Curtin Maritime Corp., Long Beach, California was awarded an $11,471,704 firm-fixed-price contract for Wilmington Harbor anchorage and mid-river maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Wilmington, North Carolina with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2027. Fiscal 2023 civil construction funds; fiscal 2025 civil construction… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has officially awarded a $28,460,000.00 contract for the South Atlantic Division Regional Harbor Dredging Project to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co, LLC. The maintenance dredging contract encompasses key navigation channels across the South Atlantic region, specifically focusing on critical operational areas including: • Wilmington Harbor (North Carolina) •… Read More
By Baird Maritime Officials from the Port of Oakland and the US Army Corps of Engineers have signed an agreement to widen and modernise waterways to accommodate larger cargo vessels. The design pact marks the initial stage of a $640 million infrastructure project intended to maintain maritime trade capacity, the port noted. Cargo ships entering… Read More
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) – Congressman Buddy Carter says Tybee Island is getting a major boost for beach renourishment. Carter says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will put up more than $12 million for the project. “Tybee Island, one of Georgia’s crown jewels. We’re able to secure funding for beach renourishment,” said Carter. Funding… Read More
By Kaylee Wendt Maggie Crawford, a biologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District, has been named the recipient of the national Don Lawyer Award for Regulator of the Year, recognizing her contributions to the Corps of Engineers Regulatory Program and her work on some of the region’s most complex projects. The Don… Read More
A multimillion-dollar project focused on dredging efforts was slated to begin this week in Lorain Harbor. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the dredging operations are meant to maintain the safety and navigability of the waterway that connects to Lake Erie. In total, about 45,000 cubic yards of sediment is expected to be removed… Read More
SUBJECT: Norfolk Harbor Federal Navigation Project, Thimble Shoal Channel Proposed Dredged Material Transport and Placement at the Dam Neck Ocean Disposal Site. Pursuant to Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) of 1972 and USACE policy 33 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 337.1, this Public Notice serves as the U.S. Army Corps… Read More
Mike Hooks LLC, Westlake, Louisiana, was awarded a $49,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for cutterhead pipeline dredging and attendant plant. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 16, 2027. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC., Houston, Texas, was awarded a $28,460,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the Fiscal 2027 South Atlantic Division regional harbor dredge program, with a total cumulative face value of $29,928,000. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Brunswick and Savannah, Georgia, and Wilmington, North… Read More
LORAIN, Ohio — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, will begin dredging operations this week in Lorain Harbor to maintain safe and navigable waterways for Great Lakes commercial vessels, recreational boaters and other harbor users on Lake Erie. The Buffalo District awarded a $2.5 million contract in June 2026 to Michigan-based Walsh Service Solutions… Read More
Dredging is set to begin next month on the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal, starting in the area of the Route 9 bridge in Lewes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently announced work to dredge over six miles of the canal, from the bridge to Rehoboth Bay, will start in October and be completed by March. Cottrel… Read More
By Alan Bosworth The US Army Corps of Engineers’ 94-year-old dustpan dredge Potter resumed channel maintenance near St. Louis in late August after completing routine dry-dock repairs. The St. Louis District vessel is working on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, where it helps maintain a nine-foot navigation channel for commercial traffic. Its 52 employees are divided… Read More
Oceanside beaches are expected to receive about 380,000 cubic yards of sand from the harbor this fall as officials test a new dredging schedule designed to strengthen the shoreline ahead of winter. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in consultation with the city, is moving this year’s dredging to fall in an effort to improve… Read More
By Noe Gonzalez GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Sept. 15, 2026) — For the first time since 2015, the massive concrete-and-steel bones of Barkley Lock are exposed to the open air as maintenance crews work inside a drained chamber to reinforce a critical navigation link on the Cumberland River. Since Aug. 10, the Corps has drained millions of gallons of water from the… Read More
OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, in partnership with Union County, South Dakota have signed a federal cost share agreement that formally begins a flood risk management feasibility study focused along the lower Big Sioux River in southeastern South Dakota and northwest Iowa to explore potential ways to better protect the… Read More