Salvage
Tug fleet increased in size in December with addition of the U.S. flag salvage tug Narragansett (225' length and 7,200 horsepower). The multi-mission tug is now pre-positioned on the U.S. West Coast in San Francisco, California for ocean rescue towing and deadship towing.

Donjon Marine was awarded wreck removal of the 125,000 barrel Bouchard Transportation tank barge B. NO. 125 which exploded dockside at the Port Mobil facility on Staten Island, New York USA along the Arthur Kill waterway on the morning of February 21st. Major equipment to be used will be the company's spud crane barge Newark Bay and the 1,000 ton derrick Chesapeake 1000.

Donjon performed emergency cargo oil lighterage from Hornbeck Offshore Services's single skin 56,000 barrel tank barge Energy 5501. The barge grounded in Long Island Sound, Connecticut USA in February and suffered extensive bottom damage. Equipment used was Donjon's portable lighterage pumping system.


Dredging
Awarded channel deepening project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the Port Jersey Channel in Bayonne, New Jersey USA from 35 feet to 41 feet, resulting in approximately 630,000 cubic yards of material dredged. Over half of the material will be disposed at an upland facility with the remaining material dumped offshore at the Historic Area Remediation Site near Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Dredging operations commenced in January.

The dredging equipment fleet is increasing in size by a major factor. One of the world's largest dipper excavators adapted to the marine environment, the Liebherr P 995, has been ordered by Donjon Marine and will be mounted on a 180' long walking spud barge. The new state-of-the-art dredge will be capable of removing up to 28 cubic feet of material at a depth of 60 feet with each pass. This new dredge is being added to the fleet of dredging equipment which includes two 4,000 cubic yard dump scows built in 2001, the walking spud dredge Newark Bay which was rebuilt last year, the walking spud dredge Michigan, ten hopper scows, and the survey boat Bergen Point which was rebuilt last year.

Low bidder for the deepening project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer to deepen the Arthur Kill waterway in Staten Island, New York USA from 35 feet to 41 feet, resulting in approximately 950,000 cubic yards of material dredged. Some of the material will be disposed at an upland facility with the remaining material dumped offshore. Dredging operations are anticipated to commence in May.


Heavy-Lift
Donjon Marine continues to be the primary heavy-lift contractor in the Port of New York / New Jersey and throughout the entire Northeastern United States. The Chesapeake 1000 (1,000 ton derrick) and the Columbia New York (400 ton revolving crane barge) have been used on a weekly basis throughout the winter:

In the Port of Albany, New York for General Electric lifting over a dozen pieces cargo with weights ranging in excess of 300 tons each,

In the Port of New York for the power generation company Consolidated Edison lifting transformers for numerous waterside power plants, and
In Port Elizabeth, New Jersey at Maher Terminal for the containership line ACL lifting transformers and placing them on rail cars followed by extensive lashing for rail transport.

Awarded contract by New York's Consolidated Edison to lift pieces in excess of 250 tons at their East 14th Street power generation facility. The lifts require the FDR Drive, the major highway on the eastern side of Manhattan, to be closed as the Chesapeake 1000 is used to lift the cargo over the highway and place it on the power plant property.


Construction
The Route 9 highway bridge spanning over the Raritan River in New Jersey, a few miles southeast of Staten Island, New York USA, was dismantled with the use of Donjon Marine's derrick Chesapeake 1000 and assorted Donjon tugs and barges. Donjon was awarded the project as subcontractor to remove bridge spans and massive support structures weighing 800 tons. Once the spans and support structures were removed and placed on the adjacent shore Donjon cut up the steel and concrete for overland transport and disposal.


Offshore Support
Horizon Offshore contracted with Donjon Marine to provide a variety of marine related services in their construction activities of an underwater gas pipeline in Long Island Sound, New York USA. The tugs ATLANTIC SALVOR and POWHATAN are being used to assist their pipelay barge and unique European specially built pipe burial plow, throughout all phases of the construction operation. Equipment for Horizon Offshore has been unloaded, modified and stored by Donjon personnel and equipment at Donjon Marine's facility in Port Newark, New Jersey USA.

The 110 ton bollard pull salvage tug Narragansett, pre-positioned in San Francisco, California USA, towed the U.S. Navy's ex-TRIPOLI helicopter carrier for two weeks off the coast of southern California for a U.S. Army exercise.