The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana have signed a partnership agreement for the $6.5 billion Southwest Coastal Louisiana hurricane and storm damage risk reduction and coastal ecosystem restoration project. “Today’s announcement is transformative for the people of Southwest Louisiana who have held strong in the face… Read More
A long-planned ship-channel deepening and widening project in Corpus Christi Bay is in its last innings and is about to start having a real impact. Later this summer, a 7-foot-deeper channel at Ingleside will enable terminals there to load additional barrels into VLCCs, assuming they’ve dredged their berths to match the deeper channel. Deepening the… Read More
Executes two real estate sale-leasebacks for total transaction value of $20.3 million HOUSTON, June 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN), a leading specialty construction company, today announced two real estate sale-leaseback transactions for a total value of $20.3 million. The Company entered into a sale-leaseback agreement for its Baytown Pipe… Read More
Restoration of coastal marine habitats—often conducted under the umbrella of “nature-based solutions”—is one of the key actions underpinning global intergovernmental agreements, including the Paris Agreement and the 2021–2030 United Nations (UN) Decade of Restoration. To achieve global biodiversity and restoration targets, such as the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which aims to restore 30% of degraded… Read More
The City of Valdez, AK just took delivery of a Mud Cat^^® 40E for their wastewater lagoons. The dredge is pumping bio-sludge with a 1.1specific gravity sitting at 7% solids in-situ, a distance of 600 ft. (183m)with 4 ft. (1.2m) of terminal elevation at a maximum flow of 900gpm into geotextile filter bags. The 40E… Read More
(Release from the Wallowa Whitman National Forest The La Grande Ranger District (the District) would like to return areas impacted by mining operations in the upper Grande Ronde River to pre-mining conditions. Nearly two miles of waste rock from dredge mining (mine tailings) located within a historic mining area would be redistributed throughout the upper… Read More
DP World has celebrated the success of its Expo 2020 programme with a recognition event at its ‘Flow’ Pavilion in Expo City Dubai, to acknowledge the significant contributions of its employees and partners, who received the ‘Expo 2020 Dubai Medal’ granted by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister… Read More
Container terminal giant DP World Ltd. is in talks with Tanzania to manage seven berths at the East African nation’s main port of Dar es Salaam. If successful, the negotiations will expand the Dubai-based company’s reach on the east African coast, where it already has interests in nations including in Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Mozambique…. Read More
The plough tug, named Mohoma, is a versatile, seagoing workboat designed for both harbour and coastal services. Based on a standardised and successful Damen Design this vessel is well-suited to various maritime tasks, operating efficiently in shallow and deeper waters with unrestricted sailing capability. DSCT’s extensive experience in constructing ‘low maintenance’ vessels ensured that all installed… Read More
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is awarding $8.8 million in grants through the inaugural round of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s Climate Resilience Fund (DCRF). These state awards will support 21 innovative climate resilience plans and projects across 17 Connecticut municipalities and councils of governments. Through the DCRF, the Department… Read More