Maintenance Dredging Projects At: U.S. Navy Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Camden County, Georgia & Marine Corps Support Facility – Blount Island, Duval County, Florida
ALFRED – Dredging operations and associated work to repair coastal dune devastation stemming from a pair of voracious storms in January 2024 are to begin sometime in November. The dunes provide a protective barrier from the elements. The storms on January 10 and 13 battered the coastline. “The dunes did their job, but were destroyed… Read More
A coalition of the six Florida counties along the river is urging federal officials not to return to past practices they say destroyed or smothered floodplain habitat and choked creeks with dredged sand. GREENWIRE | TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Some Florida counties and environmental groups are opposing a federal move to consider resuming dredging in the Apalachicola… Read More
The dredger Sospan Dau is set to begin its annual exercise of replenishing the area’s shingle defences in a project worth £1 million ($1.3 million) this September. The work is part of the broader Pevensey Bay to Eastbourne coastal management scheme, managed by the UK’s Environment Agency. The trailing suction dredger will transport approximately 30,000 tonnes of… Read More
HOUSTON, Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — McDermott has been awarded a large* offshore subsea contract by PTTEP Sabah Oil Limited (PTTEP) for the Block H gas field expansion project, located offshore Sabah, in East Malaysia covering the Alum, Bemban and Permai deepwater fields. Under the scope of the contract, McDermott will deliver engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services for a… Read More
Mobile, Ala. – The U.S. Coast Guard exercised options worth $314 million to Austal USA for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program. The contract options provide Austal USA approval to order long lead time materials (LLTM) for another 3 OPCs, Austal USA’s 4th, 5th, and 6th cutters. Funds have also been provided for logistic supply items for… Read More