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This post has been updated to clarify where USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) was built. The destroyer was constructed at Bath Iron Works, Maine. After more than two years of repairs, guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) left the Mississippi coast for sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico, Navy officials announced on Monday. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer… Read More
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN) (the “Company”) a leading specialty construction company, today announced a contract award totaling approximately $47 million. The Company’s Industrial unit has been awarded a contract from the Port of New Orleans for the Nashville Terminal container conversion project in New Orleans, Louisiana. The project calls for the demolition of… Read More
Contract terminated with B&R Enterprises ST. ANTHONY, N.L. — St. Anthony is looking for a new contractor to complete the dredging of Harbour Rock. The St. Anthony Port Authority confirmed to The Northern Pen on July 16 that it had reached an agreement with B&R Enterprises to terminate its contract. The town will now look… Read More
Damen Services has just completed its second technical seminar to be held in Africa. The event focused on navigational equipment supplied by Alphatron Marine and involved technical staff from owners and operators of Damen vessels in Nigeria. During these three intensive days the attendees improved their problem-solving abilities and maintenance skills on all aspects of… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) successfully loaded cruise ship Carnival Vista on its semi-submersible heavy lift vessel BOKA Vanguard and transported it to a shipyard facility in Freeport, Bahamas for a unique dry docking operation. Commencing last Saturday 13 July at sunrise the BOKA Vanguard loaded and lifted cruise ship Carnival Vista in a successful… Read More
ENGLEWOOD — Damian Ochab is happy Sarasota County is joining Charlotte County in its effort to nourish the eroded shoreline along Manasota Key. “That makes it a regional project,” said Ochab who is president of the Manasota/Sandpiper Key Association. As a regional effort, he said, the project has a better chance to qualify for state… Read More
ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS — Should North Shore communities consider buying their own regional dredging equipment or outsource the work to a private company? This was the question contemplated at Friday’s Northeast Coastal Coalition gathering at Essex Town Hall. Representatives from various coastal Essex County municipalities met with NCC Chairman and state Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr… Read More
Studies are underway to determine the impacts of dredging the Vermilion River, which some believe is needed to increase its capacity to handle heavy rainfall from tropical systems and storms such as the devastating August 2016 deluge that flooded thousands of homes in Acadiana. “The Vermilion River is authorized by Congress as a navigable waterway,”… Read More
After years of collaboration between federal, state and local officials, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently issued an invitation for bids for the dredging of the Gloucester Harbor and Annisquam River. The project will dredge nearly 140,000 cubic yards of sand from the channel and Lobster Cove. To minimize impacts on natural resources in… Read More
American Shore and Beach Preservation Association Derek Brockbank, Executive Director America’s Engineered Shoreline America has an engineered shoreline. The most iconic beaches in the country have all been restored, renourished, and re-engineered to mimic natural systems. The beaches of the Jersey Shore, Virginia Beach, Miami Beach, Galveston, Malibu, Santa Monica, and Waikiki are part of… Read More