The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District has published a public notice requesting public comment for the Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s proposed Channel Deepening Project, for which an Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared. The proposed Chanel Deepening Project is located within the existing channel bottom of… Read More
Work has begun on the first phase of the Corpus Christi Channel Improvement Project, which when complete will deepen the ship channel to between 54 and 56 feet and extend the channel an additional 10,000 feet into the Gulf of Mexico. Current cost estimates for the entire Channel Improvement Project… Read More
With persistent high water and shoaling on many of the nation’s rivers, ongoing recovery from recent hurricanes and efforts to deepen seaports on the East Coast and Gulf Coast, Congress and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers both have their hands full with maritime infrastructure needs. And from the perspective… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District awarded a $1.131 million contract to Luedtke Engineering Co. of Frankfort, Michigan, to dredge the federal navigation channel in Fairport Harbor, located in the City of Fairport, Ohio. The contract was awarded April 30 and work is expected to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a draft environmental assessment and proposed finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the operation and maintenance dredging and dredged material placement for the Miami Harbor Navigation Project inner harbor. The draft information is available for public review until August 19. The Corps… Read More
Several groups, including Jan De Nul and a consortium made up of Van Oord and Marine Contractors BV, are disputing two separate maintenance dredging projects at the Argentinian Port of Bahia Blanca, one of the country’s key ports. It handles large grain, oil and… Read More
Ongoing maintenance dredging at the Ecuadorian Port of Guayaquil is expected to boost the local economy, a media report by Mundo Maritimo said. The project, which was won by Jan De Nul in 2018, will deepen the existing access channel from 9.6 meters (31.4 feet) to 12.5 meters (41 feet). Read More
Van Oord has ordered a third trailing suction hopper dredge from Keppel FELS Limited. The vessel is similar to the two vessels that Van Oord ordered in May 2018. Each one has a hopper capacity of approximately 10,500 cubic meters (13,734 cubic yards) and… Read More
In June, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded Partrac GeoMarine Inc. a three-year contract to test a new tool for mapping contaminated sediments. The technology will be used at DoD Superfund sites to map the in-situ distribution of contaminants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated… Read More
The largest water oxygenation effort to date, costing about $100 million, is well underway as part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). Engineering firm CDM Smith won the prime contract for the oxygenation system in July 2015. Construction and preparation of the sites began in 2016. In April of… Read More
