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DredgeWire Comment: What this article fails to mention is that DredgeWire sponsor Ellicott Dredges designed and built all of the dredging machinery which went into the McFarland in 1967! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District honored the Dredge McFarland during a farewell ceremony Oct. 23 at Fort Mifflin, marking the completion of the… Read More
The listing for 6519 E. Seaside Walk in Long Beach, CA, still reads, in places, like an advertisement for California beachfront luxury. The 4,880-square-foot home has four bedrooms, six bathrooms, panoramic ocean and bay views, a wine cellar, sauna, and elevator. It hit the market in late August for $4.95 million—then the beach in front… Read More
Innovation, safety, and collaboration were on full display at the WEDA Pacific Chapter Annual Meeting this week in Newport Beach. This year’s meeting brought together professionals from across the maritime, navigation, engineering, environmental, regulatory, and dredging communities to explore the projects and innovations shaping the future of the West Coast. From major port infrastructure investments… Read More
The Chouest Group and the founders of Horizon Maritime Services (Horizon Maritime) are announcing a strategic partnership, including the acquisition of Horizon Maritime, a leading Canadian-based provider of harsh-environment marine and offshore services, from CFFI and its lender HPS. This transaction marks a significant expansion of Horizon Maritime’s capabilities and increases the Chouest Group’s global… Read More
Wildcat Defense, part of Wildcat Equity Partners, an American-owned family office led by Eric Nicolaides, has signed an exclusive agreement with the owners of Fraser Industries to buy Fraser Industries in Superior, Wisconsin, parent company to Fraser Shipyards LLC, Lake Assault Boats LLC, Northern Engineering LLC and Fraser Terminal LLC. An in-person announcement took place… Read More
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DP World has inaugurated its CAD$22 million Salish Sea Gateway, British Columbia’s first dedicated short-sea shipping facility, designed to strengthen trade connectivity between Vancouver Island and British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. The purpose-built facility connects Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland through a dedicated marine shipping corridor,… Read More
The Chouest Group and the founders of Horizon Maritime Services (Horizon Maritime) are announcing a strategic partnership, including the acquisition of Horizon Maritime, a leading Canadian-based provider of harsh-environment marine and offshore services, from CFFI and its lender HPS. This transaction marks a significant expansion of Horizon Maritime’s capabilities and increases the Chouest Group’s global… Read More
DredgeWire is extremely pleased to report that it has hit a new milestone with 25,000 followers on LinkedIn, placing it at the top of all maritime publications worldwide. DredgeWire has achieved this milestone in less than a decade, competing against established, entrenched publications by innovating and responding to current trends in technology, news gathering, and… Read More
Kitsap County’s community-centered regional stormwater solution, designed by Osborn Consulting, was awarded Innovative Stormwater Project of the Year during the PNCW2026 conference for protecting Puget Sound while honoring the needs and character of downtown Suquamish. As the project’s prime consultant, Osborn provided project management, stormwater engineering, landscape architecture, urban design, technical review, CADD production, and… Read More
Innovation, safety, and collaboration were on full display at the WEDA Pacific Chapter Annual Meeting this week in Newport Beach. This year’s meeting brought together professionals from across the maritime, navigation, engineering, environmental, regulatory, and dredging communities to explore the projects and innovations shaping the future of the West Coast. From major port infrastructure investments… Read More
Great collaboration on the shipyard floor this week as Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. hosted U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District Commander Lieutenant Colonel Ryan A. Baum. During the visit to our Allanton facility, LTC Baum observed firsthand the significant progress made on the dredge DONNELLY since its keel laying earlier this year. Close coordination… Read More
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Eastern Chapter Meeting brought together more than 200 professionals from across the dredging, maritime, navigation, engineering, environmental, academic, and government sectors for several days of learning, collaboration, and connection. From thought-provoking technical sessions and industry updates to engaging networking events, Women of WEDA, Young WEDA, and conversations about the future… Read More
This year’s theme, Turning Sediment into Solutions, reflects the growing role sediment plays in advancing coastal resilience, navigation reliability, environmental enhancement, and community value. The meeting will bring together leaders from across the East Coast and neighboring regions to share knowledge, explore emerging practices, and strengthen collaboration across the dredging industry. 📆 October 13-15, 2026… Read More
