Dare County has announced that “Miss Katie”—the shallow-draft hopper dredge that has been under construction in Morgan City, Louisiana, since March 2021—recently reached its most significant milestone yet: the official launch of the vessel at Conrad Shipyard on April 4, 2022. The announcement was made by Dare County Commissioner Jim Tobin, who shared a video… Read More
In this episode of #InTheKnow, we’ll hear Joey E. D’Isernia, President of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, in conversation with The Maritime Executive’s Editor-In-Chief Tony Munoz. Listen in as Joey D’Isernia talks us through the company’s rapid recovery after Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 hurricane that devastated the Florida Panhandle in 2018, and the landmark achievements throughout Eastern’s storied… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District partnered with the Galveston Park Board, City of Galveston, the Texas General Land Office (GLO), and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act) for a $12 million project with Manson adding sand dredged from the ship channel to nourish the area… Read More