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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS SUBJECT: Safeguarding U.S. National Interests in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions To help protect… Read More
By Crystal McGough CLAY – The Clay City Council unanimously passed Resolution 2020-08 Tuesday night, awarding the bid for the Cosby Lake dredging project to M & N of Alabama, LLC. “It is a resolution to allow the mayor to sign a contract for the dredging of Cosby Lake,” City Manager Ronnie Dixon said. “The… Read More
As part of the national response to COVID-19, the Department of Defense (DoD) has entered into a $50 million Defense Production Act Title III agreement with shipbuilder Austal USA, Mobile. Ala. The agreement is intended to maintain, protect, and expand critical domestic shipbuilding and maintenance capacity. Using funds authorized and appropriated under the CARES Act,… Read More
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