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Project will export up to 2 million barrels of crude oil per day, create jobs, supercharge Gulf of America economy WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced the Maritime Administration (MARAD) has approved a deepwater port license application for Blue Marlin Offshore Port, LLC off the coast of Louisiana. This project… Read More
Trimble Inc. (Nasdaq: TRMB) today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2026. Third Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights Revenue of $966.8 million, up 7 percent on a year-over-year basis, up 7 percent on an organic basis Annualized recurring revenue (“ARR”) was $2.56 billion, up 11 percent year-over-year, up 10 percent on an organic basis GAAP… Read More
By Heather DeVries Charlotte County commissioners have approved a contract reported at $29 million to pump new sand onto several miles of Gulf beaches battered by a string of hurricanes, with the work targeting Manasota Key and South Beach. The deal cleared the Board of Commissioners as part of its consent agenda at Tuesday’s meeting,… Read More
The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) is calling on President Donald Trump to end the temporary Jones Act waiver on November 15, arguing that the policy has failed to deliver meaningful fuel price relief while creating uncertainty for investment in the U.S. maritime sector. In a letter delivered to the White House on November 3, AMP… Read More
By: Joy Crist The Dare County Board of Commissioners voted Nov. 2 to formally acknowledge that a $15 million promissory note associated with the Miss Katie dredge has been satisfied in full, marking the completion of a financing arrangement established in 2019 to improve dredging capabilities at Oregon Inlet and Hatteras Inlet. The board approved… Read More
Trimble Inc. (Nasdaq: TRMB) today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2026. Third Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights Revenue of $966.8 million, up 7 percent on a year-over-year basis, up 7 percent on an organic basis Annualized recurring revenue (“ARR”) was $2.56 billion, up 11 percent year-over-year, up 10 percent on an organic basis GAAP… Read More
Trimble today announced winners of the annual Trimble Construction Innovation Awards, honoring North American industry trailblazers leveraging advanced Trimble hardware and software. Awards were presented in four construction categories and given to two educators shaping the next generation of industry talent through education and advocacy. “The 2026 award winners showcase the transformative power of Trimble… Read More
GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO) today announced results for the third quarter 2026. Patrick Kelleher, chief executive officer of GXO, said, “The new strategy we put in motion over the past year is delivering results: In the third quarter, we generated our fastest organic growth in more than three years, increased new business wins by more… Read More
Our people are the foundation of everything we build. We’re honored to be recognized as a winner of the 2026 Oncon, LLC Top 10 Culture & Inclusion Team Award. This award reflects the culture that brings together talented teams across the globe to solve challenges, innovate and deliver the energy infrastructure projects that help power… Read More
There’s still time to register to attend our Trimble Dimensions user conference. But if you aren’t able to join us in person this year, we invite you to watch the opening keynote online! Register to watch the livestream Trimble Dimensions opening keynote 9:00 to 10:30 am Pacific Time Monday, November 9, 2026 Join Rob Painter… Read More
2026 Annual Meeting November 17–19, 2026 | Atlantic Beach, FL Tuesday, November 17, 2026 5:30 pm–6:30 pm — Icebreaker Happy Hour Sponsored by Kokosing Industrial, Marine Division, on the Pool Deck. Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Registration and all presentations will be held in the Atlantica Ballroom. 8:00 am–8:30 am — Breakfast and Registration Check-in Sponsored… 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
By Mike Schuler Hanwha Philly Shipyard has named shipbuilding veteran Hyuk Kim as its new president, effective November 2, as the Philadelphia yard moves ahead with plans to expand into U.S. Navy shipbuilding while maintaining its commercial operations. Kim, who brings more than 25 years of naval and commercial shipbuilding experience, succeeds David Kim, who… Read More
Jody Peacock concluded his service as Chief Executive Officer of Ports of Indiana effective November 1. On that date, Chief Operating Officer Dave Parrott and Chief Financial Officer Erica Jackson began serving as the organization’s interim leadership team. Commission Chairman Steven Stemler is taking an active role working with them to lead Ports of Indiana… Read More
Hanwha Philly Shipyard is accelerating its push into the U.S. market with the appointment of Kim Hyuk as its new president. Kim brings more than 25 years of experience in both naval and commercial shipbuilding. The shipyard announced on Nov. 2 that it had appointed Kim, formerly head of the Smart Vessel Business Center at… Read More
HII (NYSE: HII) announced today the appointment of Renee Swan to executive vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO), effective Dec. 7, 2026. Swan comes to HII from Nashville-based Atmus Filtration Technologies (NYSE: ATMU), where she served as senior vice president and chief people officer. Renee will assume the position held by HII CHRO… Read More
By Hugo Rojas For five months last year, the steel legs standing in the water off Rhode Island did not move an inch closer to finished. A federal order had frozen the site in place. Vessels sat idle, towers half built, cable ends waiting in the mud. Then the order lifted, the cranes came back,… Read More
Vineyard Wind, the country’s largest offshore wind project to be federally permitted and constructed, is fully up and running about 15 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. Getting to this point has been a journey filled with starts and stops, and then more starts and stops. At times, it seemed unclear whether the project —… Read More
By Daniel Garcia A 15-megawatt wind turbine rising 150 meters above the North Sea, its 240-meter rotor sweeping through ocean air, looks like an engineering problem that’s been solved. The wind models used to design machines at this scale were built for land — and offshore, a different class of wind fluctuation dominates: slow, sweeping… Read More
By Abagael Giles Vermont has signed a three-year agreement with Nova Scotia to explore the possibility of importing electricity generated by Canadian offshore wind. Senior officials in Gov. Phil Scott’s administration hope this prospective power could replace electricity from planned offshore wind farms in the United States if the Trump administration blocks those domestic projects…. Read More
Project will export up to 2 million barrels of crude oil per day, create jobs, supercharge Gulf of America economy WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced the Maritime Administration (MARAD) has approved a deepwater port license application for Blue Marlin Offshore Port, LLC off the coast of Louisiana. This project… Read More
