Norfolk Dredging Co. of Chesapeake, Virginia, has won a $39.6 million USACE contract for maintenance dredging work in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the Department of Defense, work consists of maintenance dredging of approximately 2.7 million cubic yards of sediment within the Delaware Riv
Maryland Environmental Service (MES) and Garrett County Government recently announced a Notice of Intent to Proceed with Byco Enterprises for the Arrowhead Cove Pilot Dredging project. Arrowhead Cove, at Deep Creek Lake, is selected as a priority area for a pilot dredging project to remove accumulat
Pinellas County officials are taking emergency measures to shore up some beaches that were slammed by Hurricane Idalia. It will be paid for with money from county tourist development taxes. The project is starting on Sunset Beach in Treasure Island, and will soon move to other impacted areas. The wo
Earlier this year, the Picton Terminals Team supported Doornekamp Construction on a Lake Ontario shoreline dredge project. The Amy Lynn D tug crew with Jacob Joseph C barge and Liebherr LH120 crane operators, completed a dredging project to increase water depths at a ship loading facility. The dredg
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 Harbo
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, has awarded a $3.3 million contract to Barnegat Bay Dredging Company to conduct maintenance dredging of the lower Maurice River in Cumberland County, N.J. The dredged sediment will be beneficially used to support eroded marsh areas within the
The first section of the expansion and modernization works at Gamboa Pier in the Port of Rio de Janeiro is now complete. The section was inaugurated with the docking of the BBC Plata vessel last week, said Segs – Portal Nacional de Seguros. The BBC Plata, with a length of 138 meters, arrived at the
The Dzawada’enuxw First Nation and B.C. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy are working together to dredge the mouth of the Kingcome River. The Kingcome River Channel Dredging project covers the lower 1 km of the mainstem of the River, directly upstream from where its delta meets Kin
Norfolk Dredging Co., from Chesapeake, Virginia, has won a $9.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for a dredging job in Norfolk. Work will be performed at Degaussing Station Range; and the waterfront area of Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, and will be completed by July 2024. Fiscal 2023 op
This week, Barnstable County Dredge Cod Fish II initiated the Popponesset Approach Channel dredging project. The mobilization phase, while complex, has been successfully completed, and the focus has now shifted to the dredging itself. According to Mashpee Harbormaster Robert Tomaino, the channel is
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has won several dredging contracts totaling $177 million. The awarded work includes: Lasse Petterson, President and Chief Executive Officer said: “These projects bring dredging backlog to approximately $1.1 billion to date.” “Great Lakes is pleased to add
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District said that they recently issued an advisory regarding upcoming maintenance dredging. The government owned and operated Dredge Merritt will be conducting maintenance dredging of portions of the federal channel of the New Jersey Intracoastal Water
