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At its annual meeting in Montreal last week, WEDA was proud to announce the following awards and recipients The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) recognized outstanding individuals, organizations and projects during its annual conference with awards presented at both the Gala Dinner and the Presidential Luncheon. Gala Dinner Awards Dredger on Deck Jerry Bishop, JF Brennan… Read More
Port Houston has applied for federal approval to dispose of material generated by maintenance dredging across the full length of the Houston Ship Channel. The application covers dredging along approximately 52 miles of channel, extending from the Upper Turning Basin through Galveston Bay to the entrance channel and the Gulf. Material would be placed in… Read More
OCEAN CITY, Md. – A beach replenishment project is anticipated to make the beach larger and wider in Ocean City. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineering have been replenishing the beach every four years. The “Atlantic Coast of Maryland Project” was supposed to take place during the fall and winter of last year, but Congress… Read More
Thirteen navigation channels dredged across seven Cape Cod towns, removing 146,943 cubic yards of sand to renourish beaches and strengthen coastal resilience. July 29, 2026 (Barnstable, MA) – The Barnstable County Dredge Program has completed its 30th season of dredging on Cape Cod, marking several significant milestones for the regional program. Beginning in mid-September, the “Longer, Wider, Deeper” dredging project… Read More
ONTONAGON, MI — A western Upper Peninsula harbor that requires almost annual dredging will be cleared again this fall under a $1.6 million federal contract. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to dredge Ontonagon Harbor from mid-September through October, removing accumulated sediment from the channel at the mouth of the Ontonagon River. The work… Read More
HOUSTON, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SMHI) (the “Company” or “SEACOR Marine”), a leading provider of marine and support transportation services to offshore energy facilities worldwide, today announced results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2026, and separately announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) is evaluating… Read More
NEW ORLEANS, LA — The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) today announced the appointment of Brad Guilmino as Vice President of Finance and Innovative Delivery. A Louisiana native with 25 years of financial and infrastructure experience, Guilmino will provide senior leadership for major capital-project development and support key financial management functions. His primary area of… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga., 30, 2026 – The Georgia Ports Authority has promoted Vice President of Operations Susan Gardner to the role of Chief Information Officer. “Susan’s terminal operating expertise, systems knowledge and leadership will take us to the next level of performance for our customers and port users,” said GPA President Kevin Price. As Vice President of Operations,… Read More
By Stephen Baack SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District conducted a change of command ceremony July 31 overlooking the San Pedro Breakwater, the maritime project that launched the district’s presence in the region in 1898. During the traditional passing of the organizational colors at Fort MacArthur, Col. Andrew Baker… Read More
PANAMA CITY, FLA. – Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, Washington State Ferries and Eastern Shipbuilding Group are holding a ceremonial steel cutting event to celebrate the start of construction on the new hybrid-electric 160-auto ferries. These are WSF’s first new vessels under construction in more than a decade, and the first ever new hybrid-electric vessels. When: 10 a.m. to 12… Read More
Three WEDA Regional Chapter Meetings 🔜 Three Opportunities to Connect. This fall, the Western Dredging Association’s regional chapters will bring together industry leaders, engineers, researchers, regulators, contractors, ports, and environmental professionals across the country. 📣 Calls for Abstracts are now open for the Eastern and Pacific Chapter Meetings. 🔹 Eastern Chapter Meeting 📍 Wilmington, NC… Read More
We’re now over one full week out from our annual Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Dredging Summit & Expo 2026 🤩 and we’re pleased to share that USACE is coming to DS&E 2026 in Montréal in force! Join industry leaders, port representatives, contractors, consultants, and regulators for a week of technical learning and valuable networking. 🎤… Read More
The AIWA is a national non-profit organization who represents the interests of all waterway users along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). It is through the generous contributions of sponsors that we are holding the AIWA’s 2026 Annual Meeting on November 17-19, 2026, at the Dune House Hotel & Spa in Atlantic Beach, Florida. Listed below… Read More
NEW ORLEANS, LA — The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) today announced the appointment of Brad Guilmino as Vice President of Finance and Innovative Delivery. A Louisiana native with 25 years of financial and infrastructure experience, Guilmino will provide senior leadership for major capital-project development and support key financial management functions. His primary area of… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga., 30, 2026 – The Georgia Ports Authority has promoted Vice President of Operations Susan Gardner to the role of Chief Information Officer. “Susan’s terminal operating expertise, systems knowledge and leadership will take us to the next level of performance for our customers and port users,” said GPA President Kevin Price. As Vice President of Operations,… Read More
By Stephen Baack SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District conducted a change of command ceremony July 31 overlooking the San Pedro Breakwater, the maritime project that launched the district’s presence in the region in 1898. During the traditional passing of the organizational colors at Fort MacArthur, Col. Andrew Baker… Read More
