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From humble beginnings as a small Port Macquarie family business, originally focused on dredging, Birdon has become a global maritime engineering powerhouse with major shipbuilding operations in both Australia and the United States. Founder Jamie Bruce has overseen a transformation that now sees Birdon leading major U.S. defense contracts, including the U.S. Army’s new landing… Read More
Despite weather-related delays, contractor expects to finish within the next 10 days Despite some weather-related delays, the replenishment project for the beach immediately north of the Indian River Inlet is expected to wrap up in a little more than a week. The project calls for about 550,000 cubic yards of sand to be placed onto… Read More
Record annualized recurring revenue, reflecting ongoing execution of the Connect & Scale strategy Record third quarter gross margin Third quarter results exceeded expectations Raising full year 2025 guidance WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Trimble Inc. (Nasdaq: TRMB) today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2025. Third Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights Revenue of $901.2 million, up 3 percent… Read More
The Barnstable County Dredge Department has launched its 30th season of dredging on Cape Cod with its largest single-season project to date—an expanded dredging of the Popponesset Bay Approach Channel in Mashpee. With a targeted volume of 57,000 cubic yards, the project utilizes both of the County’s dredges, Sand Shifter and Cod Fish II, and more than two… Read More
Federal immigration authorities conducted a targeted enforcement operation at an unidentified Louisiana shipyard last week, resulting in the arrest of 25 Honduran nationals working for a welding contractor that allegedly failed to comply with employment verification requirements. ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans, supported by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), executed the intelligence-driven operation… Read More
The global maritime industry is being urged to harness its new higher profile, driven by seismic changes in geopolitics, or risk the vacuum being filled by detractors and negativity. That is a prime message of the second edition of a new book being published by maritime PR firm Polaris Media founder Ben Pinnington. The second… Read More
New Agentic AI Platform and AI Capabilities Help Customers Break Down Data Silos to Unlock Productivity — A Force Multiplier in Solving Real World Customer Problems at Scale LAS VEGAS — Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) today gave attendees of its annual user conference, Trimble Dimensions, a firsthand look at artificial intelligence (AI) innovation and the company’s vision for accelerating… Read More
Reality Capture Technology Enhances Project Management Workflows, Enabling Construction Teams to Take Advantage of an AI-powered, 3D Viewer Experience LAS VEGAS — Trimble® has announced ProjectSight 360 Capture, a powerful new functionality that provides comprehensive visibility into site progress through native integrations with 360-degree cameras, Trimble ProjectSight® project management software and the Trimble Connect® collaboration platform. ProjectSight 360 Capture… Read More
New Functionality Helps Civil Contractors Unlock the Power of Connected Data for Improved Productivity and Profitability WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Trimble® today announced new features for its Trimble WorksManager software, including design sharing capabilities that mark a big step forward in the industry’s adoption of the ISO 15143-4 worksite data exchange standards. As a key element of Trimble’s site management… Read More
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) will host two advisory committee meetings in New Orleans for the Caernarvon and Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion projects on Friday, December 12, 2025. The purpose of the meetings is to advise CPRA’s Executive Director of the operational management plans for the diversion structures. The meetings are required to assess… Read More
Celebrate the momentum in the marine renewable energy sector with Marine Renewables Canada. Our expanded 2025 conference and exhibition will bring together leading minds from across Canada and the world to explore new opportunities and chart the future of the industry. What’s new at MRC 2025 Workshops for Members by Members →At MRC 2025, learn… Read More
HOUSTON, Nov. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN) (the “Company”, “Orion”), a leading specialty construction company, today announced that Orion management will participate in the Craig-Hallum 16th Annual Alpha Select Investor Conference on November 18, 2025, in New York City. About Orion Group Holdings Orion Group Holdings, Inc., a leading specialty construction company serving the infrastructure, industrial and building sectors,… Read More
It’s time to mark your calendar for the WEDA 2026 Midwest Chapter meeting, April 21-23 in Nashville, Tennessee! You can expect an engaging agenda and ample opportunity to engage with dredging industry colleagues, customers, and friends. Plus, look forward to enjoying a highlight of this year’s conference – a dinner cruise aboard the General Jackson Showboat. Registration… Read More
(NEW YORK) The ABS Board of Directors has elected John McDonald as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ABS at a board meeting on November 11. In the culmination of a well-planned succession process, McDonald, the serving ABS President and Chief Operating Officer, will take over on January 1, 2026, when present ABS Chairman… Read More
Please join us in congratulating Hillary Franke, our Director of Coastal Operations, on her election to the national Board of Directors of WIMOs (Women in Maritime Operations). WIMOs is an organization dedicated to promoting and supporting women across all areas of the maritime industry, fostering leadership, mentorship, and professional growth. This position is a significant… Read More
