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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a $97.9 million construction contract on Wednesday to Callan Marine, Ltd., to complete the second phase of the four phase Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project. The project increases the channel depth from -47 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) to -54 ft MLLW, and widens the… Read More
PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Philly Shipyard, Inc., the sole operating subsidiary of Philly Shipyard ASA (Oslo: PHLY), has been awarded a contract for the construction of up to five (5) National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMV) from TOTE Services, LLC (TOTE), an industry leader in ship management, marine operations and vessel services. TOTE was selected by the U.S. Department… Read More
Swiftships LLC, Morgan City, La., has been awarded a $50,144,904 modification to a previously-awarded contract that exercises an option for the construction of four LCU 1700 class Landing Craft Utility (LCU) transportation boats (1703 through 1706). Work is expected to be complete by October 2022 The LCU 1700 class will replace the existing LCU 1610… Read More
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $1.50 billion fixed-price-incentive modification to a previously awarded contract for the procurement of the detail design and construction of amphibious transport dock LPD 31. The ship will be the 15th in the San Antonio class and the second Flight II LPD…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to conduct Grays Harbor maintenance dredging in the outer harbor starting April 10 with the Corps hopper dredge vessel Essayons. According to the Corps, there are many crab pots in the South Beach Disposal Site and it is asking fishermen and crabbers to move their equipment to avoid… Read More
The town’s harbormaster is looking to have Tashmoo channel in Tisbury dredged toward the end of October, after boat traffic lets up, using a combination of a state grant and town money. At a Tuesday meeting, selectmen approved a grant application to help pay for the estimated $260,000 dredge project. The plan is to clear… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A contractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, Kaiyuh Services, LLC, of Anchorage, Alaska is preparing to start construction on a habitat restoration project in Conway Lake, near Lansing, Iowa, in May. The completed project will restore lost and diminished fish and wildlife habitat in Pool 9… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District is accepting written comments until April 24 on a proposed dredging and maintenance project on a 2.5-mile section of the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route called Sloop Channel in Hyde County. The Corps said it received an application from the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division seeking authorization to… Read More
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, Calif., has been awarded a $200,313,251 firm-fixed-price contract for the execution of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer’s (LHD-4) docking and selected restricted availability. Work includes a combination of maintenance, modernization and repair of USS Boxer. The contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities… Read More
VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded a $39,906,609 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract. It covers the detail design and construction of a fourth Navy berthing barge, formally termed an Auxiliary Personnel Lighter – Small (APL(S)). Construction of all APL(S) craft is firm-fixed-price. The contract also includes options for associated support… Read More
Federal regulators on Thursday approved the Jordan Cove LNG project in Coos Bay and the 230-mile Pacific Connector Pipeline, presaging a battle with the state of Oregon, whose regulators have declined to issue the three most significant state permits for the facility. The projects owner, Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Corp., immediately informed the Oregon Department of… Read More
Coronavirus or not, the city of Toledo still plans to meet Thursday with contractors who might want to bid on a major wetlands project the city hopes to have done in North Toledo later this year to provide more wildlife habitat and help improve Maumee River water quality. The 10 a.m. pre-bid meeting will be… Read More
The first step in implementing Project Hope has been taken. The Menomonie City Council voted Monday to allow up to $75,000 in administrative spending to launch the project. Project Hope is an initiative between the city and Menomonie Police Department to use evidence-based practices in an effort to combat methamphetamine and opioid addiction in the… Read More
Defense contracts valued at $7 million and above NAVY United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $319,792,357 modification (P00018) to a previously awarded, firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable contract (N00019-18-C-1021). This modification exercises an option for the production and delivery of 20 F135-PW-100 propulsion systems for the Navy, six… Read More
Reprinted from Island Free Press As interest in Spring fishing is picking up, members of the Dare County Waterways Commission Monday were anxious about getting Hatteras Inlet in shape before the busy season. Plans are now being proposed for the state, rather than the Army Corps of Engineers, to dredge a shoaled area on the… Read More