San Diego utility company Sempra Energy has tapped engineering, procurement and construction firm Bechtel as the contractor to build the Port Arthur LNG export terminal southeast of Houston. Financial terms were not disclosed but the two companies described the construction deal as a fixed-price EPC contract in a joint Tuesday morning statement. With a federal… Read More
USACE Baltimore District announces that the USACE owned Dredge, CURRITUCK is scheduled to work in the Ocean City, Md for about a month, with about 25 days focused on Assateague Bypass work and about 5 days focused specifically on dredging shoaling hotspots in the inlet channel. Crews will be placing dredged material just south of… Read More
FLORENCE — The Florence-Lauderdale Port Authority has received a $550,000 grant for dredge work, according to a release from Gov. Kay Ivey’s office. The dredging will stabilize water depth, the release states. It is among six grants totaling $3.2 million designed to enhance commerce on the state’s inland waterways, according to Ivey’s office. Jesse Turner,… Read More
OAK BROOK, Ill., March 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes”) (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States announced today the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $71.6 million. The awarded work includes: Caminada Headland Back Barrier Marsh Creation Project (Coastal Protection, Louisiana, $30.1… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, said Monday he hopes the county can get a much-needed Atlantic Harbor dredging project completed this spring. The project will also include the concurrent construction of a living shoreline around the periphery of White Point. “We’ve been scrambling like mad to get… Read More
A company that previously dredged Village lakes will return to Hot Springs Village for this year’s lake dredging projects. Estate Management Services of Missouri LLC has a proven track record in the Village, lakes ecology and fisheries manager Brad Meredith told the board in a memo. The board authorized chief executive officer Lesley Nalley to… Read More
Dredging to remove accumulated silt and sediments from the Ala Wai Canal in Honolulu is scheduled to start before the end of this month. Equipment fabrication and mobilisation for the dredging started in December 2019 and will involve the removal of approximately 142,000 cubic metres of material from the canal, which was last dredged in… Read More
The Tuolumne Utilities District Board of Directors unanimously approved a nearly $537,000 contract at a public meeting Tuesday for construction management on a long-planned restoration of Phoenix Lake Reservoir that’s scheduled to break ground this summer. Anchor QEA, LLC, an environmental consulting firm with offices throughout the United States, was awarded the contract despite not… Read More
Army Corps of Engineers says federal channel near National City Marine Terminal hasn’t been dredged since 1976. SAN DIEGO—The Port of San Diego and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Los Angeles District) will be working together to conduct a dredging project. The federal channel dredge will be conducted in the southern portion of San Diego… Read More
According to a recent Press Release from Collier County, Marco Island will soon be able to enjoy a wider, more robust section of South Beach between the Belize at Cape Marco Condominium and the Marbelle Club Condominiums. The beach in that section will soon be refurbished with approximately 80,000 cubic yards of sand.Equipment is now… Read More
After years of pleading with government officials to have the Cheesequake Creek dredged, Sayreville and Old Bridge marina owners’ efforts have finally paid off. New Jersey Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez and Democratic U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., 6th District, announced Friday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has allocated $4.1 million in… Read More
The Ventura Port District Board of Port Commissioners at their Feb. 5 meeting entered into an agreement with the city of Ventura for plans to dredge the Ventura’s inner harbor. The dredging at the northern portion of Pierpont Basin and the Stub Channel will prevent future storm flows in the Arundell Barranca from creating shoal… Read More
Map shows Brewerton Angle, Brewerton Channel and Brewerton Channel Eastern Extension, are three channels associated with Baltimore Harbor that crews under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be dredging as part of work that began at the end of February 2020. In all, approximately 5.5 million cubic yards of material from six… Read More
US-based cruise line Carnival Cruise Line has signed a five-year agreement with the City of Norfolk, Virginia, to operate seasonal cruises from the Half Moone Cruise Center through 2025. As part of the deal, the City of Norfolk has agreed to make investments at the Half Moone Cruise Center to accommodate larger vessels and provide… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has announced that its Work Plan for the 2020 fiscal year includes $102 million in funding for its civil works program, the largest amount of funding since the 2013 fiscal year. The Work Plan will fund projects, programs and activities that received funding… Read More