Recently Pacific Maritime Group helped clean up a diesel fuel spill at Laguna Beach, Orange County. This part of the California coast is rugged, known for its surf and is indescribably beautiful. Unfortunately, an accidental…
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Hydraulic vs Mechanical Dredging
Hey, buddy, need a dredge? Dredging is the removal of material from within or near to a body of water. A marina may require dredging to maintain water depth for boats, or a port may…
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PDC Rocks!
In construction we have names for rocks of different sizes: pea gravel, 1” rock, 4” minus, 12”minus, and up to A-16 . The name A-4 designates anchor stone where each boulder weighs from one to…
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Pops Fireworks
The Summer of 2021 ushered in a new era of music and culture in San Diego. The Rady Shell at Jacob’s Park in San Diego is the iconic new waterfront live performance venue brought to…
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Buoy Oh Boy!
Recently I was taking a hearing test and the audiologist instructed me to put the earphone marked with red over my right ear. “Red right returning,” she said, “though I don’t know what that means.”…
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PDC in Newport Beach
Pacific Dredge and Construction has completed a multi-faceted project in Newport Beach, California improving the channel and east jetty. The intent of the jetty repair was to make it safer for the public, and dredging…
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Hollywood in Long Beach
If you work around Los Angeles you quickly learn that it prides itself as a movie town. When locals say they are in The Business, they mean the productions of movies, television shows, and advertisements….
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Carpenter Duo
A vessel is by some definitions a craft for travelling on water. Our Fleet is comprised of a number of vessels that travel on water, but each is unique in its design and purpose. A…
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Tugs on the Highway, Barges on the Freeway
America is a land of freeways and highways. These roads carry people and products from Key West to Caribou, Maine, from San Diego to Alaska, plus to all the many points between. Our roads are…
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Tugboat Leading a Parade?
A tugboat leading a yacht parade? Not everyday that’s for sure. The Pacific Maritime Group inland towing vessel Harbor Captain recently acted as the Commodore’s Flagship and led Southwestern Yacht Club’s 96th Opening Day Parade…
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