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Hawaii Projects, Projects

Mala Wharf Boat Ramp Maintenance Dredging

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Project Name: Mala Wharf Boat Ramp Maintenance Dredging
Location: Lahaina, Maui
Year: 2025

AMC was hired by the State of Hawaii to perform maintenance dredging at Mala Wharf Boat Ramp. AMC has performed this operation multiple times in our History and from this many years of experience we have developed the most efficient and safest methodology to dredge this remote area on the Island of Maui. The project consisted of building a land-side containment berm to hold the dredge spoils until the moisture content was reduced to sufficient levels for disposal. AMC mobilized our spud barge with dredging excavator and tug boats to efficiently dredge the project site. During the project our Team successfully handled the project’s small footprint that restricted barge maneuvering and require in depth local knowledge of the Harbor. AMC was able to finish the project on time and budget and keep the critical boat ramp open to the residential and commercial operators during the entire project.

Hawaii Projects, Projects

Keehi SBH Boat Ramp Loading Dock Repair

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Project Name: Wailoa SBH Maintenance Dredging
Location: Hilo, Hawaii
Year: 2024

AMC was hired by the State of Hawaii to construct a new concrete abutment and aluminum framed loading dock with plastic lumber fenders and fiber reinforced plastic decking at Keehi Small Boat Harbor, Honolulu, Oahu. Existing piles needed to be repaired via cleaning and underwater concrete for pile foundation and pile encasement. Pile caps were poured to support the new aluminum dock installed.

Hawaii Projects, Projects

Ex-USS Cleveland Valiant Shield

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Project Name: Ex-USS Cleveland Valiant Shield
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Year: 2024

AMC was hired by the US Government to tow the Ex-USS Cleveland amphibious transport dock during the 2024 SINKEX operation in the Pacific Ocean. AMC is proud to provide services in these critical exercises for our Nation’s security. We are happy to announce this project was completed on time and with zero incidents. Our team did an incredible job overcoming last minute changes and obstacles to ensure the vessel arrived on site ahead of schedule.

AMC has been operating in the Pacific Ocean for 50 years. We bring extensive local knowledge of the marine environment to ensure our Client’s projects are performed to an exceptional level and all personnel involved come home safe after operations are complete.

We thank the US Government for this opportunity.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Hawaii Projects, Projects

Wailoa SBH Maintenance Dredging in Hilo

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Project Name: Wailoa SBH Maintenance Dredging
Location: Hilo, Hawaii
Year: 2024

AMC was hired by the State of Hawaii to provide emergency dredging at Wailoa River Basin in the Fall of 2024. The water depth had filled into dangerously shallow levels that created a hazards for the critical fishing and local boating community. AMC mobilized our spud barge with dredging excavator efficiently and quickly to remedy this critical situation.

The project was a success finishing on time with roughly 23,000CY of material dredged and deepening the channel to 8ft depth. The dredged material was sorted in a dewater basin on land and then trucked to a County Facility for the State to re-use the high quality material for other State projects.

The project had unique conditions that AMC overcame using our over 50 years of experience dredging in the State of Hawaii. Conditions like high currents from rain runoff, rough water conditions, monsoon rain storms, as well as floating debris that interrupted dredging operations.

AMC has been doing business in the State of Hawaii since 1975 performing specialized projects like the one at Wailoa.

DredgingToday.com Report About Wailoa River Recreation Area

Marine Services Equipment

Miss Emma

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Miss Emma

Built: 1978
LOA: 100 Feet
Beam: 22 Feet
Cruising Speed: 18 Knots
Passengers: 60
Cabin Seating: 60
Deck Size: 40′ x 18′
Cargo Capacity: 25 LT / 45 Pallets
Electronics: 2 VHF, 2 Radar, GPS, Chart Plotter, SSB, AIS
Main Propulsion: 3 X 60 Series Detroit Diesel Tier 2
Dead Weight:
Area of Operation: 100 Miles

Hawaii Projects, Projects

Hawaii- USS Bowfin Drydock

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AMC was hired to prepared the 80 year old Bowfin submarine to be towed from the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum at Pearl Harbor to Pacific Shipyards International.

The USS Bowfin has an incredible history and importance in protecting the Safety and Freedom of our great Country. AMC was honored to play an integral part in maintaining these historical submarine and the US Navy.

Hawaii Projects, Projects

Salvage of Sailboat S/V Christiana

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Sailboat Christiana broke free of her mooring offshore Honolulu Harbor and drifted into the jetty at the Harbor entrance at sunset.

Fuel and oil was seen leaking from the vessel which poised a critical risk to the navigation as the only point of entry to Honolulu Harbor for freighters, cruise ships, and rescue vessels.

Harbors Divisions of Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) hired AMC to provide emergency response services in order to safely remove the vessel blocking vessel traffic while minimize the hazards to the environment.

Divers were deployed immediately at night to located the vessel and rig it for lifting and removal out of the channel.

Pacific Environmental Corporation (PENCO) was brought in to remove all the hazardous material. This was a successful critical project completed under pressure to get the Harbor operational again.

See article in the photo gallery below discussing the project in the local Honolulu news.

California Projects, Projects

California Subsea Cable Installation

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Subsea Fiber Optic Cable Installation

American Marine Corporation (AMC) was hired to provide ROV monitoring and assistance with installing a subsea fiber optic cable from Asia to California.

AMC utilized our advantageous waterfront facility located in the Port of Los Angeles to perform a large mobilization of the offshore vessel for operations.

We had to perform various retrofits to accommodate the equipment on board the vessel and our ABS certified welding team was critical in making this happen in short order. This project required cable monitoring up to 2,000m water depth.

Alaska Projects, Diving, Projects

Port of Alaska Modernization Program – Cathodic Protection Installation

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American Marine utilized our Cook Inlet specialty diving platform DSV Shamrock to install 15,000 lb anodes for the Port of Alaska Modernization project. AMI has over 40 years of experience working in the extreme Cook Inlet subsea environment.