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Greensea IQ, a leader in subsea robotics and autonomous systems, today announced the launch of a new simulator designed to help operators learn, practice, and refine their skills using the company’s Bayonet Autonomous Underwater Ground Vehicles (AUGVs). Developed in-house by Greensea IQ, the training simulator is built in a virtual game environment providing a realistic… Read More
An amended bill headed to the governor’s desk would severely restrict dredging in an area near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The plan to create a cruise ship port near the Sunshine Skyway may be sunk after the Florida House unanimously passed legislation limiting dredging needed by larger ships. Bradenton Sen. Jim Boyd’s bill passed the Senate last… Read More
SEATTLE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) plans to conduct Grays Harbor maintenance dredging in the Outer Harbor beginning as early as April 8, with USACE hopper dredge vessels Yaquina and Essayons and a contracted hopper dredge. The Yaquina is expected to start dredging in the outer harbor of Grays Harbor as early as… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $30 million contract to Astoria, Oregon-based Big River Construction to conduct major maintenance on the North Jetty near Ocean Shores. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials have awarded a $30 million contract to Astoria, Oregon-based Big River Construction to conduct major maintenance on the North Jetty… Read More
BROWNSVILLE, Texas —The Port of Brownsville today held a press conference at its administrative office to announce the America First Refining project, which will be the first new U.S. Gulf Coast oil refinery in nearly 50 years. The project announcement was first shared by President Donald J. Trump on Mar. 10, on social media. The refinery,… Read More
Modernization in action. The barge Morty now operating with a fully electric crane system at the Port of Long Beach. Great collaboration by the Dutra team and our project partners. Glosten Port of Long Beach Source
METTAWA, Ill., March 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brunswick Boat Group, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), today announced the appointment of Brad Zoelle as President of Boston Whaler. Zoelle, who most recently served as General Manager of Mercury Marine APAC, succeeds Lenn Scholz, who is pursuing new opportunities outside the Company. Zoelle brings a proven… Read More
On March 3 and 4, AIWA board members and executive director Brad Pickel made their annual trip to Washington, DC to communicate our federal funding needs for the next fiscal year (FY2027) starting on October 1. The advocacy meetings were held with 12 Congressional offices from Virginia to Georgia, while our partners at the Florida Inland Navigation… Read More
The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) extends over 1,100 miles from Norfolk, Virginia to Miami, Florida. Some lengths consist of natural inlets, saltwater rivers, bays, and sounds while others are man-made canals. Congress authorized the creation of the AIWW in 1919 with construction of the entire waterway completed in 1940. Recent estimates are that unmet maintenance… Read More
Dredging is underway now for @sail250mdairshowbaltimore on June 24–30 for a spectacular global celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. International tall ships, military vessels, and world-class aviation will fill the skies and waterfront as crews, cadets, aviators, and visitors from around the world gather for an unforgettable maritime and… Read More
This week at hashtag#PDAC2026 in Toronto, the shift in the global mining landscape was unmistakable. As part of the Dutch delegation, IHC Mining engaged with operators and governments focused on securing Critical Raw Materials. A standout theme: tailings are becoming strategic assets. Across the industry, companies want to understand what’s in their tailings and how… Read More
Meeting Notice Update: Governor’s Advisory Commission on Coastal Protection, Restoration, and Conservation **Date Change** Thursday, March 5, 2026 9:30 AM The Coastal Center at Nicholls 426 Ardoyne Drive, Thibodaux, Louisiana 70310 Please contact Enger Kinchen, 225-342-7669, enger.kinchen@la.gov at least 24-hours prior to the meeting to request accommodations for ADA-qualifying disabilities.
