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03 Oct

Coast Guard medevacs crewman from dredge near Houston

Casualty Newsbrownwater, dredging, U.S. Coast Guard

(HOUSTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 37-year-old man Monday from a dredging vessel in Houston. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watch standers received a medevac request at 9:26 a.m. from the captain of dredging vessel Terrapin Island stating a crewman had severely injured his hand and was in need of assistance. The incident occurred in the Houston…

14 Sep

Board approves Port of Long Beach dredging projects

Maritime Newsdredging, shipping

(SAN DIEGO) — A critical channel deepening project that will help move cargo more efficiently to and from the United States advanced Monday after the Long Beach Harbor Commission concluded an extensive environmental review process and greenlit the endeavor. The work will also allow the port to welcome newer, cleaner and more efficient cargo vessels. The Port of Long Beach…

22 Aug

Second phase of Mississippi River channel deepening completed

Maritime Newsbrownwater, dredging, shipping

(NEW ORLEANS) — On Aug. 16, Louisiana elected officials, federal partners and maritime stakeholders joined the Big River Coalition to celebrate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) completion of the first two phases of the deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel, which currently provides a maximum draft of 50 feet for vessels calling on the Port of New…

24 Jun

Simonelli retiring as chief operating officer at GLDD

Industry Newsbrownwater, dredging

(HOUSTON) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. (GLDD) announced Thursday that Chief Operating Officer David Simonelli will retire effective Sept. 16. After his retirement, he will provide consulting services to the company. Simonelli, who has spent 44 years with GLDD, became the president of the company’s Dredging Division in 2010 and chief operating officer in 2018. His commitment to…

20 Jun

Eastern launches hopper dredge for Weeks Marine

Maritime Newsdredging, shipbuilding

(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) on Friday successfully launched R.B. Weeks, the second trailing suction hopper dredge the shipbuilder has constructed for Weeks Marine. R.B. Weeks (ESG Hull 258) is named in honor of Richard B. Weeks, a co-founder of Weeks Marine and married to Magdalen Weeks, the namesake of the sister vessel Magdalen (ESG 256), built…

31 Mar

Great Lakes Dredge to fund Texas A&M laboratory

Licensing & Trainingbrownwater, dredging

(HOUSTON) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. has signed an agreement with the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University to provide funding and technical support for what will become the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Laboratory of Dredging and Coastal Studies. Lasse Petterson, president and chief executive officer at Great Lakes, and Dr. John Hurtado, interim dean of…

22 Dec

Bayou payday: Dredges dig in to bring Lower Mississippi to 50 feet

Brownwater, Uncategorizedbrownwater, dredging, Gulf of Mexico, Head of Passes, Mississippi River, Port of Baton Rouge, ship channel

A long-awaited project to deepen the Lower Mississippi River ship channel to 50 feet from the Gulf of Mexico to Baton Rouge, La., is now underway. It will eventually allow larger ships to call at ports and refineries farther upriver than is currently possible, reducing shipping costs for exporters. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates it will take four…

01 Dec

Bay State brothers find industry niche by making old into new

Tugboats & TowingBoston, business, dredging, tugboats

Zero non-conformities is what you want to hear when the U.S. Coast Guard inspects your tugboat. Once you’ve prepared your vessel, the inspectors come aboard to peruse your paperwork. They ask you pointed questions, to which they expect straightforward answers. Perusal completed, they then scrutinize all of the related safety systems, from bilge to antennas — even the ship’s bell.…

01 Dec

NTSB: Dredge hit Texas gas pipeline, causing fire that killed four

Casualty Newscasualty, casualty news, dredging, fire

Four crewmembers died and at least six others were injured when the dredge Waymon L. Boyd became engulfed in fire while working in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. State and federal agencies are still investigating the incident, but the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) believes the 152-foot cutterhead suction dredge struck a submerged gas pipeline. The impact ignited a massive…

01 Oct

Weeks flagship dredge builds its name on Jersey shore

Tugboats & TowingCOVID-19, dredging, towing, tugboats

The winter of 2018 saw the trailing suction hopper dredge Magdalen vacuuming sand from a borrow site off the coast of Surf City, N.J., and pumping it ashore to replace a 20-foot-high dune reclaimed by the ocean during Hurricane Sandy’s hungry visit in 2012. The 356-foot dredge, built by Eastern Shipbuilding in Panama City, Fla., had recently joined R.N. Weeks…