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Jan De Nul signs supply agreement with W&O

Extending an existing 10-year relationship, dredging and installation vessel giant Jan De Nul has signed a new agreement with W&O, a leading supplier of valves, actuators, pipes and fittings to the global maritime industry.

The new two-year agreement will see W&O supply marine valves and instrumentation to Jan De Nul Group to meet the needs of its complex and specialist operations.

The two-year supply agreement ensures efficient and rapid delivery from stock of manual and actuated marine valves...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/jan-de-nul-signs-supply-agreement-with-wo/

New dredge underway at Eastern Shipbuilding for Weeks Marine

Eastern Shipbuilding Group is busy with the construction of the trailing suction hopper dredge R.B. Weeks (ESG Hull 258). The dredge is a sister ship to the Magdalen (ESG 256), delivered to Weeks Marine Inc. in 2017

The 356- by 79-foot, 6-inch by 27-foot, 3-inch dredge R.B. Weeks is named in honor of Richard B. Weeks, a co-founder of Weeks Marine and married to Magdalen Weeks, the namesake of the other dredge. This new dredge is being constructed at Eastern’s Allanton shipyard and was designed...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/new-dredge-underway-at-eastern-shipbuilding-for-weeks-marine/

Sean Duffy named 2022 C. Alvin Bertel Award recipient

The World Trade Center New Orleans (WTCNO) reports that Sean M. Duffy Sr., executive director of Big River Coalition, and executive vice president of Louisiana Maritime Association, will be the recipient of its 2022 C. Alvin Bertel Award.

The Bertel Award was established in 1967 and is presented each year to an individual who has made significant contributions to the Louisiana port and maritime community. Duffy will be presented with the award at the annual C. Alvin Bertel Award Ceremony and...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/sean-duffy-named-2022-c-alvin-bertel-award-recipient/

USACE awards Cleveland Harbor dredging contract

The Buffalo Engineer District has awarded a $5.98 million contract to Michigan-based Walsh Service Solutions. The award covers dredging of the federal navigation channel in Cleveland Harbor.

“Maintaining the operation of our nation’s ports is more critical than ever to the vitality of the nation,” said Lt. Col. Eli Adams, commander of the Buffalo District. “We’re proud of our partnerships with the city of Cleveland, the state of Ohio, and our representatives in Congress that have made this...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/usace-awards-cleveland-harbor-dredging-contract/

Corps seeks comments on pipeline plan for dredged material

The St. Paul Engineer District is seeking public comments on a draft plan to install a pipeline near Reads Landing, Minn., that would be used to transport dredged material, or river sand, during maintenance of the Mississippi River navigation channel.

Corps of Engineers planners are proposing to install a pipeline from Reads Landing to the Wabasha Gravel Pit, just north of Wabasha, Minn. The pipeline would improve upon an existing route that the Corps has used approximately five times in the...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/corps-seeks-comments-on-pipeline-plan-for-dredged-material/

Great Lakes Dredge CEO: “We’re 100% vaxxed”

“I’m very proud of meeting our target of 100% vaccination of all team members in the third quarter last year,” Lasse Petterson, CEO of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), told financial analysts in a call in this week, adding that “due to our vaccination efforts we have experienced less severe impacts from the virus infections. Throughout [2021] we avoided team members being hospitalized and no team member tested positive for COVID-19 from September through early December.”

The...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/great-lakes-dredge-ceo-were-100-vaxxed/

Amsterdam takes delivery of hybrid crane vessel

The dredging and floating debris department of Amsterdam’s water utility, Waternet, has taken delivery of a Damen Crane Vessel 1804 WN25 from Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld.

Waternet does more than supply drinking water, it also processes wastewater and maintains water levels in Amsterdam’s waterways.

The 18-meter vessel is equipped to undertake a range of roles including detecting and removing garbage and abandoned derelict boats, as well as towing and pushing barges when required.

Designated the...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/environment/amsterdam-takes-delivery-of-hybrid-crane-vessel/

GLDD books contracts worth $88.1 million

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), America’s largest provider of dredging services is to carry out a contract on Oak Island. No, not the Oak Island in Nova Scotia known to History Channel fans as the place where the Knights Templar might have hidden the Lost Ark., but Oak Island, N.C.

The Oak Island, N.C., contract is one of several major dredging awards, totaling $88.1 million, reported by GLDD yesterday.

The awarded work includes:

  • Sea Bright to Manasquan, Section II Beach...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/gldd-books-contracts-worth-88-1-million/

MacGregor to supply cranes for Manson dredge newbuild

Manson Construction Company’s 15,000-cubic-yard capacity, 420 foot long, hopper dredge Frederick Paup is to be equipped with MacGregor telescopic cranes.

Currently under construction at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, the vessel will be the largest self-propelled hopper dredge in the U.S, on delivery.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, will deliver two 120 foot double telescopic service cranes and one 50 foot telescopic stores crane for the vessel.

The cranes will be built at...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/macgregor-to-supply-cranes-for-manson-dredge-newbuild/

Corps starts 2021 Duluth maintenance dredging

The Duluth Engineer District is set to begin 2021 maintenance dredging and Minnesota Point beach nourishment next week. Cleanup of material placed during 2020 continues.

The Corps of Engineers awarded the 2021 maintenance dredging contract July 14, 2021, to Sturgeon Bay, Wis., based Roen Salvage Company. Roen will dredge 40,000 cubic yards of material. The Corps originally planned to dredge and place nearly 100,000 cubic yards. However, it is reducing the amount of material due to protocols and...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/corps-starts-2021-duluth-maintenance-dredging/

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