By Jack Burke, Senior Editor, Compressor Tech2 Will serve eastern U.S. and Caribbean Accelleron North America has named Dave Otto as territory sales manager, overseeing service sales across the eastern United States and the Caribbean. In his new role, Otto will focus on strengthening customer relationships and supporting operations in the power production, cruise, shipping,… Read More
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that Tim Taylor has been appointed vice president of engineering, technology and design at its Newport News Shipbuilding division. Taylor, a U.S. Navy veteran, has served NNS for 29 years in positions of increasing responsibility, including work control, submarine ship’s safety and sea trial coordination. He… Read More
Contact(s) Jennifer Russo (202) 412-6561 WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced key developments in its offshore critical minerals planning, with the completion of Area Identification offshore American Samoa and the release of a Request for Information and Interest for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. These actions mark significant progress in… Read More
Salem residents worked for years on plans for a port that offered economic development and other community benefits. Then the Trump administration canceled funding. Barbara Kelley remembers when her car and windows were routinely coated with a thin film of coal dust that had drifted over from the power plant on the edge of her… Read More
President Donald Trump’s anti-wind energy agenda is harming Louisiana businesses that form the backbone of America’s offshore oil and gas industry, which stands to lose billions if the president fulfills his campaign promise to end construction of offshore wind turbines. In recent years, offshore leases have opened in state and federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico… Read More
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced two major steps toward expanding offshore energy development pursuant to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. BOEM released the Final Notice of Sale for Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 1 (BBG1), the first of 30 Gulf of America lease sales required by the One Big Beautiful Bill… Read More
Summary: Insights from over 900 companies across Europe show the continued strain on supply chains amid geopolitical tensions, shifting trade policies, and tariff uncertainties – and their counter measures to keep control Copenhagen – The polycrisis-driven disruptions in global supply chains show no signs of abating – and likely won’t for the foreseeable future. That’s the key… Read More
Port Commission Announces Survey Results, Awards Contract for New Container Yard HOUSTON – Port Houston is proud to announce that, for the second year in a row, it has been certified as a Great Place To Work® based on anonymous employee feedback about their experience working at the organization. Port Houston has implemented a range… Read More
New data reveals a month-over-month dip in October, with significant year-on- year decreases anticipated for November and December. This slowdown signals importer caution amidst persistent geopolitical friction and regulatory volatility. US import volumes are projected to slow through the year-end holidays and into 2026, as tariff uncertainty weighs on cargo owners and the outlook for… Read More
By Jenan Hasan US ports are caught in a dramatic reversal: after stellar July-August performance that saw the Port of Los Angeles shatter 117 years of records, September brought reality crashing back as containerised inbound volumes fell 5.8% YoY, according to S&P data, and are projected to close the year on a lower note. This doesn’t… Read More
The project aims to rebuild the sandy beach by utilizing dynamic revetment, a nature-based approach that uses materials such as small rocks, anchored wood and native vegetation to absorb wave energy NORTH COVE — Recent initiatives along the north shore of Willapa Bay are working to change the narrative about a shoreline that’s eroded faster than… Read More
BEIJING – China expects the United States to continue working with China in the same direction to maintain a fair competition environment in the international shipping and shipbuilding markets, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on Monday. This will help add more certainty and stability to the China-US economic and trade cooperation, as well as… Read More
Along a stretch of marsh at the edge of the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana, Cajun boatmen ferried 200 tons of oyster shells to where the wetlands meet the gulf. Members of the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and volunteers stood on hills of oyster shells, loading the shells into buckets before packing them into… Read More
Contact Information EPA Region 1 Press Office (r1_press@epa.gov) BOSTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected a cleanup plan for the first mile of the Lower Neponset River Superfund Site, located in Boston and Milton, Massachusetts. This covers the area of the Neponset River from where it merges with the Mother Brook near the… Read More
Company receives multiple distinctions from the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association AMRIZE, North America’s largest building solutions supplier, have been recognized with multiple distinctions by the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA), the leading advocate for the US aggregates industry. The awards were presented as part of NSSGA’s annual Awards of Excellence programme during… Read More
Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE:VMC), the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates, announced that its Board of Directors has named Ronnie Pruitt Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2026. At that time, he will also join the company’s Board of Directors. The company’s current Chairman and CEO, Tom Hill, will transition to the role of Executive… Read More
RALEIGH, N.C., Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE: MLM) (Martin Marietta or the Company), announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Quikrete Holdings, Inc. (Quikrete) for the exchange of certain assets. Under the terms of the agreement, Martin Marietta will receive aggregates operations producing approximately 20 million tons annually in Virginia, Missouri, Kansas… Read More
