Boskalis has completed an important contribution to the realization of Canada’s first large-scale LNG export terminal. The final module for the LNG facility was recently successfully delivered to the Port of Kitimat by its heavy transport vessel Forte. For Boskalis this final transport marks the end
EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz recently joined Governor Wes Moore and Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller to announce new strategies by Maryland for restoring water quality in the Chesapeake and Atlantic coastal bays. The governor ushered in a new phase of Chesapeake and coastal bay restoration
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation (GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, said that the U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday attended the steel cutting ceremony for the construction of the Acadia, Great Lakes’ first offshore wind rock placement vessel. The steel c
On the evening of July 20th, Dutch Dredging’s trailing suction hopper dredger Elbe arrived in Montserrat in the Caribbean to kick off dredging operations in the Port Little Bay. Over the next few weeks, TSHD Elbe will dredge approximately 120,000m3 of material and dispose at the approved site approx
This week, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock completed dredging and beachfill operations in the Borough of Stone Harbor. According to the Borough, the Dredge Texas and Booster are now off site and currently located at Cape May Inlet. The123rd Street Beach and Parking Lot are currently closed for demobiliz
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is near completion of its Miami Beach project with last sand placement to take place on or about July 29. The present renourishment project is being conducted along four critically eroded sections of the shoreline through a $40.4 million contra
The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, yesterday announced an investment of up to $38 million under the National Trade Corridors Fund to improve cargo movement at the Port of Argentia. The project will expand the existing Fleet Dock terminal. This expansion includes the constructio
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) have entered into a joint agreement to complete the Port of Iberia AGMAC Channel Dredging Project’s Validation Study. It was announced in March of this year that $1,200,000 in federal funding was succe
The Ohio State legislature passed a bill to prohibit the open water disposal of dredged sediment after July 2020 and recommended to find alternative beneficial uses of the dredged sediment. With open water disposal no longer an option and confined disposal facilities nearing full capacity, innovativ
The St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Service Base team is making the final preparations for the district’s Dredge Potter to begin its season. According to USACE, the Dredge Potter ensures a safe reliable navigation channel on the Mississippi River for commerce. The dredger was origin
Matthews Brothers Dredging LLC, from Pass Christian, Mississippi, has won a $17.7 million firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging project in Texas. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Work will be performed in Houston, T
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is snapping back from the doldrums of COVID-19. “The federal government is no different from state and local governments, nor the private sector when it comes to COVID-19 work related recovery and USACE is not an exception,” said William P. Doyle, Ch
