontract with Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc., (“Bechtel”). Bechtel is the Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contractor for the Train 6… Read More
Edison Chouest Offshore affiliate Alpha Marine Services LLC, Galliano, La., has been awarded a $9,754,990 firm-fixed-price contract for the time charter of seven tractor tugs in support of Navy bases at Kings Bay, Ga. and Mayport, Fla. The contract includes a 12-month base period, four 12-month option periods and a six-month option period, which, if… Read More
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