channel dredging

Manson wins $70.6 million dredging contract

Seattle, Wash., based Manson Construction Co. has been awarded a $70,627,100 firm-fixed-price contract for Norfolk Harbor and channel dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2025. Fiscal 2023 civil construction and City of Virginia Beach funds in the amount of $70,627,100 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/manson-wins-70-6-million-dredging-contract/

Daily Infographic: Port of Virginia eyes completion of channel deepening this year

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Port Corpus Christi’s $139M channel expansion contract awarded

Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has been awarded a $139 million contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to work on the third phase of the Port of Corpus Christi ship channel improvement project.

The four-phase, $651 million infrastructure project will increase the channel’s depth to 54 feet from 47 feet and widen it to 530 feet, from its current width of 400 feet.

The increase will allow more than one vessel to pass through the channel at the same time, as well as accommodate...

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South Carolina ports were on record pace before pandemic

The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) was on track for a record fiscal year — until the coronavirus spread across the globe.

SCPA President and CEO Jim Newsome said during a livestreamed interview staged by SC Biz News on Thursday that the COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a blow to container volumes during the fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30.

“If you look through February of our fiscal year, which was eight months, we were 25,000 containers ahead of our plan, a record pace,” Newsome...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/south-carolina-ports-were-on-record-pace-before-pandemic