Congratulations to Soo Gilvarry on being named as JAXPORT’s Chair. At its recent meeting, the JAXPORT Board also selected the following officers: ⚓ Vice Chair: Tom Slater ⚓ Treasurer: Patrick Kilbane ⚓ Secretary: Charles Spencer Additional board members include J. Palmer Clarkson (Immediate Past Chair), Wendy Hamilton and Daniel Bean. The seven-member Board provides policy… Read More
The Los Angeles City Council has approved the appointment of Michael ‘Mickey’ Chavez to the Los Angeles Harbor Commission. Nominated by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Chavez is a long-time labor leader and member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). He succeeds departing Harbor Commissioner Edward Renwick. “With more than 25 years of… Read More
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J.F. Brennan Company (Brennan) is proud to announce that Jeff Steiber, government relations officer and small business liaison officer, has been appointed to the United States National Commission of the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC USA). Steiber is one of eight appointed commissioners. Steiber began his four-year term Oct. 1, 2026, joining industry… Read More
By Felicity Bradstock United States President Donald Trump has repeatedly targeted offshore wind since coming into office last year, as he strives to expand the country’s fossil fuel sector and shift the focus away from renewable energy. Trump has sought to halt the development of several offshore wind projects and has even resorted to paying… Read More
By Michael McKenna In a court filing last week, the Justice Department said it wanted to reopen a permit for the New England Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts. The Justice Department told the court that the Interior Department needs to reevaluate the project’s compliance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Wait a… Read More
By Daniel Garcia Offshore wind turbines planted in hurricane-prone waters are engineered to endure the most violent storms on earth. But for years, the wind models and wave models used to define those extremes have been developed separately — producing design conditions that don’t necessarily reflect the same storm, or even the same physics. As… Read More
By Nathaniel Eisen, Inside Climate News Picture a buoyant triangular steel or concrete platform roughly the dimensions of a baseball field. Now place a wind turbine taller than the London Eye on top, connect mooring lines to the seabed and power cables to the grid, and you’ve got a floating wind turbine. This fantastical-sounding technology… Read More
The Port of Los Angeles continued to make clean air gains in 2025, recording its lowest emissions per container on record, according to the Port’s newly released Inventory of Air Emissions. The findings mark another milestone in the Port’s clean air efforts, with emissions declining from the previous year and continuing a two-decade trend of… Read More
By Robertha McDonald Mammoet Canada Eastern Ltd., Port of Argentia Inc. and Argentia Capital Inc. (ACI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a floating dry dock and marine repair facility in Newfoundland and Labrador, targeting growing demand for vessel maintenance, offshore services and marine industrial capacity in Atlantic Canada. The proposed development would… Read More
By Chris Gray The Port of Galveston this week announced it has received over $1 million in federal grants that will be used for security improvements, including surveillance of its cruise and cargo terminals and installing ‘smart padlocks’ throughout the port. Totaling roughly $1.18 million, the four grants are part of the Federal Emergency Management… Read More
PALMER, Alaska (KTUU) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy returned to Alaska Monday to announce $249 million in grant funds to connect Port MacKenzie to the Port of Alaska. The announcement came the day early voting began in Alaska and after a slew of federal officials have visited the state, either appearing alongside or directly… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, will begin fall dredging this week in Cleveland 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 an $11.7 million contract in April 2026 to New York-based DMYLES, Inc. to complete… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District, in continued partnership with the County of Ventura, is scheduled to return to Channel Islands Harbor for routine maintenance dredging operations beginning in mid-November 2026. USACE has carried out periodic maintenance dredging at Channel Islands Harbor since the 1960s to maintain safe navigational depths and… Read More
Hannibal Parks and Rec crews have begun a dredging project at the Nipper Park marina and boat ramp, a routine maintenance job expected to take nearly three weeks to complete. Crews will work daily from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and boaters should expect the docks and boat ramp to be closed during those hours… Read More