As a leading global supplier of small to medium-sized dredges, Ellicott Dredge Enterprises (EDE) delivers both ready-stock equipment and fully customized dredging solutions to customers around the world. Our equipment supports a wide range of applications across the dredging industry, including: Waterway & Navigation Management Mining & Material Extraction Environmental & Agricultural Projects Industrial &… Read More
METTAWA, Ill., March 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brunswick Boat Group, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), today announced the appointment of Brad Zoelle as President of Boston Whaler. Zoelle, who most recently served as General Manager of Mercury Marine APAC, succeeds Lenn Scholz, who is pursuing new opportunities outside the Company. Zoelle brings a proven… Read More
Mr. Martinez, a second-generation professional surveyor having over four decades of experience in the surveying industry. Eddie brings a wide variety of multidisciplined hands-on surveying expertise to Arc, including topographic and hydrographic surveys, ALTA/NSPS land title surveys, deep foundation construction layout, wetlands delineation, and subsurface utility engineering. His technical skills with GPS, robotic total stations, UAV… Read More
On February 17, the Oregon Senate approved Governor Kotek’s appointment of Michael Jordan to the Port of Portland Commission. Jordan, a lifelong Oregonian, has dedicated more than 40 years of his career in service to the public in elected and executive appointments at city, county, regional and state governments. His work frequently focused on establishing… Read More
MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / February 24, 2026 / Victory Marine Holding, Inc. (OTC:VMHG) (the “Company”) today announced the appointment of William S. Dunn as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Robert J. Groux as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The leadership transition follows the Company’s previously announced ownership change on February 10, 2026, and marks… Read More
Built by more than 1,000 local union workers, the project is expected to power 350,000+ homes with affordable, reliable electricity. Revolution Wind, LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between Global Infrastructure Partners’ Skyborn Renewables and Ørsted, announced today that the Revolution Wind project has started delivering power to New England’s electric grid, strengthening the region’s power… Read More
NEW ORLEANS — The Department of the Interior announced today’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 2, or BBG2, generated $46,976,423 in high bids. Deputy Secretary Kate MacGregor and Acting Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Lanny Erdos attended the sale. The sale, the second non-discretionary offshore oil and gas lease sale… Read More
Key Points The Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project is closer to being finished, after the final turbine blades were shipped out of New Bedford. The project was nearly killed by the Trump administration in late December. The company was granted a preliminary injunction to restart construction in late January. New Bedford has been a… Read More
By Tina Casey The on-again, off-again Empire Wind offshore wind farm was under construction off the coast of New York last December when US President Donald Trump halted the massive 810-megawatt project in its tracks. Now the work is back on track, and a first-of-its-kind specialized vessel is steaming over from Singapore to install 54… Read More
By Fiona Nagorsnik, Sea news The conflict in the Middle East continues to disrupt shipping operations, a strike in Belgium disrupted operations in Antwerp and Zeebrugge, and high winds disrupted operations in the United Kingdom and Rotterdam Stay ahead of supply chain disruptions and port congestion with Kuehne+Nagel’s weekly port operational update. Find out the… Read More
March 12, 2026 – The Port of Los Angeles processed 824,323 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in February, marking the second-busiest February in the Port’s history and an increase of 3% compared to last year. “Retailers and manufacturers brought in cargo ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, when many factories paused production in Asia,” Port of… Read More
An amended bill headed to the governor’s desk would severely restrict dredging in an area near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The plan to create a cruise ship port near the Sunshine Skyway may be sunk after the Florida House unanimously passed legislation limiting dredging needed by larger ships. Bradenton Sen. Jim Boyd’s bill passed the Senate last… Read More
BROWNSVILLE, Texas —The Port of Brownsville today held a press conference at its administrative office to announce the America First Refining project, which will be the first new U.S. Gulf Coast oil refinery in nearly 50 years. The project announcement was first shared by President Donald J. Trump on Mar. 10, on social media. The refinery,… Read More
By Alisa M. Schafer TWO RIVERS – The city of Two Rivers will be waiting at least another year before seeing any work on dredging the Two Rivers Harbor. According to a Facebook post from “Two Rivers, WI, City Hall,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the project, which is already delayed, will likely be… Read More
By David Biggy With one phase of wetland restoration already scheduled for a portion of Stafford Township’s section of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge this summer, the township council on March 3 made a commitment to widen the scope of the restoration work through another phase. “This is now a two-phase project that… Read More
NEW ORLEANS — The Department of the Interior announced today’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 2, or BBG2, generated $46,976,423 in high bids. Deputy Secretary Kate MacGregor and Acting Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Lanny Erdos attended the sale. The sale, the second non-discretionary offshore oil and gas lease sale… Read More
Our team replaced the aging Southwest guide wall dolphin with a new monolithic concrete bull nose dolphin, strengthening navigation along this critical waterway. Project highlights: Demolished 60 feet of the existing timber guide wall Drove 36-inch piles and installed precast formwork members Placed a 6-foot-thick mass concrete foundation below water elevation Constructed 17-foot-high mass concrete… Read More
By Rihem Akkouche The headline Speyside files for chapter 11 echoed through New York’s construction and materials sector Friday as Speyside Holdings LLC sought bankruptcy protection, listing more than $32 million in liabilities against less than $1.3 million in assets. The filing, lodged in federal bankruptcy court, signals a pivotal moment for the sand and stone supplier whose… Read More
By Ozten Shebahkeget An Alberta company that has proposed mining silica sand in Manitoba is partnering with the province’s biggest university on the experimental design of a groundwater monitoring network, using technology experts say is growing in importance for global groundwater research. Sio Silica president Carla Devlin says the mining company will work with the… Read More
Have you ever picked up sand only to realize how quickly it disappears? As children, we watched it slip through our fingers or fall through an hourglass without understanding what vanishing meant. Sand feels light and abundant, impossible to hold, and its market power mirrors this perceived triviality. The more we clutch what seems infinite,… Read More
