Port, coastal and marine infrastructure design and advisory firm

Moffatt & Nichol

Aerial view of a container terminal yard with dense cargo stacks and rail-mounted gantry cranes

Moffatt & Nichol

Founded in Long Beach in 1945, Moffatt & Nichol is an international infrastructure design and advisory firm with more than 1,200 people reported in 2025 and more than 14,000 projects across its company history.

Organization overview

Port, coastal and marine infrastructure design and advisory firm

Geographic footprint: Global, including Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Core marine roles: Port master planner and terminal operations modeller, Navigation-channel and dredging designer, Marine structural engineer for piers, wharves, quays and breakwaters, and Coastal and hydrodynamic modeller.

Project records 4 Last reviewed 14 August 2026

Type

Port, coastal and marine infrastructure design and advisory firm

Active regions

Global, Americas, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific

Marine works roles

Port master planner and terminal operations modeller, Navigation-channel and dredging designer, Marine structural engineer for piers, wharves, quays and breakwaters, Coastal and hydrodynamic modeller, Dredged-material and sediment-management consultant, Environmental review and permitting consultant, Construction administration and inspection consultant, Freight and intermodal planner

Role in marine infrastructure

Founded in Long Beach in 1945, Moffatt & Nichol is an international infrastructure design and advisory firm with more than 1,200 people reported in 2025 and more than 14,000 projects across its company history. Its port and coastal work spans navigation channels, terminal planning and simulation, container and cargo facilities, piers, wharves and breakwaters, dredging and sediment management, beneficial reuse, coastal and hydrodynamic modelling, environmental review, freight connections and construction-phase services. The firm reported a fifth consecutive No. 1 position in Engineering News-Record's Marine and Port Facilities category in 2026. Its four linked projects show distinct roles: specialist terminal-planning support within Westport's technical-advisor team; general-partner status in the MDPAC design joint venture for Guam and Tinian, where the partners' individual workshares are not public; and design, permitting and bid-document services for Bellingham's terminal modernization. None of those records identifies Moffatt & Nichol as the marine construction contractor.

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