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USA: Army Corps Awards Brownsville Ship Channel Dredging Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $3,116,000 to Goodloe Marine Inc., a woman-owned small business, for maintenance dredging of the Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, Texas. The contractor is required to remove approximately 333,200 cubic
Corps Awards Contract for Coney Island Beach Restoration (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has awarded a $7.3 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, Ill., to place approximately 600,000 cubic yards of sand along the beach at Coney Island in the area of the previously constructed coastal storm risk reduction p
USA: Port of Charleston Moves in Right Direction
In results announced at the regular Board meeting, South Carolina’s public seaport system continued above-market growth during fiscal year 2013. Container business at the Port of Charleston was up nine percent in the fiscal year that ended June 30, with 1.56 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) h
USA: “Ports: Success Through Diversification” Set for August
Continuing a long tradition of excellence, PORTS ’13 “Ports: Success through Diversification” (August 25-29, 2013, Seattle, Washington) is the thirteenth in a series of international port and harbor development specialty conferences held on a tri-annual basis since 1977. This conference’s theme was
VIDEO: Panama Canal Expansion Program
The Panama Canal expansion project will double the capacity of the Panama Canal by 2015 by creating a new lane of traffic and allowing more and larger ships to transit. The project is expected to create demand for ports to handle post-Panamax ships. The program also entails the widening and deepenin
Corps to Invite Bids for Tangier Island Dredging Program (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, has announced the details about the Tangier Island dredging program. This development project includes maintenance dredging on the main channel from Tangier sound to the basin at Tangier, and dredging on the channel from the basin westward to the C
USA: Corps Unveils High Island Dredging Plan
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, has introduced a plan for the High Island dredging project. This deepening program includes dredging of approximately 1,000,000 cubic yards of material from the areas between High Island, Bolivar & Channel and Port Bolivar. The solicitation will
USA: Corps Presents Plan for St. Augustine Inlet Dredging
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has announced a plan for the St. Augustine Inlet dredging program. The project consists of maintenance dredging of shoaled material from the St. Augustine Inlet entrance channel with beach placement south of St. Augustine Inlet. The entrance c
Top News – July 15 to 21, 2013
DEME Announces New Contracts Worth EUR 250 Million Within the DEME group recently, a great many assignments for large, energy-related projects have been awarded to a range of different companies. Durres Port Development: Dredging is Major Factor for Success (Albania) EMS Albanian Port Operator Shp
USA: Corps Signs Cooperation Agreement with Nicholls State University
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, signed its first Memorandum of Agreement with Nicholls State University, July 17. The Memorandum of Agreement, or MOA, establishes the basis for mutual understanding and cooperation between the corps and the university, with a focus on the scho
Army Corps Issues Permit Authorizing Cherry Grove Dredging (USA)
LTC Edward P. Chamberlayne, District Engineer of the Charleston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, signed the long awaited Federal Permit authorizing the City of North Myrtle Beach’s Cherry Grove canals dredging project. “We are excited to receive this important final authorization for this dre
Corps to Host Education Meetings on Westport Island Reach Improvements (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District will host two meetings to describe improvements planned for the Westport Island Reach of the Mississippi River. The reach is just east of Elsberry, Missouri and west of Hardin, Illinois. In the interest of convenience to residents and businesses in