Commercial Mariner – Marine Projects

Dutch design firm to help develop new hopper dredger for US Army Corps of Engineers

Vessel construction at some of the Florida facilities of the Eastern Shipbuilding Group

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...

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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,...

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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...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Cape Hatteras & Cape Canaveral – Great Lakes Dredge and Dock acquires pipe-lay and anchor handling workboats

Houston-based marine projects specialist Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD) has expanded its fleet of vessels following the delivery of two new workboats built by Conrad Shipyard of Morgan City, Louisiana. Cape Hatteras and Cape Canaveral belong to a series of shallow-draught workboats designed by Netherlands-based the Damen Shipyards Group to perform numerous roles […]

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APM Terminals to develop container facility in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Port

Plaquemines Port Harbor and Terminal District (Plaquemines Port) has entered into a letter of intent with APM Terminals to build a new container terminal on the West Bank of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Plaquemines Port will lease the land to APM Terminals under a 30-year agreement with extension...

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US government to finance construction of new container terminal in Colombo, Sri Lanka

The US government, through the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), has committed more than US$553 million to support the development of a deepwater shipping container terminal in the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka. The financing in the form of private sector loans is being provided...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/port-world/us-government-to-finance-construction-of-new-container-terminal-in-colombo-sri-lanka/

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