Jody Peacock concluded his service as Chief Executive Officer of Ports of Indiana effective November 1. On that date, Chief Operating Officer Dave Parrott and Chief Financial Officer Erica Jackson began serving as the organization’s interim leadership team. Commission Chairman Steven Stemler is taking an active role working with them to lead Ports of Indiana… Read More
By Alan Bosworth Port Houston will undertake its own study of portions of a potential Project 12 to deepen the Houston Ship Channel, CEO Charlie Jenkins announced at the Port Commission meeting on October 21. The port-led work will proceed under Section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, which allows a non-federal… Read More
By Robert Barron The federal government’s Oct. 30 decision to list the $5.9-billion Delta container port expansion as a project of “national interest” is a positive development for Nanaimo, according to Donna Hais, chairperson of the Nanaimo Port Authority. Hais said Delta’s port expansion project is complementary to the NPA’s approximately $120-million expansion project at… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, completed dredging on Nov. 5 of approximately 109,000 cubic yards of sediment from Sandusky Harbor, ensuring safe and navigable waterways for Great Lakes commercial vessels, recreational boaters and other harbor users on Lake Erie. The work was completed under a $628,000 contract, with the majority of the… Read More
By John Donovan Shell and other major oil companies have reached confidential settlements in Louisiana’s longstanding coastal-damage litigation. But the public still cannot establish how much Shell agreed to pay, what restoration obligations it accepted, or precisely which claims were resolved. A new investigation published on 8 November 2026 has brought that secrecy back into… Read More
By Heather DeVries Charlotte County commissioners have approved a contract reported at $29 million to pump new sand onto several miles of Gulf beaches battered by a string of hurricanes, with the work targeting Manasota Key and South Beach. The deal cleared the Board of Commissioners as part of its consent agenda at Tuesday’s meeting,… Read More
A routine harbor-deepening project in 2021 turned into a major historic find when a dredge scooping the Savannah River bed pulled up a rusted cannon in its jaws. Crews widening the channel quickly raised two more guns in the next scoop, eventually recovering 19 heavy iron weapons by March 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of… 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
Trimble today announced Trimble® WorksManager Drone processing software, enabling civil contractors to process drone data in the cloud, directly within the Trimble ecosystem. This new photogrammetry functionality makes it easy for contractors to process and overlay true-to-scale flight data with project designs, machine data, as-builts and other site data to calculate volumes, take measurements and verify… Read More
South Korea’s Hanwha Group has secured a contract to build a medium landing ship for the U.S. Navy, marking the start of naval vessel construction at its Philadelphia shipyard. The contract is Hanwha’s first U.S. Navy shipbuilding award since acquiring Philly Shipyard in December 2024. The company is expanding its experience in commercial and government… Read More
Hanwha Defense USA (HDUSA) is the first shipbuilder selected by TOTE Services, a leading maritime services company specializing in vessel construction management, to build a Medium Landing Ship (LSM) for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps under TOTE Services’ Vessel Construction Manager (VCM) contract. The selection marks HDUSA’s first contract to build ships for the… Read More
Maryland wants a bigger share of the federal push to rebuild American shipbuilding and sea power, and a waterfront school in St. Mary’s County is one of the assets the state is pointing to. Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order Oct. 22 creating the Maryland Maritime Task Force, which will coordinate state agencies and… 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
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, completed dredging on Nov. 5 of approximately 109,000 cubic yards of sediment from Sandusky Harbor, ensuring safe and navigable waterways for Great Lakes commercial vessels, recreational boaters and other harbor users on Lake Erie. The work was completed under a $628,000 contract, with the majority of the… Read More
By Andrew Byrne At Allegheny River Lock and Dam 4, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District completely drained the lock chamber, deployed dozens of personnel, cranes, boats, barges, and heavy equipment, and halted navigation through the vital inland waterway link for months because of a piece of wood. Let us explain – it… Read More
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is advising landowners adjacent to public lands around Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes that contract maintenance crews will be conducting boundary line maintenance along a 113-mile section of government boundary at Bull Shoals Lake and a 66-mile section at Norfork Lake. On Bull Shoals Lake,… Read More
HOUSTON, Nov. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Eco Depot, Inc. (OTCID: ECDP) (“Eco Depot” or the “Company”) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Compañía Constructora de Tijuana, S.A. de C.V. (“CCT”), has secured a role in the dredging work for the Punta Colonet Port in Baja California, Mexico. According to CCT management, the dredging… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, completed dredging on Nov. 5 of approximately 109,000 cubic yards of sediment from Sandusky Harbor, ensuring safe and navigable waterways for Great Lakes commercial vessels, recreational boaters and other harbor users on Lake Erie. The work was completed under a $628,000 contract, with the majority of the… Read More
By Andrew Byrne At Allegheny River Lock and Dam 4, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District completely drained the lock chamber, deployed dozens of personnel, cranes, boats, barges, and heavy equipment, and halted navigation through the vital inland waterway link for months because of a piece of wood. Let us explain – it… Read More
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is advising landowners adjacent to public lands around Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes that contract maintenance crews will be conducting boundary line maintenance along a 113-mile section of government boundary at Bull Shoals Lake and a 66-mile section at Norfork Lake. On Bull Shoals Lake,… Read More
Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Co., White Hall, Arkansas, was awarded a $15,419,322 firm-fixed-price contract for equipment, materials, supplies, and manpower required to perform 24/7 on-call capability to dredge in the primary dredging region and/or secondary dredging regions. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with… 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
Mud Cat E Series Electric Dredges
