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  • Senator Reverend Warnock: Bicameral push for Port of Savannah dredging

    7 February 2024
    Business development

    U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock led Georgia’s entire congressional delegation yesterday in a new bipartisan, bicameral push urging key Congressional committee leaders to include text authorizing a study to widen and deepen the harbor in the Port of Savannah in the annual Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), which is currently being crafted.  WRDA authorizes the U.S. Army Corps […]

  • Brunswick, Savannah harbor projects get nearly $83M

    26 March 2024
    Business development

    The Ports of Brunswick and Savannah will receive a total of $82.7 million in federal funding for maintenance dredging and harbor improvements in a six-bill budget package passed by Congress earlier this month. Nearly $38 million will go to the Port of Brunswick, including $11.35 million for the Brunswick Harbor Improvements project and another $26.6 […]

  • Dredging starts at Puerto Rico’s biggest and most important seaport 

    4 April 2024
    Dredging

    The USACE Task Force Virgin Islands Puerto Rico (TF-VIPR) Commander, Col. Charles Decker, USACE TF-VIPR Deputy for Programs & Project Management, Jacqueline Keiser, and members from TF-VIPR attend the First Bucket Ceremony for the San Juan Harbor Dredging and Deepening Project yesterday. Under the program, California-based Curtin Maritime will remove nearly 3 million cubic yards […]

  • Brunswick Harbor modification project

    20 November 2023
    Dredging, Port Development

    The Port of Brunswick primarily operates as an auto and machinery port for roll–on/roll–off cargo and Georgia Ports Authority is aiming to make it the top Ro/Ro port by 2026. The GPA plans to suspend all Ro/Ro cargo operations at the Port of Savannah and shift those operations to the Port of Brunswick. The expected […]

  • Manson nabs $23.9 million USACE dredging deal

    22 September 2023
    Dredging

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Wilmington District awarded a $23.9 million contract to Manson Construction Company on September 15 for the maintenance dredging of the Savannah Harbor, Georgia; the Brunswick Harbor, Georgia; and the Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina. The Morehead City Harbor, North Carolina, is also included in this contract as an option […]

  • Manson nets Regional Harbor Dredging Contract

    18 September 2023
    Dredging, Project & Tenders, Silt Removal

    Manson Construction Co. of Seattle, Washington, has won a $23.9 million USACE Regional Harbor Dredging Contract (RHDC). According to the Department of Defense, work will be performed in Morehead City, North Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; Brunswick, Georgia; and Wilmington, North Carolina, with an estimated completion date of April 15, 2024. The work for Brunswick Harbor for […]

  • Marinex wins $26 million Savannah dredging contract

    30 June 2023
    Infrastructure

    Marinex Construction has won a $26 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Savannah Inner Harbor maintenance dredging work. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Work will be performed in Savannah, Georgia, with an estimated completion date of June 27, 2024. This contract is traditionally performed with a […]

  • Savannah District to Get New Commander

    16 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Col. Marvin L. Griffin will take command of the Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, from Col. Thomas J. Tickner, in a formal ceremony at 10 a.m., June 19. Brig. Gen. C. David Turner, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ South Atlantic Division, will officiate at the formal change-of-command ceremony in the […]

  • Picture of the Day: Dredge Alaska in Savannah

    15 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Major works are underway on the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, known informally as SHEP, with dredge Alaska deepening seaward portion of the harbor, which extends 18.5 miles from Fort Pulaski into the Atlantic Ocean. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company started dredging of the Savannah’s outer harbor last Thursday, 11 September. The SHEP is being undertaken to accommodate the expansion […]

  • New Commander Takes Over the Savannah District

    5 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Col. Daniel H. Hibner will take command of the Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, from Col. Marvin L. Griffin, in a formal ceremony at 10 a.m., June 8, reports USACE. Brig. Gen. Diana M. Holland, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ South Atlantic Division, will officiate at the formal change-of-command ceremony in the […]

  • USA: Groups Ask Supreme Court to Revoke Savannah Deepening Approval

    7 March 2012

    Georgia and South Carolina conservation groups yesterday filed papers asking that the South Carolina Supreme Court declare that the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control’s approval of a controversial project to deepen the Savannah River was illegal. Attorneys from the Southern Environmental Law Center filed today’s claim in the S. C. Supreme Court in […]

  • USA: Workers Recover Piece of Civil War Ironclad from Savannah River

    14 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Archeologists working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, aided by divers and salvage operations teams from the U.S. Navy, retrieved a 64-square foot section of a Civil War ironclad warship from the bottom of the Savannah River the evening of Nov. 12. The divers worked in strong currents with near-zero visibility during […]

