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Manson nabs $12.9M Oakland dredging deal
Manson Construction from Seattle, Washington, has won a $12.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Oakland Inner and Outer Harbor fiscal 2026 maintenance dredging project. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received, the Department of War (DoW) said. Work will be performed in Oakland
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Maryland DNR provides funding for 24 public boating projects
Governor Wes Moore said that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will provide $13 million in Waterway Improvement Fund allocations and $7 million in General Obligation Bond funding toward 24 public boating projects throughout Maryland in Fiscal Year 2027, which began July 1. The grant
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Marinex wins Brunswick dredging contract
Marinex Construction Inc., from Charleston, South Carolina, has won a $19.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Brunswick Harbor modification project, including expansion and dredging of the Cedar Hammock Range bend widener and placement of dredged material at Jekyll Island. Bids were solicite
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Maldon Harbor dredging in full swing
Maldon District Council said that the Maldon Harbor dredging program is moving ahead. “Dredging work will be taking place in Maldon Harbor during high tides at different locations between July 1, 2026 and April 1, 2027,” the Council said. The major dredging projects in Maldon are currently structure
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Dredging underway at Port Ellen
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) said that the dredging operations are now underway as part of the Port Ellen Terminal Development Project. “This is an important early step in preparing the harbor for the new ferry terminal and supporting safer, more resilient ferry infrastructure for Islay
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Gillen advances $125M for Long Island projects
Congresswoman Laura Gillen has secured several key priorities and advanced $125 million in water project funding for Long Island in the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2026, the two-year water resources infrastructure investments package. The package advanced out of the House Transport
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EXCLUSIVE: Poland launches construction of Cape Pomerania
Poland has kicked off construction of a 10 billion zloty (EUR 2.3 billion) deepwater port and container terminal in Świnoujście – the largest investment in the over 75-year history of the Szczecin and Świnoujście Maritime Ports Authority and one of the largest port investments currently underway in
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Tender launched for Gioia Tauro dredging
The Port System Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas has launched a tender for the dredging works on the Gioia Tauro Port channel, in the northern section of the port. The contract, worth over EUR 2.6 million, is part of the broader EUR 5 million port deepening project, aimed to ensu
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Ōpōtiki Marina development project backed by RIF investment
The Government is supporting Bay of Plenty’s economic growth with funding for two projects through the Regional Infrastructure Fund, Shane Jones, the Regional Development Minister, said. “These investments are about backing the infrastructure and resources that will drive long-term regional growth a
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Dredging of Rocky River Harbor nears end
The maintenance dredging operations on Rocky River Harbor in Rocky River, Ohio, are almost complete, the USACE Buffalo District said. Working with contracting partners, Toledo-based Geo Gradel, approximately 59k cubic yards of sediment will be mechanically dredged from the harbor’s navigation channe
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BREAKING NEWS: Van Oord consortium selected as preferred proponent for Roberts Bank Terminal 2
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has selected TerraMarine as the preferred proponent for the landmass and wharf component of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project. According to the Port Authority, “the TerraMarine team has extensive experience in collaboratively delivering major marine infrastructu
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USACE wraps up Lake Montauk channel dredging
The USACE New York District, in conjunction with the Town of East Hampton, recently completed dredging the channel at Lake Montauk Harbor – a heavily-trafficked waterway on Eastern Long Island – increasing its depth from -12 to approximately -17 feet. The Lake Montauk Harbor Navigation Improvement P
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Liebherr HS 8300.1 returns to service
Liebherr has just released a very interesting video of the complete transformation of a Liebherr HS 8300.1 for Matthews Brothers Dredging, LLC. After four years of demanding bucket dredging operations along the US Gulf Coast, the machine underwent a comprehensive overhaul as part of Liebherr Transfo
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: TSHD Congo River busy on DEME’s Abu Qir project
The giant trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Congo River is working on DEME’s Abu Qir project in Egypt – the largest dredging and land reclamation contract in the history of the Belgian maritime engineering firm. With an investment of hundreds of millions, this program is set to transform the co