The US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Jacksonville District has awarded a US$27 million contract to Weeks Marine (WMI) of Cranford, New Jersey, for initial construction of the Flagler County, Florida, Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) project. The USACE will provide 65 per cent of the total...
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Mississippi River dredging to proceed under US$32 million contract
The US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) St Paul District has awarded a US$31.7 million contract to LS Marine of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, to conduct mechanical dredging operations in support of channel maintenance within the Mississippi River. This work will facilitate long-term channel...
New York’s South Brooklyn Marine Terminal to be upgraded under US$612 million project
Swedish construction company Skanska has been awarded a contract for the upgrade of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, The project, which has an estimated value equivalent to US$612 million, will transform the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal into one of the largest dedicated...
Dutch design firm to help develop new hopper dredger for US Army Corps of Engineers
Florida shipbuilder the Eastern Shipbuilding Group and Netherlands-based marine engineering company Royal IHC have formed a strategic partnership with the objective of designing and constructing a highly automated, medium hopper dredger for use by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The dredger will be built at Eastern Shipbuilding’s Allanton and Port St Joe facilities. […]
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New agreement calls for channel improvement works in Unalaska
The city government of Unalaska in Alaska and the US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Alaska District have entered into an agreement stipulating channel improvement works. The agreement requires both parties to provide a 600-by-600-foot (182-by-182-metre) dredged channel with a depth of minus 58...
Seapath orders six deck barges from Florida builder
Ship leasing business Seapath, a company under New York-based conglomerate the Libra Group, has placed an order for six deck barges in a series to be built by St Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Florida. The vessels will be despatched to multiple charterers along the US East Coast. The barges are...
US Transportation Department to make US$500 million available for port upgrades
The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for US$500 million in Federal Fiscal Year 2024 funding through MARAD’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). MARAD’s PIDP grants will help eligible applicants complete critical port and port-related infrastructure projects in urban, rural, and tribal communities. Applicants include port […]
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Washington boatbuilder unveils new survey launch
Port Angeles, Washington-based boatbuilder Brix Marine has completed construction of the first unit in a new series of marine surveying vessels. The all-aluminium Lugudi Barana measures 30 by 10 feet (9.1 by three metres) and is powered by two 200hp (149kW) outboard engines. The hull skins,...
VESSEL REVIEW | General Marshall – Seventh dredger joins Callan Marine’s waterway maintenance fleet
Galveston, Texas-based dredging and marine construction company Callan Marine recently welcomed a newbuild large cutter suction dredger (CSD) to its fleet. Named after famed American World War II general and former US Secretary of State George C. Marshall, General Marshall was built by DSC Dredge at its facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi. It is the […]
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Georgia’s Port of Brunswick to receive US$15 million for infrastructure upgrades
US Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff have confirmed the allocation of US$15 million in US Department of Transportation funding to help upgrade the existing infrastructure at the Port of Brunswick in Georgia. According to the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), the bipartisan...