Manson’s North Extension Stabilization Step 1 (NES1) project at the Port of Alaska is a design-build job that will take place over the next two seasons. Subcontractors Granite Construction Company, Condon Johnson, and design firm WSP USA began the first work season with a land base excavation of app
Luhr Bros. Inc., from Columbia, Illinois, has won a very important $12.7 million firm-fixed-price dredging contract. Besides dredging of shoals, the work includes mobilization of the dredge and attendant plant, at points along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and tributaries. Bids were solicited via
The City of Boca Raton, Florida, recently completed the sixth renourishment project of the shoreline adjacent to the city’s southernmost beach. For this project, sand placement started at South Inlet Park and continued south beyond the city limits to the beaches of Deerfield Beach and the Town of Hi
Arrowhead Cove, at Deep Creek Lake, has been selected as a priority area for a pilot dredging project, Garrett County Chamber of Commerce said. The project will involve the removal of accumulated sediment from the lakebed, revitalizing the waterbody, providing greater boater access, and preserving i
Boskalis has just announced that they concluded a busy and good first quarter. Both revenue and earnings increased compared to Q1 2022 and both major divisions – Dredging & Inland Infra and Offshore Energy – contributed to this growth. A lot of new work was secured during the quarter leading to an i
The Port of Long Beach has released plans for an ambitious facility conceived to help California and the nation reach renewable energy targets in the coming decades. The new facility – known as Pier Wind – would support the manufacture and assembly of offshore wind turbines standing as tall as the E
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local elected officials recently announced the execution of Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) for the Encinitas-Solana Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project. The Encinitas-Solana Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project, involves placing 700,000 cubi
Later this month, the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will have a webinar talking about the “Three Decades of Experience with Beneficial Use of Dredged Material in New Jersey”. The State of New Jersey boasts one of the most extensive maritime transportation systems in the country with over 600 n
Hydrogen has been a rocket fuel for decades. But might this rocket science also be applicable for ships? It is only in the past few years that the first hydrogen-powered ships have been built, for example a water taxi, inland container vessel, crew transfer vessel, tug, inland ferry, seagoing ferry,
Dredging operations at the Port of São Francisco do Sul in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina are now complete. The maintenance dredging work – carried out with the dredging vessel Optimus – was undertaken at berths 301 and 302 of the Santa Catarina Terminal (Tesc). During the project, approximat
Hagler Systems of Augusta, GA, has commissioned the company’s latest Kraken Series ‘McClelland Dredge’. According to the company, this new vessel was launched yesterday at a customer’s mine site in Alberta, Canada. The Dredge is 175 feet long x 57 feet wide, weighing in at 1.7 million pounds, and sh
The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) set a new port record yesterday with the arrival of the vessel ONE STORK, the largest container ship to ever call Jacksonville. Operated by shipping line Ocean Network Express (ONE) within THE Alliance network of ocean carriers, the ONE STORK has a carrying
