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Americas marine construction intelligence

Navigation upgrades, resilience schemes, industrial terminals, municipal waterfronts, and logistics-driven investment.

Regional coverage: project signals, client movement, procurement themes, and contractor activity are maintained through IMWO publishing standards.

Evidence reviewed 28 public projects 29 region-coded publications 18 active organizations

Current focus

Paraná export-waterway concession signed

Tracker coverage

28 project records connected to this region.

Publication coverage

29 current analyses and briefs coded to this region.

Organization coverage

18 public profiles identify active work or decision roles in this region.

Project coverage

All current Americas project records

28 records
Confirmed

Itajaí-Mirim flood-channel widening and dredging

Brazil / Dredging and waterways / World Bank project is Active and Board Approved; the April 2026 procurement plan omits the Itajaí-Mirim main works package

approval / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Port Mansfield Channel 2026 maintenance dredging

United States / Dredging and waterways / Callan Marine dredging has reached the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway junction; the Navigation District says the next work front is the harbor and turning basin

construction / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

New Haven Harbor improvement dredging

United States / Dredging and waterways / IFB amendment 0007 posted 16 July 2026; bids closed 17 July; no award or notice to proceed posted

tender / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Richmond Inner Harbor FY26 maintenance dredging

United States / Port infrastructure / Updated full-and-open RFP issued 15 July 2026; proposals due 14 August 2026; no award or mobilisation recorded

tender / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Port of Santos 16 m channel deepening

Brazil / Port infrastructure / Jan De Nul contract signed on 12 June 2026; official mobilisation, production and acceptance evidence remain ahead

award / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Rosarito 2,200 l/s desalination procurement

Mexico / Marine utilities / Compras MX lists the invitation as current, with proposal opening deferred to 24 July 2026 and the ruling moved to 29 July; no award is published

tender / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Roberts Bank Terminal 2 landmass and wharf

Canada / Port infrastructure / TerraMarine is preferred proponent; contract negotiations and development work precede any target-price design-build agreement, financial close or mobilisation

design / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Rocky River Harbor 2026 maintenance dredging

United States / Port infrastructure / Mechanical dredging began in late May 2026 and is scheduled to continue through August

construction / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Dunkirk Harbor west breakwater rehabilitation

United States / Port infrastructure / USACE reports the first phase nearing completion and a 450-foot second phase continuing through November 2026

construction / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Isle of Palms Breach Inlet beneficial-use dredging

United States / Coastal infrastructure / Two dredging packages completed on 27 February 2026; clay cleanup followed in April and staging was cleared in May

completed / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Oswego Harbor 2026 breakwater repair phases

United States / Port infrastructure / USD 14.9 million phase-two award confirmed; construction planned from summer 2026 through 2028

award / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Port of Progreso expansion dredging and north-platform procurement

Mexico / Dredging / Initial state dredging phase completed and a separate private berth stage is active; the federal 40 ha north-platform construction-dredging tender was declared void on 8 July 2026, with no rebid confirmed

tender / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Paranaguá access channel dredging concession

Brazil / Dredging / Concession signed; 1 August operating transition remains scheduled, with the 13.3-metre baseline still controlling

mobilisation / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Ocean City and Peck Beach 2026 Periodic Nourishment

United States / Coastal infrastructure / Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's USD 19.5 million nourishment contract is in construction; dredge mobilisation is evidenced, but placed volume, accepted beach template and completion remain open

construction / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Port of Montreal Contrecœur Container Terminal

Canada / Port infrastructure / Site preparation under way; a quay-wall crane is installed and the owner recorded a 13-15 July sheet-pile delivery window, but the works log still does not evidence pile driving, dredger mobilisation, or accepted vessel access

construction / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Georgetown Harbor maintenance dredging

United States / Port infrastructure / USD 3.587 million award; July 2026 start expected but mobilisation remains unconfirmed

award / Evidence reviewed
Confirmed

Sabine-Neches Waterway Channel Improvement Project

United States / Dredging and waterways / Callan Marine 44-foot package awarded; Great Lakes offshore Contract 6 in delivery; final 48-foot inland cut remains separate

construction / Evidence reviewed

Current research

Latest region-coded publications

6 shown / 29 current
USACE deep-draft hopper dredge McFarland working beside its dredging plant on a federal navigation waterway
Analysis / Analysis

Where USACE dredging records actually appear

USACE dredging records are split between SAM.gov, the Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center, district engineering pages, DQM and local sponsor files. A solicitation, bid abstract, award, plant trace, hydrographic survey and acceptance record answer different questions.

