GLDD (Great Lakes Dredge) CEO Lasse Petterson

GLDD reports contracts worth $256.2M

Houston-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), today reported the receipt of several dredging awards totaling $256.2 million. The awarded work includes: “These important projects which include capital, coastal protection

American Liberty is part of the company’s ongoing Project Blue Series—a series of 12 new small ships. (Credit: American Cruise Lines)

American Cruise Lines christens newest cruise ship in Rhode Island

American Cruise Lines (ACL) announced yesterday that American Liberty, the third new coastal cat in the company’s groundbreaking series of 100-passenger ships, was christened in Newport, R.I., this week. American Liberty is

Erica Calhoun

Port of Los Angeles names Calhoun as deputy executive director of harbor administration

The Port of Los Angeles has appointed Erica Calhoun as its deputy executive director, overseeing the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department’s Administrative Bureau. In this new position, Calhoun will be responsible

Port of Galveston Cruise Terminal 16 will be MSC Seascape's homeport.

Construction underway for future home of MSC Seascape cruise ship

Construction is underway at the Port of Galveston to convert an existing cargo warehouse into the port’s fourth cruise terminal. The $151 million cruise complex at Pier 16 will include a 165,000-square-foot

Great Lakes Dock and Dredge dredging company

GLDD awarded $65.9M dredging contract in Alabama

Great Lakes Dock and Dredge Company LLC (GLDD), Houston, Texas, was awarded a $65,875,022 firm-fixed-price contract to deepen and widen Mobile Harbor in Alabama. Bids were solicited via the internet with three

The M/V John 3:16 underway on an unknown date before the contact. (Source: Marquette Transportation)

Fatigue factor in towboat pier allision says NTSB

The pilot of a towboat that hit a pier near Saint Rose, La., last year had fallen asleep, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said August 21. The pilot of the M/V

Once completed, the HNC Lock Complex will span 110 feet across and 800 feet in length with sector gates on either side, directly adjacent to the existing 250-foot-wide Bubba Dove barge floodgate.

Groundbreaking held for Phase 2 of HNC Lock Complex

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, alongside the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other federal, state, and local leaders, has officially broken ground on Phase

Aerial view of the Dauphin Island Restoration project, showcasing the newly constructed rock breakwaters along the Dauphin Island Causeway. These structures are vital in protecting the island's shoreline and preserving its natural habitat. The dredge material used for this project is sourced from the Mobile Harbor Deepening and Widening project. (Photo courtesy of Mobile County and Moffatt Nichol)

Dauphin Island causeway shoreline restoration supplied by Mobile Harbor Deepening Project

The Mobile Engineer District recently partnered with Mobile County in Alabama for shoreline restoration using dredged sediments. This collaboration highlights the district’s commitment to sustainable dredged material management practices that benefit the

David Wood.

Op-Ed: Maritime industry’s role in Florida’s energy and hurricane resilience

By David Wood, President of Florida Maritime Partnership With 22 million residents, 140 million visitors a year, and two of the top 10 busiest airports in the nation, Florida’s demand for gasoline

stoking U.S. port strike fears

U.S. port strike fears stoked as ILWU pledges solidarity with ILA

Raising the specter that a threatened Maine to Texas U.S. port strike could ratchet into something even further reaching, Willie Adams, U.S. West Coast dockworkers’ union president on Friday wrote International Longshoremen’s

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