USA: Orion Marine Group Wins USD 32 Million Contract

Orion Marine Group, Inc., a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, announced a contract award of approximately $32 million.

Orion Marine Group was recently awarded a contract for the construction of two new ship docks and three barge docks for a private customer in the Gulf Coast region. The Company will also perform dredging to deepen the existing channel to accommodate larger vessels. Onsite construction of the project is expected to commence in early 2012 and last approximately 14 months.

About Orion Marine Group

Orion Marine Group, Inc. provides a broad range of marine construction and specialty services on, over and under the water along the Gulf Coast, the Atlantic Seaboard, the West Coast and the Caribbean Basin and acts as a single source turn-key solution for its customers’ marine contracting needs. Its heavy civil marine construction services include marine transportation facility construction, marine pipeline construction, marine environmental structures, dredging, and specialty services.

Its specialty services include salvage, demolition, diving, surveying, towing and underwater inspection, excavation and repair. The Company is headquartered in Houston, Texas and has a 75-year legacy of successful operations.

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Dredging Today Staff, February 8, 2012; Image: orionmarinegroup