Evidence updated
Official harbour map showing the Newark Bay Channel in relation to the Kill Van Kull, Anchorage and Ambrose channels
Brief / Confirmed

Newark Bay's base bid covers 237,945 cubic yards

USACE's Newark Bay invitation for bids puts 237,945 cubic yards in six base dredging areas. Five optional areas add 196,485 cubic yards, while a separate option covers up to 300 short tons of debris.

Evidence updated
Breakwater worker pointing across the Bridgetown fisheries marina from beside newly placed armour rock
Brief / Confirmed

Bridgetown fisheries harbour repair awaits final acceptance

Barbados rebuilt the failed arm and corner of the Bridgetown Fisheries Complex breakwater and placed new filter and armour rock during 2025. The detailed 18 November update still listed capping, the final crest, jetty work, access-road removal and navigation-light decisions. The complex was used in a May 2026 readiness exercise. An accepted as-built survey and owner handover have not been published.

Evidence updated
Close view of an Itajaí-Mirim river-improvement plan and map during a June 2026 municipal and state Civil Defense meeting
Brief / Confirmed

Itajaí-Mirim plan widens the channel and adds two flood-control gates

Santa Catarina's P508221 programme defines widening and deepening of the rectified Itajaí-Mirim channel, desilting part of the old river and two flood-control gates. P508221 is Active and Board Approved in the World Bank portfolio; the April 2026 procurement plan omits the main river works package.

Evidence updated
Official preliminary bid table listing Donjon Marine, Jay Cashman and Posillico Civil with their estimated totals for Contract MFP-364.003
Brief / Confirmed

Donjon leads three bids for NY/NJ terminal dredging

Donjon Marine's USD 51.424 million estimated total leads three preliminary bids for the Port Authority's multi-terminal maintenance-dredging contract. Jay Cashman submitted USD 54.4312 million and Posillico Civil USD 68.498 million.

Evidence updated
NPS aerial monitoring map of restoration areas near southern Padre Island
Brief / Confirmed

Port Mansfield dredging reaches the GIWW junction

The Willacy County Navigation District says Callan Marine has worked west from the Port Mansfield entrance jetties to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway junction. The next work front is the harbor and turning basin. USCG lists General Bradley and General Marshall on the channel, with floating, submerged and shore pipeline to Bird Island and Padre Island Beach.

Evidence updated

Delivery network

Organizations active in this collection

6 shown / 18 profiled
Rows of large white process pressure vessels at a desalination facility in ACCIONA's official desalination visual
Water infrastructure developer, contractor, and operator

ACCIONA

Water infrastructure developer / Desalination EPC and commissioning lead / Operations and maintenance provider

Evidence reviewed
Boskalis trailing suction hopper dredger Queen of the Netherlands underway at sea
Marine contractor

Boskalis

Marine contractor / Dredging contractor / Offshore energy contractor

Evidence reviewed
Aerial view of industrial water storage and process facilities on Codelco's Northern District Desalination Plant project page
State-owned copper producer and industrial water-system client

Codelco

Industrial water-system client and offtaker / BOOT procurement and contract authority / Owner-side technical assurance lead

Evidence reviewed
DEME trailing suction hopper dredger Bonny River sailing toward an offshore wind farm
Marine contractor

DEME Group

Marine contractor / Dredging contractor / Offshore installation contractor

Evidence reviewed
Reverse-osmosis pressure-vessel array used by Lantania on its Ras Mohaisen desalination project profile
Water, infrastructure and energy contractor

Lantania

Desalination EPC contractor / Seawater intake and outfall contractor / Water process engineering contractor

Evidence reviewed
USACE hopper dredge Essayons operating in the Columbia River near Cathlamet, Washington
Federal navigation and water-resources infrastructure owner

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Civil Works

Federal navigation project owner / Dredging and marine works client / Hydrographic survey and channel-condition publisher

Evidence reviewed

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