Muddy Water Dredging LP from Orange, Texas, has won a $14.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging program in Texas. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Orange, Texas, with an estimated com
The Port of Brunswick will soon add 50 more acres of paved vehicle storage at Colonel’s Island Terminal. The terminal improvements will be accompanied by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects to improve Brunswick Harbor. The Port will receive nearly $38 million in federal funding for maintenance dre
The Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) has approved a $199 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year, starting on October 1, 2024. This represents a 19% reduction from the previous year’s $246 million operating and capital budget. The Authority’s Board of Governors approved the budget at a speci
Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. yesterday announced the continuation of a major dredging project in the Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers, New Jersey. Following a temporary pause in January of this year for fish spawning, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has resumed maintenance dredging this month with
Chatham TV, the Government Access TV Station for The Town of Chatham, MA, has just released this very interesting video named “Backstage | Coastal Resources – Army Corps of Engineers Dredge Murden”. In the video, Coastal Resource Director Ted Keon narrates a drone flyover by the Chatham Fire and Res
Biennial dredging of Fairport Harbor’s federal navigation channel by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is complete. Dredging of Fairport Harbor ensures accessible depths for large vessels, the continued flow of commodities across the Great Lakes, and the economic viability of United States waterways,
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District has awarded a $38.2 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock for the Absecon Island beach nourishment work. According to the Army Corps, work will be performed in Atlantic County, New Jersey, with an estimated completion date of March 31,
Delaware Senator Tom Carper has secured $10 million in federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the beach replenishment project north of the Indian River Inlet Bridge, which has seen two dune breaches this year and cut off access to the bridge. “Maintenance of the north and south s
The 2024 Great Lakes Inspection Tour (GLINT) kicked off this week with a Lake Superior boat tour in Duluth, Minnesota. The three-day event brings the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division staff together with subordinate units US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, U
The City of New Smyrna Beach said that the dredging operations are underway in Turnbull Plantations with a hydraulic dredge barge aiming to remove up to 3 feet of built-up silt and sediment from the pond between Old Minorcan Trail & Terrier Way. The work is fully funded by a Florida Division of Emer
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has just won a $219.1 million contract for the Sabine-Neches Waterway Channel Improvement Project. According to the Army Corps, the work will be performed in Port Arthur, Texas, with an estimated completion date of March 24, 2027. The Sabine Neches Project that will deepen
Last weekend, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closed off the season for placing stone at Mouth of the Columbia River South Jetty. Rehabilitating the 6-mile MCR South Jetty is one of the biggest projects the Portland District has undertaken as a district since the structure was originally built in t