By Erin Collins Ala Moana Beach Park, the stretch of shoreline that draws an estimated four million visitors a year, is finally getting its sand back. The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has approved a funding agreement giving Honolulu $7.44 million to replenish the beach, which has lost significant amounts of fine sand… Read More
By Kiran Journals Sand and gravel are the second most used resources on Earth after water. The United Nations Environment Programme estimates global use at about 50 billion tonnes a year and says extraction is outpacing sustainable supply. Sand is central to concrete, asphalt and glass, while high-purity silica is a feedstock for silicon used in… Read More
All over the world, industrial sand mining is extracting river sediment much, much faster than Earth’s natural cycles can replenish it. Our rivers are, quite literally, running out of sand. Scientists have just published a massive review of 411 studies conducted since 1974, revealing that the global demand for river sand and gravel to create construction… 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
By Ira Breskin Vessel Construction Management practices received praise at the Shipbuilding in America conference here this week. Vessel Construction Management (VCM) essentially outsources oversight of a ship’s entire construction process, from design to delivery, to a third party acting as the owner’s representative. The vessel construction manager takes charge of the entire project, from… Read More
By Kim Sung-mo The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on October 25 (local time) that South Korea and Hanwha are playing a pivotal role in the Donald Trump administration’s plan to revive the U.S. shipbuilding industry. To restore America’s shipbuilding capabilities, which lag far behind China’s, the U.S. requires technology and investment from allies like… Read More
Key Facts: Crowley has accepted delivery of Venture, a new 82-foot, U.S.-built tug that will execute ship assist and escort operations in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Venture is powered by twin Caterpillar EPA Tier IV-compliant engines generating more than 6,000 horsepower and delivers up to 95 tons of bollard pull, safely… Read More
Rozema Boat Works of Mount Vernon, Washington, has secured a contract from the Tampa Bay Pilots Association to build a 56-foot aluminium pilot transfer vessel, designed by Camarc Design with a double-chine hull optimised for safe pilot boarding operations across varied sea states. Twin Caterpillar C-18 diesel engines rated at 715 hp at 2,100 rpm… 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
DredgeWire Comment: What this article fails to mention is that DredgeWire sponsor Ellicott Dredges designed and built all of the dredging machinery which went into the McFarland in 1967! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District honored the Dredge McFarland during a farewell ceremony Oct. 23 at Fort Mifflin, marking the completion of the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, will begin fall dredging this week in Cleveland 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 an $11.7 million contract in April 2026 to New York-based DMYLES, Inc. to complete… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District, in continued partnership with the County of Ventura, is scheduled to return to Channel Islands Harbor for routine maintenance dredging operations beginning in mid-November 2026. USACE has carried out periodic maintenance dredging at Channel Islands Harbor since the 1960s to maintain safe navigational depths and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District will start work on a project to improve New Haven Harbor in Connecticut this week. New Haven is the largest port of call in Long Island Sound, the third-largest port in New England by tonnage, and Connecticut’s busiest port. It supports the movement of petroleum products,… Read More
DredgeWire Comment: What this article fails to mention is that DredgeWire sponsor Ellicott Dredges designed and built all of the dredging machinery which went into the McFarland in 1967! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District honored the Dredge McFarland during a farewell ceremony Oct. 23 at Fort Mifflin, marking the completion of the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, will begin fall dredging this week in Cleveland 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 an $11.7 million contract in April 2026 to New York-based DMYLES, Inc. to complete… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District, in continued partnership with the County of Ventura, is scheduled to return to Channel Islands Harbor for routine maintenance dredging operations beginning in mid-November 2026. USACE has carried out periodic maintenance dredging at Channel Islands Harbor since the 1960s to maintain safe navigational depths and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District will start work on a project to improve New Haven Harbor in Connecticut this week. New Haven is the largest port of call in Long Island Sound, the third-largest port in New England by tonnage, and Connecticut’s busiest port. It supports the movement of petroleum products,… 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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