By Joshua Glenn On July 15, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District held its change of command ceremony at the Marcus Whitman Hotel, where Lt. Col. Kathryn Werback relinquished command to Lt. Col. Douglas Droesch. “Katie, when you assumed command of this organization, you didn’t just inherit a legacy, you energized it,” said… Read More
Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project sent its first electricity to the grid on March 23, 2026, marking the debut of what will become the largest offshore wind farm ever built in the United States. The project, known as CVOW, sits 28 miles off Virginia Beach in federal waters and carries a planned capacity of 2.6… Read More
Demand for high-capability offshore support vessels for floating offshore wind is expected to strengthen in the late 2020s, with availability constraints emerging in some segments as early as 2029, according to a new report from ABS. Produced by ABS in collaboration with Intelatus Global Partners, Floating Offshore Wind and the Vessels That Support It examines the role… Read More
The blades on a 15-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine are longer than a football field. Assembling one in open water, on a tower standing more than 100 meters above the waves, depends on a ship built to do nothing else. Rising electricity demand is driving rapid growth in offshore wind. Data centers, electric vehicles and… Read More
For more than two decades, offshore wind has been one of the UK’s greatest industrial success stories. From a nascent technology, offshore wind has evolved into the backbone of a modern, low-carbon energy system, driving investment, creating skilled jobs and positioning the UK as a global leader in renewable energy. That success has never come… Read More
NEW ORLEANS, LA — The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) today announced the appointment of Brad Guilmino as Vice President of Finance and Innovative Delivery. A Louisiana native with 25 years of financial and infrastructure experience, Guilmino will provide senior leadership for major capital-project development and support key financial management functions. His primary area of… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga., 30, 2026 – The Georgia Ports Authority has promoted Vice President of Operations Susan Gardner to the role of Chief Information Officer. “Susan’s terminal operating expertise, systems knowledge and leadership will take us to the next level of performance for our customers and port users,” said GPA President Kevin Price. As Vice President of Operations,… Read More
Harbor Commissioners on Monday approved 353 Port of Long Beach community sponsorships totaling $944,725 – bringing the fiscal year total to a record $3,080,625 in funding for a wide variety of local community events and projects centering on the environment, education, social justice, the arts and historic preservation. The Port’s sponsorship program – the largest… Read More
Port Houston has applied for federal approval to dispose of material generated by maintenance dredging across the full length of the Houston Ship Channel. The application covers dredging along approximately 52 miles of channel, extending from the Upper Turning Basin through Galveston Bay to the entrance channel and the Gulf. Material would be placed in… Read More
By Alfred Branch MADISON, CT — Madison’s Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency is scheduled to review a proposed maintenance dredging project on the Hammonasset River, along with several residential development and wetlands permit applications, during its regular virtual meeting Monday, Aug. 3. The agency will meet at 7 p.m. in a virtual Zoom webinar. Participation is… Read More
Thirteen navigation channels dredged across seven Cape Cod towns, removing 146,943 cubic yards of sand to renourish beaches and strengthen coastal resilience. July 29, 2026 (Barnstable, MA) – The Barnstable County Dredge Program has completed its 30th season of dredging on Cape Cod, marking several significant milestones for the regional program. Beginning in mid-September, the “Longer, Wider, Deeper” dredging project… Read More
ONTONAGON, MI — A western Upper Peninsula harbor that requires almost annual dredging will be cleared again this fall under a $1.6 million federal contract. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to dredge Ontonagon Harbor from mid-September through October, removing accumulated sediment from the channel at the mouth of the Ontonagon River. The work… Read More
By Kyle St. Clair HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The federally funded beach renourishment project along the Horry County coastline is about 90% to 95% complete, according to an Horry County Government Facebook post. County officials said on crews have spent the past week working in the Surfside beach area, including the oceanfront campgrounds, as… Read More
WATSONVILLE, Calif., July 28, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Memphis Stone & Gravel, A Granite (NYSE: GVA) Company, announced today that it has opened the new River Yard aggregate sales facility in Memphis, Tennessee. Strategically located on the Mississippi River, the River Yard receives limestone products barged from Warren Paving’s Slats Lucas Quarry in Salem, Kentucky, connecting operations within Granite’s integrated… Read More
The sand used to build cities, roads and other infrastructure is being removed from many rivers faster than nature can replace it, according to a global review led by researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore). The authors said the problem can be better managed if governments track where mining is taking place, measure… Read More
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC), the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates, today announced that it completed the divestiture of its ready-mixed concrete operations in California and acquired the southern Colorado and Dallas-Fort Worth operations of Brannan Sand & Gravel, LLC. The strategic acquisition includes a rail-connected aggregate quarry with long-term… Read More