  • USACE discovers more cannon in Savannah River

    14 March 2022
    Technology

    The USACE Savannah District recently completed maintenance dredging in the Savannah River and recovered additional cannon, bringing the total brought up to 19. Remote sensing technologies and diver identifications used during recent investigations were unable to identify an additional four cannon due to their placement in the river sediment. These cannon, along with smaller associated […]

  • Savannah Outer Harbor Dredging Continues

    4 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has just released a photo of the dredge Padre Island working in the Savannah outer harbor. The photo taken on March 30th 2016, shows the Padre Island of Great Lakes Doc & Dredge Company deepening the outer channel as part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). Deepening of the […]

  • Savannah Deepening Begins

    1 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Col. Daniel Hibner, commander of the Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has announced that deepening work for the inner portion of the Savannah harbor is officially underway. This initiates the final construction phase of the 20-year effort to deepen the third busiest container port in the United States. “The Savannah Harbor Expansion project […]

  • USACE SHEP Project: Speece Cones Delivered to Savannah River

    19 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has announced that the workers successfully unloaded four Speece cones delivered on December 14, 2016, to an USACE site along the Savannah River. The Speece cones, each about 22 feet tall when installed, will dissolve pure oxygen into water extracted from the river, then push the water […]

  • Savannah River cannon recovery VIDEO

    10 February 2022
    Equipment, Infrastructure

    More and more historical items are being discovered in the Savannah River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Savannah District has just released this amazing video named ‘Savannah River Cannon Recovery 2022’. Rare relics from an important period in early Georgia history rose from the Savannah River in January 2022. Archeologists from the U.S. Army […]

  • VIDEO: Installation of Cofferdam on the Savannah River

    6 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has just released this video about the installation of a cofferdam on the bank of the Savannah River. Workers are installing the cofferdam as part of what will become the foundation for a series of Speece cones. The cones, which are part of the dissolved oxygen injection system, […]

  • Busy Year Ahead for Savannah Harbor Expansion Project

    23 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Boaters using the Savannah River, the Middle River and the Little Back River through the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge will encounter extensive construction near Rifle Cut and McCoy’s Cut during the next 13 months, reports the Army Corps, Savannah District. According to USACE, boaters should expect multiple barges and dredging equipment in waterways designated in red […]

  • USA: Charleston Legislative Delegation Supports Savannah Maritime Commission

    23 November 2011

    Savannah Maritime Commission has been supported by the Charleston Legislative Delegation upon opposing the DHEC issuing permits to dredge the Savannah River, says Rep. Chip Limehouse. “We feel like many environmental concerns may have been overlooked with the hasty issuance of this DHEC permit,” Limehouse said.“It is our hope that we can slow this down […]

  • PHOTO: COSCO Development in Savannah

    12 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Hundreds of workers and tourists gathered along the Savannah riverfront to observe the arrival of the COSCO Development, the largest ship to ever call on Savannah, Georgia, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said.  The ship, capable of carrying up to 13,092 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) passed by Savannah City Hall about 9:45 a.m. on May 11, […]

  • Savannah Dredging Kicks Off

    14 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, Illinois, last Thursday, 11 September, began dredging of the Savannah’s outer harbor. The dredging was originally scheduled to begin in December but dredge ‘Alaska’, which was working in Louisiana, became available earlier, reported the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District. The outer harbor dredging project, part of Savannah […]

  • More cannons and artifacts discovered during Savannah River dredging

    7 February 2023
    Equipment

    Seventeen cannons and artifacts were loaded onto a flatbed semitruck Jan. 31, 2023, at the Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineers Depot and transported to the Conservation Research Laboratory at Texas A&M. The cannons and artifacts were discovered in the Savannah River during the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project and date back to the […]

  • Picture of the Day: Savannah Dredging Program (USA)

    9 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, is responsible for maintenance dredging of the Savannah and Brunswick harbors. The Corps routinely dredges sediment from the bottom of the river to ensure a safe, authorized depth for cargo ships to import and export goods. Shown here is a dredger in the Savannah shipping channel. [mappress] […]

  • USA: Georgia Ports Authority, Savannah Economic Development Authority and S.C.’s Lowcountry Economic Alliance Sign Joint Resolution

    26 January 2011

    Leaders from the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA) and Lowcountry Economic Alliance (LEA) signed a joint resolution today recognizing that maintaining strong port capacity and deepening both the Savannah and Charleston harbors are critical to the economic health of both the State of Georgia and the State of South Carolina. Additionally, […]

  • Army Undersecretary Visits USACE’s Savannah District

    15 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Undersecretary of the Army Patrick Murphy met with the USACE’s Savannah District leaders on August 11, 2016. Murphy took an aerial tour of the Savannah Harbor as part of his visit to Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia. The Savannah District is responsible for maintaining the Savannah harbor and is in the process […]