Seattle-based Manson Construction has awarded a contract to build the biggest hopper dredge ever built in the United States. The contract was awarded Keppel AmFELS for construction at their facility in Brownsville, Texas. The dredge, named Frederick Paup, is a 15,000 hopper dredge measuring 420-feet in length by 81-feet wide with a draft of 28.5-feet. "We are pleased … [Read more...]
Bodies of Two Missing Waymon L Boyd Crew Members Recovered
The bodies of two missing crew members from the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd have been recovered after a portion of the vessel was recovered from the Corpus Christi Ship Channel on Monday. “We can confirm that all four missing crewmen have been recovered,” said Mark Stauffer, CEO of Orion Marine Group, which owns the dredge. The portion of the dredging vessel was located … [Read more...]
Pollution and Salvage Response Continues After Dredging Vessel Fire in Corpus Christi
The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies continue pollution and salvage response for the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dive and salvage operations commenced at approximately 10 a.m. Sunday morning and were ongoing throughout the day. A piece of the dredging vessel was located in the middle of the channel and is currently in the process of being … [Read more...]
Callan Marine Wins $98 Million Dredging Contract to Deepen Corpus Christi Ship Channel
Callan Marine's General MacArthur. Photo: USACE/Callan Marine The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a nearly $98 million dredging contract to Texas-based Callan Marine for the second phase of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel deepening and widening project. The project will increase the channel depth from 47 feet to 54 feet and also widen the channel to channel to … [Read more...]
North Korea Caught Shipping Sand to China, Group Says
Photo: Shutterstock/Lledo By Josh Smith SEOUL, March 4 (Reuters) - For several months last year, a steady stream of ships was observed dredging sand in a North Korean bay then transporting loads of it to China, a Washington-based think-tank said on Wednesday. The extraction of sand from North Korea to China would violate a 2017 U.N. Security Council resolution that … [Read more...]