GLDD notes that it has a long history in the state of New York with local unions and supply chains, having executed dredging projects in the New York area for many decades.HOUSTON, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation ("Great Lakes" or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, announced today that Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor (NYSE: EQNR) and bp (NYSE: bp), have chosen Great Lakes in consortium with Van Oord to perform the subsea rock installation work for the Empire Wind I and II wind farms in the East Coast of the United States. The company is working closely with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) on New York state supply chain development and will be using the GLDD marine base in Staten Island, N.Y., for its site operations. Great Lakes says it will be generating local content, employment, and economic activity in the State of New York by purchasing rock from domestic New York quarries, which are in close proximity to the Empire Wind I and II offshore wind farm sites. marine contractor to invest in building a Jones Act compliant fallpipe vessel purpose built for the U.S. They will partner with Great Lakes which apparently is the first U.S. Van Oord is a global market leader in subsea rock installation. Van Oord will mobilize its flexible fallpipe vessel, STORNES to install rock prior to the installation of the monopile foundations. These will be installed in the Empire Wind I project in the mid-2020s and then with the Empire Wind II project. Great Lakes will use a Jones Act compliant subsea rock installation vessel, currently under construction at a Shipyard in Philadelphia, to install rocks to protect and stabilize monopile foundations, electrical substructures, and export cables. Congratulations to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation which has been chosen by Equinor and BP to perform the subsea rock installation work for the Empire Wind I and II wind farms off the U.S.
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