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Marine Construction Industry

Crowley Moves Forward on Salem Wind Terminal with Land Closing

Crowley has completed the purchase of 42 acres in Salem, Massachusetts, the latest milestone toward the development of the state’s second major

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Wilkerson’s Link-Belt TCC crawlers go to work in wind sector

Wilkerson Crane Rental of Kansas City, Kansas purchased three telescopic crawler cranes—a 250-ton (235-mt) TCC-2500, and two 140-ton (127-mt) TCC-1400s—with a customer

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New Barges, Budgeting Tweaks Set to Ease Crew’s Life During Ship Repair, Maintenance

By Gidget Fuentes, USNI News, November 7, 2018 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a final

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U.S. Department of Labor rule on crane operator certification requirements

A little more than five years ago, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a final rule

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Defunct marine construction company’s barge sold without a title

By Shannon Behnken, WFLA News Channel 8, Tampa, Fla., January 11, 2024 Zach Winter, who represents JMF Solutions in Alabama, said his

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Pile Driving Equipment for Foundations

By Fred H. Kulhawy and Anwar HiranyFrom the Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (Third Edition) Typical pile-driving equipment includes a crawler-mounted

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SFT partners with Straatman to equip a new jetty at Brittanniadok in Zeebrugge, Belgium

The Port of Zeebrugge, located on the Belgian coast as part of the city of Bruges, is the country’s largest cargo and

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McCarthy completes Silicon Ranch Hazlehurst II & III solar facility in Georgia

McCarthy completed a new 55-MWdc (“megawatts under defined conditions,” or peak output) solar facility in Hazlehurst, Ga., which will provide clean power

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New berth expansion at Le Havre Port in France equipped with SFT Special Element Fender Systems

The Grand Port Maritime du Havre is located at the mouth of the Seine River, in the northwest of France. Integrated into

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Let’s Talk Safety: Problem gas well contacts ignition source, explosion kills five

Employees #1 through #5 were crew members on a barge-mounted drilling rig in the Atchafalaya Basin off southern Louisiana. They were attempting

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Case Study: Port of Baltimore, Berth 3  

Baltimore, Md., U.S.A   BACKGROUND   The Port of Baltimore, founded in 1706, is the seventh largest container port on the United

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NTSB Accident Brief: Contact of Robert Cenac Tow with CSX Railway Rigolets Bridge  

On January 12, 2021, about 2359 local time, the towing vessel Robert Cenac was pushing one empty barge when the barge struck

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  • Issue II, 2024

Hurricanes and Marina Design

This article is excerpted from the Hurricane Preparedness Guidelines for Georgia Marinas, originally published by the Marine Management Company under a grant

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Let’s Talk Safety: Workbench Grinder Wheel Explodes, One Dead

A mechanic needed a work bench mounted grinder and went to the tool room to get one. None were available. He decided

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Refurbished berthing dolphins for Shellburn in Vancouver, B.C. equipped with ShibataFenderTeam cone fender systems  

The Shellburn facility is located in the Burrard inlet, a relatively sheltered area in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Shell Canada

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Restoring Shoreline with Natural Materials

When oyster bars and restaurants on North Carolina’s east coast closed during the pandemic, local restoration company Native Shorelines was deprived of

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