Dear EarthTalk: “What is ‘sand mining’ and why is it bad for the environment?” — O.H., via email Sand mining, extracting sand from the earth, is the second most widespread human activity in marine environments, after fishing. Sand and gravel are the most extracted materials across the globe. According to the United Nations Environment Programme,… Read More
WESTMINSTER, Colo., March 11, 2026 — Trimble today introduced the 2026 version of its Tekla® software for constructible Building Information Modeling (BIM), structural engineering and steel fabrication management, delivering data-driven workflows that connect design and construction. This release accelerates the entire design-to-detailing process by reducing manual effort and rework, enabling a wider scope of complex tasks without the… Read More
Greensea IQ, a leader in subsea robotics and autonomous systems, today announced the launch of a new simulator designed to help operators learn, practice, and refine their skills using the company’s Bayonet Autonomous Underwater Ground Vehicles (AUGVs). Developed in-house by Greensea IQ, the training simulator is built in a virtual game environment providing a realistic… Read More
TOTE Services, together with Hanwha Philly Shipyard, has completed delivery of the third of five National Security Multi-Mission Vessels, the State of Maine. “We are proud to deliver another state-of-the-art training ship to MARAD,” said Jeff Dixon, President of TOTE Services. “The expertise of our new construction team and the strong partnership with Hanwha Philly… Read More
WESTMINSTER, Colo., March 4, 2026 — Trimble today announced a Trimble Ready® 3D option for the new fully remote-operated Vermeer SM55 surface miner. The Trimble Earthworks 3D option will significantly enhance the accuracy and productivity of the SM55 for operators working in rugged environments including aggregates, limestone production and roadbuilding in rocky terrain. Trimble Earthworks features intuitive, easy-to-learn… Read More
ARC Surveying and Mapping transforms complex waterways into measurable actionable insight. By pairing an integrated sensor suite with disciplined processing the firm delivers centimetre level bathymetry layered sub bottom models and real time production metrics that accelerate every phase of a dredging program. The following article reviews the technology stack the workflow and verified results… Read More
The National Maritime Safety Association (NMSA) today announced the transition of presidential leadership during its Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jason Winter, Director, Safety/Training, CFS & Labor Relations at the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), has been named the new President of NMSA, succeeding recent President Dave Morgan of Cooper/Ports America. Dave Morgan has served as… Read More
The Public Ferry Coalition applauds the launch of the bipartisan Congressional Ferry Caucus, welcomes this important step in raising awareness of the vital role ferries play in transportation FAIRFIELD, CA – Yesterday, Representative John Garamendi (CA-08), announced the launch of the bipartisan Congressional Ferry Caucus for the 119th Congress, alongside co-chairs Representatives Emily Randall (WA-06), Nick Begich… Read More
A long-discussed plan to dredge St. Thomas Harbor to make way for massive Oasis-class cruise ships is on hold, after the V.I. Port Authority did not receive any responses to an invitation to bid on the project. Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. mentioned the lack of bids during Tuesday’s press briefing. Bryan spoke remotely from Miami… Read More
By Joy Crist Plans to renourish the beaches in Avon and Buxton continue to advance after Dare County secured key permits and opened contractor bids, with county officials stating that construction is expected to take place this summer. Dare County received two bids from Weeks Marine and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock in February, and… Read More
By Lillian Putnam REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — Army leaders and environmental experts met at Redstone Arsenal for the Feb. 25 inaugural meeting of a working group focused on strengthening coordination and advancing environmental restoration across the installation. The meeting brought together representatives from U.S. Army Environmental Command, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support… Read More
By Elijah Wittum When a barge passes through a navigation lock along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, few people think about the massive steel gates that quietly make the process possible. Behind those gates is a team of engineers and technical specialists from across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including experts from the… Read More
By Samantha Boyle When Lisa Clay graduated law school in 1987, she never imagined she would be practicing environmental law, let alone be awarded with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Quality Award nearly 40 years later. After initially planning to work in consumer advocacy or with people who cannot afford representation, Clay is now the Deputy District Counsel (Regulatory & Operations… Read More
By Lillian Putnam REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — Army leaders and environmental experts met at Redstone Arsenal for the Feb. 25 inaugural meeting of a working group focused on strengthening coordination and advancing environmental restoration across the installation. The meeting brought together representatives from U.S. Army Environmental Command, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support… Read More
By Elijah Wittum When a barge passes through a navigation lock along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, few people think about the massive steel gates that quietly make the process possible. Behind those gates is a team of engineers and technical specialists from across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including experts from the… Read More
By Samantha Boyle When Lisa Clay graduated law school in 1987, she never imagined she would be practicing environmental law, let alone be awarded with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Quality Award nearly 40 years later. After initially planning to work in consumer advocacy or with people who cannot afford representation, Clay is now the Deputy District Counsel (Regulatory & Operations… Read More
By Stephen Baack IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. — Senior leaders and project delivery team members with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers joined key partners for a meeting and site tour of the Salton Sea Feb. 22-23 in Imperial County. The interagency teams met to discuss updates on the Imperial Streams and Salton Sea Aquatic Ecosystem… Read More
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ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Waterways Operators – the trade association of the U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge industry – and the National Safe Boating Council have partnered to create a video educating recreational boaters on how to safely interact with commercial vessels on the water. The three-minute video, titled Sharing the Water: Safe Boating on… Read More
