great lakes dredge and dock general counsel

The Marine Highway initiative aims to move more cargo via America’s waterways, alleviating highway congestion and reducing emissions. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the designation of 18 Marine Highway Corridors and eight Marine Highway Projects that are now eligible to compete for federal funding through America's Marine Highway Program. The Manatee County Port Authority received word Aug. The container-on-barge trans-Gulf service between Port Manatee and the Port of Brownsville, Texas operated by SeaBridge Freight is one of eight initial projects eligible for federal funding under America's Marine Highway Program. The berth sits adjacent to the port's planned 52-acre container terminal - designed to attract new containerized shipping traffic. Port Manatee’s new Berth 12 is expected to accommodate containerized shipping and be operational by August 2011. “The savings provided by the lower bid creates a more certain timeline for the project's completion.”

McDonald PPM ®, Port Manatee's executive director. “Port staff's many years in dealing with dredging issues made us confident that a more favorable outcome was probable by re-bidding the project,” said David L.

The winning proposal includes the base bid and bid alternate, representing 1.1 million cubic yards of excavation and removal by hydraulic dredge to a certified uplands spoil disposal site. The re-bid process resulted in a $2.3 million savings for the port - 14 percent less than the original bid. Great Lakes’ $14.8 million bid was accepted just two months after initial bids were rejected by the port authority for exceeding the engineer's estimate for the cost of the project. The project, which includes dredging the berth to a depth of 41 feet at mean-low-water and extending it from 1,000 feet to nearly 1,600 feet, is the final piece of Port Manatee's 11-year, $200 million port expansion. won the contract for Port Manatee's Berth 12 dredging project.

Work is set to begin this January after the Manatee County Port Authority announced in July that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.

Great lakes dredge and dock general counsel