According to the union, the vessel remains in an area repeatedly targeted by Russian missile and drone strikes, leaving the crew under constant threat.
The navigation channel linking Portland Harbor and the Gulf of Maine is dredged every 15 years or so — most recently in 2014, by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Jacksonville District will begin annual maintenance dredging of the Jacksonville Harbor Federal Navigation Channel in mid-March 2025. The $25 million contract was awarded to Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co., LLC on December 16, 2024.
SeaPort Manatee will bring extra capacity to container and general cargo handling at their operations in Tampa Bay, Florida with two Konecranes Gottwald ESP.7 Mobile Harbor Cranes.
The Georgia General Assembly has allocated just over $6 million for special harbor improvements at the Port of Brunswick as part of the state’s midyear budget adjustment.