By Ana Alice Present in concrete, glass, and technology, sand has become a resource contested on a global scale, with increasing extraction in rivers, beaches, and seabeds, and impacts monitored by scientists and international organizations. The world uses about 50 billion tons of sand and gravel per year, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. The… Read More
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of War expanded its undersea warfighting capabilities by awarding a five-ship contract modification to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) for the construction of five Columbia Class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), a nine-ship contract to GDEB and HII-Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) for the construction of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 through FY… Read More
By Carlos Albero Rojas Manson Construction delivered its new hopper dredge Frederick Paup into service in January 2026, making it the largest self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge ever built in the United States. Shipbuilder Seatrium AmFELS, Brownsville, Texas, completed the vessel and handed it over to Manson Construction Co., Seattle. The Frederick Paup measures 420 feet long… Read More
By Mike Schuler The Republic of Korea and the United States have officially launched the Korea–U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Center (KUSPC) in Washington, D.C., establishing a new hub intended to accelerate joint efforts to rebuild the U.S. shipbuilding industry through investment, technology transfer, workforce development, and research collaboration. The center was inaugurated on last week by… Read More
This expansion builds on the proven success achieved through distributed shipbuilding in HII’s destroyer program, further strengthening the company’s commitment to increasing throughput and supporting the national industrial base. “Expanding distributed shipbuilding into the LPD program is a critical step in scaling capacity to meet rising fleet demand,” Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Blanchette said. “By shifting selected… Read More
Van Hollen, Alsobrooks secured funding on behalf of Maryland non-profit organizations, local governments Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) announced $33,080,000 in direct federal funding for six projects throughout Maryland within the fiscal year 2026 Energy & Water Development appropriations bill –… 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
By Stephen Baack SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District conducted a change of command ceremony July 31 overlooking the San Pedro Breakwater, the maritime project that launched the district’s presence in the region in 1898. During the traditional passing of the organizational colors at Fort MacArthur, Col. Andrew Baker… Read More
By Joshua Glenn On July 15, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District held its change of command ceremony at the Marcus Whitman Hotel, where Lt. Col. Kathryn Werback relinquished command to Lt. Col. Douglas Droesch. “Katie, when you assumed command of this organization, you didn’t just inherit a legacy, you energized it,” said… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. – During a formal ceremony, Col. Robert Fairel assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Savannah District, from Col. Ron Sturgeon, at 10 a.m., today, July, 31, 2026. Brig. Gen. Zachary Miller, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ South Atlantic Division, officiated at the change of command and the retirement ceremony for Sturgeon… Read More
OCEAN CITY, Md. – A beach replenishment project is anticipated to make the beach larger and wider in Ocean City. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineering have been replenishing the beach every four years. The “Atlantic Coast of Maryland Project” was supposed to take place during the fall and winter of last year, but Congress… Read More
By Stephen Baack SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District conducted a change of command ceremony July 31 overlooking the San Pedro Breakwater, the maritime project that launched the district’s presence in the region in 1898. During the traditional passing of the organizational colors at Fort MacArthur, Col. Andrew Baker… Read More
By Joshua Glenn On July 15, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District held its change of command ceremony at the Marcus Whitman Hotel, where Lt. Col. Kathryn Werback relinquished command to Lt. Col. Douglas Droesch. “Katie, when you assumed command of this organization, you didn’t just inherit a legacy, you energized it,” said… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. – During a formal ceremony, Col. Robert Fairel assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Savannah District, from Col. Ron Sturgeon, at 10 a.m., today, July, 31, 2026. Brig. Gen. Zachary Miller, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ South Atlantic Division, officiated at the change of command and the retirement ceremony for Sturgeon… Read More
OCEAN CITY, Md. – A beach replenishment project is anticipated to make the beach larger and wider in Ocean City. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineering have been replenishing the beach every four years. The “Atlantic Coast of Maryland Project” was supposed to take place during the fall and winter of last year, but Congress… Read More
Commercial fishermen and oyster farmers in Panacea say sediment buildup in local channels is making it dangerous and costly to operate, and there is no dredging planned for the foreseeable future. WAKULLA COUNTY, FL — Channel markers at the Rock Landing Boat Ramp in Panacea mark the path local commercial fishermen and oystermen use to… Read More
Van Hollen, Alsobrooks secured funding on behalf of Maryland non-profit organizations, local governments Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) announced $33,080,000 in direct federal funding for six projects throughout Maryland within the fiscal year 2026 Energy & Water Development appropriations bill –… Read More
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