Rhode Island-based Blount Boats has been awarded a US$9 million contract to build an icebreaking buoy tender for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The ..
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Great Lakes awarded $141 million in dredge contracts
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. announced yesterday that it has been awarded several major dredging contracts totaling $141 million.
The awarded work includes:
- Jacksonville (Fla.) Deepening Contract B Option (Capital Deepening, Florida, $96.6 million);
- Baltimore Harbor (Maintenance, Maryland, $38.4 million);
- Boston Harbor (Maintenance, Massachusetts, $5.6 million).
The base scope for the Jacksonville Deepening Contract B was awarded in 2018 and the option work is a continuation of channel...
McLean Contracting acquires Maryland barge and tug company
On Aug. 1, 2019, Glen Burnie, Md.-based McLean Contracting Co. completed the acquisition of Smith Brothers, a barge and tugboat rental company based in Galesville, Md.
The company will continue to operate under the name Smith Brothers, as a division of McLean. Both McLean and Smith Brothers have served the construction and maritime industries in Maryland for over 100 years.
McLean will take over the entire marine fleet of Smith Brothers which includes deck and material barges, sectional barges,...
Yield to swimmers: annual Chesapeake channel closure Sunday
The Coast Guard will limit vessel traffic in part of upper Chesapeake Bay when as many as 650 competitors dive in for the Great Chesapeake Bay Swim June 9.
The temporary regulated area Sunday spans a narrows on either side of the William P. Lane Jr. Memorial Bridges that carry Highway 50 across the bay. The area will extend 500 yard north and south of each span, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. as swimmers make their way from Sandy Point State Park northeast of Annapolis, Md., across 4.4 miles to Kent...
Coast Guard wants mariners’ input for Potomac River study
A user survey to help assess aids to navigation, hazards and other conditions on the Upper Potomac River began this week as part of a Coast Guard waterways analysis.
The review focuses on the area’s aids to navigation system, waterborne commerce, marine casualty information, port/harbor resources, emergency response plans, routine and emergency communication capabilities, and future development projects. A survey form is available online for mariners and others interested in the river to fill...
The largest boxship in Maryland’s history
Port’s Ability to Handle Big Ships Allows for Arrival of 11,000 TEU Container Vessel Gunde Maersk
The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore welcomed the largest container ship to ever visit Maryland as the Gunde Maersk, which has a capacity to handle 11,000 Twenty-foot Equivalent (TEU) containers, arrived at the Seagirt Marine Terminal on October 21. The massive vessel was able to call the Port of Baltimore because of the Port’s 50-foot deep channel and its supersized NeoPanamax cranes.
“As a...