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CAPE CARTERET — Carteret County officials hope to begin dredging Old Ferry Channel, in Bogue Sound between Cape Carteret and Emerald Isle, and probably at least some of Deer Creek in Cape Carteret in December. The work would need to be finished in April. Greg Rudolph, manager of the County Shore Protection Office, which plans… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Town commissioners Tuesday night adopted two resolutions necessary to proceed with a major beach nourishment project in early 2021. The 5-0 vote came during the Emerald Isle board’s monthly meeting in town hall and via GoToWebinar. The project will put 2,012,850 cubic yards of sand on the beaches of extreme western Emerald… Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the low-probability-high-impact novel risk that few people had seen coming and warned about it (mostly statisticians and epidemiologists) but the greater business community had ignored it till now. Coping with COVID-19 is still an evolving process, and the shipping industry has been learning to react and adjust to the forces… Read More
The Philadelphia Engineer District intends to procure a new diesel-electric hybrid vessel for the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The new vessel will be used by the district in support of its drift collection and emergency response missions. It will replace current the DCV Driftmaster, which is used in the… Read More
FINCANTIERI TO DESIGN THE PROJECT OF THE US NAVY UNMANNED FLEET The futuristic LUSV program for 100-meter long vessels to operate without crew Trieste, September 7th, 2020 – The Department of Defense and the US Navy awarded to Fincantieri’s subsidiary, Marinette Marine (FMM), a $7 million contract for design and engineering work of the Large… Read More
Callan Marine to Deploy 32” Cutter Suction Dredge General MacArthur GALVESTON, TX – September 8, 2020 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently awarded a $54 million construction contract to Callan Marine, Ltd. for the North Breton Island Restoration Project. The Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment oil spill global settlement reached in… Read More
C&C Marine and Repair LLC, Belle Chasse, La., is putting the final touches to the 6,600 hp, 170- by 50-foot towboat M/V Scarlett Rose Furlong. Set to be delivered by mid-September to Nashville, Tenn., headquartered Hines Furlong Line, the boat was designed by Portland, Maine, based CT Marine LLC. Main propulsion power is provide by… Read More
The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded six companies contracts totaling $41,985,112 for studies of a Large Unmanned Surface Vessel. Each contract includes an option for engineering support. If all options were exercised, the cumulative value for all awards would be $59,476,146 The companies awarded the contracts and the award amounts are as follows: Huntington… Read More
SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – The Surfside Beach mayor said town leaders are on track to picking a company to rebuild the pier. The Surfside Beach Pier was destroyed almost four years ago when Hurricane Matthew hit. A workshop was held Thursday on the Pier Restoration Project where leaders discussed the evaluations completed and other… Read More
WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — Warwick Mayor Joseph Solomon unveiled another plan for his Oakland Beach Resiliency Initiative on Tuesday. Solomon announced $565,000 in funding will be used to address Warwick’s water quality and coastal resiliency. “My team has been working on this project for several years, and I’m very excited that this work will improve… Read More
RYE — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and former U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg together visited Rye Harbor on Wednesday and received an update on dredging operations scheduled to begin this fall. The dredging is necessary to combat the severe shoaling that has rendered parts of the waterway difficult to navigate. During their visit, Shaheen, a Democrat,… Read More
JUPITER — Brace for a bit of traffic on the Intracoastal Waterway later this year. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to dredge the Intracoastal immediately west, north and south of the Jupiter Inlet, corps spokesman David Ruderman said. The $2.8 million project, which also includes dredging near the St. Lucie Inlet, is regularly… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers coastal dredging contractor was in Coos Bay conducting dredging operations within the Charleston federal navigation channel during the last week of August. Recognizing an opportunity to realize significant cost savings associated with mobilization and demobilization to the south coast, the Port entered into a contract with McAmis to remove… Read More
Dredging for the latest beach renourishment project on Lido Key has been moving “a little bit ahead of schedule” since it began last month, according to Sarasota City Manager Tom Barwin. As of Friday, crews already had moved more than 200,000 cubic yards of sand to the southern shores of Lido Key beach from a… Read More
Construction on the $6 million rehabilitation of James City County Marina may begin this fall, after the the project was delayed last winter due to a lack of qualified bids, according to James City County Parks Administrator Alister Perkinson. Phase one of the improvement project for the marina, which is located near Jamestown Settlement, was… Read More