The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, in partnership with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently awarded a $13.8 million contract to Donjon Marine Co. Inc. to perform maintenance dredging of the Port Newark Pier Head Channel in Newark Bay, New Jersey. The contract invo
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (Great Lakes) announced yesterday the award of a contract with Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC (CCL), a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc. CCL is developing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal at a site located on the north shore of Corpus Christi Ba
PMR Hydraulics and Van Oord dredging and marine contractors have entered into a long term service level agreement. For the coming three years, PMR Hydraulics will exclusively be responsible for advice, all services and deliveries/installations of hydraulic parts on board Van Oord’s 80 dredging vesse
The Christie Administration has awarded a nearly $1.66 million contract to remove sand pushed by Superstorm Sandy into Deal Lake, the largest in a series of unique coastal lakes in Monmouth County that were severely impacted by the storm. According to the announcement from the Department of Environm
The next meeting of the Hudson River PCBs Site Community Advisory Group (CAG) will be Thursday, October 1, 2015 at the Saratoga Spa State Park Administration Building. The Hudson River CAG represents interests that were identified in EPA’s April 2003 Draft Community Involvement Plan for the site. Al
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has started dredging the Yukonhaven on Maasvlakte 2. The dredging work will prepare the port for Gate terminal’s new LNG breakbulk infrastructure. Gate (shareholders Gasunie and Koninklijke Vopak) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are building a new port basin toget
Royal IHC has just announced that it will take part at the ACI European Dredging Summit in Antwerp on 7-8 October, with key presentations by IHC MTI’s Dredging Consultant and Trainer Jannes Kamphuis, and IHC Systems Sales Manager Riny Mourik. In a session focusing on project efficiency factors, Jann
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, Oak Brook, Illinois, has been awarded a $17.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for dredging and unclassified excavation at Naval Reserve Basin in the Delaware River. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of Septem
The Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Skokomish River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Project have been released by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District. The recommended plan includes a levee removal, placement of large woody debris, wetla
The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) has released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) document inviting interested parties in the private sector to take a preliminary step to become a partner with PRPA in the development of Southport. The PRPA Board of Directors will be overseeing the RFQ
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has amended its proposal to conduct maintenance dredging of rock and hard packed sand from portions of the Pawcatuck River, Little Narragansett Bay, and Watch Hill Cove Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in Westerly, Rhode Island, and Stonington,
Dutch and Colombian participants have played a port game during the economic mission to Colombia in Cartagena, which was led by the Dutch Minister Schultz van Haegen of Infrastructure and the Environment. The game is a part of the Port of the Future project, a green port concept that Deltares has de
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has awarded its second contract in the last two weeks to replace water control structures within Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD), the earthen dam surrounding Lake Okeechobee in south Florida. The Corps awarded the contract on Thursday (September 24)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded an $8.7 million contract to J.F. Brennan Company, Inc., of La Crosse, Wisconsin, to unload dredged material in Wabasha, Minnesota, September 23. The contractor is expected to begin moving the dredged material during the summer of 2016. In