Caterpillar Inc and Luck Stone, the USA’s largest family-owned and operated producer of crushed stone, sand and gravel, announced a significant milestone in their ongoing collaboration: 1 million tons autonomously hauled at Luck Stone’s Bull Run Quarry in Chantilly, Virginia. The achievement marks a first for Caterpillar in the aggregates industry and it says underscores… Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. is proud to announce the successful launch of the vehicle-passenger ferry FALCON, being constructed for the Fisher Island Community Association (FICA). The launch marks the next major milestone in the partnership, positioning FALCON to provide reliable and modern transportation service to the Fisher Island community. The state-of-the-art ferry is designed to… Read More
Reality Capture Technology Enhances Project Management Workflows, Enabling Construction Teams to Take Advantage of an AI-powered, 3D Viewer Experience LAS VEGAS — Trimble® has announced ProjectSight 360 Capture, a powerful new functionality that provides comprehensive visibility into site progress through native integrations with 360-degree cameras, Trimble ProjectSight® project management software and the Trimble Connect® collaboration platform. ProjectSight 360 Capture… Read More
Ingalls Shipbuilding will divide orders between Galveston and Port Arthur. Besides the Arctic icebreaking ships it will soon begin manufacturing, Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corporation has landed another sizable defense contract, the company announced Monday. Located on Galveston’s Pelican Island, Gulf Copper announced that it has expanded its agreement with Mississippi-based Ingalls Shipbuilding, the shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries,… Read More
Federal immigration authorities conducted a targeted enforcement operation at an unidentified Louisiana shipyard last week, resulting in the arrest of 25 Honduran nationals working for a welding contractor that allegedly failed to comply with employment verification requirements. ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans, supported by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), executed the intelligence-driven operation… 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
As announced earlier this year, the Southsea Coastal Scheme will add around one million tonnes of shingle to the beach between the Pyramids and the Coffee Cup café in Eastney starting next month. Led by Portsmouth City Council and delivered by Coastal Partners and VSBW, this is the largest local authority-led flood defence scheme in the UK…. Read More
PROJECT UPDATES Wednesday, November 12, 2025: Dredging operations are now scheduled to begin on Thursday, November 20, with pipe and equipment placement on the beach still scheduled to begin on Sunday, November 16. Monday, November 10, 2025: Starting on Sunday, November 16, 2025 the public parking area and Beach Access Locations on SE 49th St. will be CLOSED to allow for equipment placement and… Read More
BETHANY BEACH, Del.- The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is expected to arrive in Bethany Beach later this month or in early December to repair beach crossover access points severely damaged during two recent coastal storms. The powerful nor’easter that hit the area in mid-October carved a dramatic six-foot sand drop along the Bethany… Read More
City, State and County officials joined community members and harbor stakeholders at Marina Park on Tuesday, November 4 to celebrate the launch of the Newport Harbor Dredging Project — the largest and final major dredge planned for the harbor. The project, a partnership between the City of Newport Beach and the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
City, State and County officials joined community members and harbor stakeholders at Marina Park on Tuesday, November 4 to celebrate the launch of the Newport Harbor Dredging Project — the largest and final major dredge planned for the harbor. The project, a partnership between the City of Newport Beach and the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE DREDGING AND DREDGED SEDIMENT PLACEMENT LORAIN HARBOR LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO This Public Notice has been prepared pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). It is being administered in conformance with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) regulation, “Practice and Procedure: Final Rule for Operation and Maintenance of Army Corps… Read More
A major federal beach replenishment and dune building project for the Wildwoods has collapsed after years of planning because two key communities have withdrawn support. That’s bad news for North Wildwood, which desperately needs reinforcement for its battered beaches. And it marks another blow to erosion projects at the New Jersey Shore, which received zero federal… Read More
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) is accepting public comment on a request for review of a federal consistency submission from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) associated with the proposed Wilmington Harbor 403 Navigation Project. The public may comment… Read More
ARC Surveying and Mapping turns spooky uncertainty into calm, decision-ready insight, so owners, pilots, and contractors move with calm confidence. Multibeam bathymetry, side-scan sonar, sub-bottom profiling, electrical resistivity, magnetometer tracking, and ArcGeoTwin 3D models reveal hidden objects, map layers, confirm volumes, and set safe windows for navigation and dredging. Happy Halloween from the team that turns… Read More
While the mariners who transport cargo and facilitate commerce on America’s rivers, coasts, harbors and Great Lakes are critical to powering the economy, they also play a vital role in safeguarding our nation. This video from AWO highlights the American tugboat, towboat and barge industry’s contributions to U.S. national and homeland security. Source
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed off on a Federal permit to dredge a portion of the Phillippi Creek in Sarasota County. FOX 13’s Kimberly Kuizon reports. Source
