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The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners this week named two Harbor Department engineering leaders as the new Chief Harbor Engineer and the new Director of Program Management. Suzanne Plezia, the Port’s Director of Construction Management, has been promoted to Senior Director of the Engineering Bureau’s Program Delivery Group. The position also holds the title… Read More
On 1 December 2016, Maersk Line announced its intention to acquire Hamburg Süd, the German container shipping line, and on 14 March 2017, Maersk Line announced the signing of a sale and purchase agreement with the Oetker Group, owner of Hamburg Süd. On 28 April 2017, the sale and purchase agreement for Maersk Line’s acquisition… Read More
Highlands Ranch, CO, United States – ARCADIS, the leading pure play global engineering and consultancy firm, has been awarded two contracts to help restore Louisiana’s coastal wetlands. For both projects, ARCADIS US will focus on diverting valuable sediments and nutrients from the Mississippi River to start rebuilding the thousands of acres of land now being… Read More
AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) task order contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New England District. The contract is valued up to US$25 million over five years. The scope of services for this contract includes National Environmental Policy Act… Read More
To support planning of a potential bridge upgrade, the Missouri Department of Transportation Southeast District selected CH2M to provide an Environmental Assessment to provide a safe and reliable Route 51 Mississippi River crossing. This selection builds on CH2M’s more than 20-year position as the go-to consultant for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) work in Missouri…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a five-year Environmental Services Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to ANAMAR Environmental Consulting Inc., a woman-owned small business, in the amount of $7,000,000 for dredged material evaluation to include collection and analyses of water and sediment samples from the federally-maintained navigation channels and off-shore dredge material… Read More
The Sunbury Flood Wall is the best in the Baltimore District, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Sunbury Municipal Authority Flood Protection department was presented the “Outstanding Flood Protection Project Award” by the Baltimore District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the semi-annual Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection workshop held… Read More
Markel Corp (NYSE: MKL), parent of Ellicott Dredge Enterprises, has released its annual report for 2016. Within Markel, Ellicott is a part of the “Markel Ventures” entity, whose sales rose 16% to over US$1.2Billion. Markel had another very good year, with consolidated revenues rising to US$5.6Billion. As reported by Markel: OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS – Book value… Read More
China Harbour Engineering company Ltd. has won an open tender to implement the first stage of the project to reconstruct the marine approach canal and internal water approach canals to deep-water berths of Yuzhny maritime merchandise port (Odesa region), offering the service for UAH 1.065 billion with the expected price of UAH 1.197 billion. According… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation has been awarded the Corps of Engineers West Coast Regional Contract. Worth $17 million, with approximately $3 million in additional options, the scope of work includes dredging approximately 4 million cubic yards of material from the mouth of the Columbia River and upriver locations as well as the Humboldt… Read More
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners voted April 14 to name Mario Cordero, a former chairman and current member of the Federal Maritime Commission, as the Port of Long Beach’s new Executive Director. Cordero, a Long Beach resident and attorney, served previously as president and as a longtime member of the Long Beach Board… Read More
DEME’s German subsidiary Nordsee Nassbagger- und Tiefbau GmbH, based in Bremen, has acquired the maintenance dredging contract on the River Elbe in Germany. The contract has been awarded to a joint venture, including DEME’s German subsidiary, for a period of two years. DEME will maintain the whole 116 km long fairway of the Elbe between… Read More
The General Meeting of Shareholders of Van Oord nv was held on 20 April 2017. The 2016 Annual Report was presented. Turnover amounted to EUR 1,713 million and net profits totalled EUR 90 million. The Annual Financial Statements were adopted and, following a proposal from the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board, the General Meeting… Read More
BERTH owners at the Wirrina Cove marina have launched a class action against its operator questioning the expenditure of more than $1 million and accusing its owner of using their money for “its own benefit”. The District Court last week ordered the owner of the Marina St Vincent to submit new audited financial statements after… Read More
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) announced it will release its financial results for the first quarter 2017 before the market opens on Thursday, May 4, 2017. The Company will host a conference call to discuss results the same day at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time/9:00 a.m. Central Time. To participate, please dial the Orion Group Holdings,… Read More