Marine Services & Specialty Construction
Aquarius Marine, LLC is a regional marine services and specialty construction company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, and operating a harbor facility on the Ohio River outside of the Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan area. For over 30 years, we have participated in the design and construction of a vast array of river works, including mooring cells, industrial docks, barge loading facilities, cofferdams, locks and dams. We provide services for dredging, salvage, maintenance, new construction, repair services, as well as dedicated marine transportation.
We work with government institutions, including the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Tennessee Valley Authority, as well as energy companies, the river transportation industry, commodity and material suppliers, river terminal operators and other public and private sector customers.
Safety & Respect for the Environment are Our First Priorities
Aquarius Marine, LLC has implemented, and maintains, a formal Safety & Health Program that meets the requirements of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Engineering Manual 385-1-1 for health and safety requirements.
We strive to minimize the environmental impact of every project.
Featured Projects
TVA Cumberland Fossil Plant Barge Unloader & Mooring Cell Repair
This project, currently in progress on the Cumberland River at TVA’s Cumberland Fossil Plant in Cumberland, Tennessee, consists of rebuilding the mooring face of the barge unloader mooring cell while the barge unloader remains in place. The new mooring face…
KENTUCKY LOCK AND DAM #9
This project consisted of the replacement of Lock & Dam #9 on the Kentucky River with a new sheet pile dam. The new dam consists of eight steel sheet pile circular cells with seven inch steel sheet pile connector cells….
Kingston Skimmer Wall Construction
Aquarius Marine supplied all personnel, equipment and material to reconstruct the skimmer wall for the Kingston Fossil Plant, which was damaged during the release of about 5.4 million cubic yards of fly ash and bottom ash into adjacent waterways. The work…
Lock 52 Barge Salvage
Aquarius Marine was subcontracted by River Services Co., Inc. to assist in the salvage of a fully loaded rock barge that sank on October 27, 2013 at Lock and Dam 52, on the Ohio River between Paducah, Kentucky and Brookport,…
Carmeuse Cell Replacement – Black River
Aquarius Marine was the Prime Contractor for the demolition of two sheet pile mooring cells and the construction of two sheet pile mooring cells for Carmeuse Lime and Stone at their Black River Facility on the Ohio River, in Butler,…
Renovation of Kentucky River Lock & Dam #8
The Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, awarded Aquarius Marine the project for the renovation of Kentucky River Lock and Dam #8 on the Kentucky River, south of Lexington, Kentucky. The pool provided by Lock and…
Marine Structure for New Tower Crane – Paducah Riverport
Aquarius Marine was the Prime Contractor for the construction of the marine substructure for a new tower crane for the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority. The work consisted of the construction of a 36’ diameter aggregate filled sheet pile cell with…
Meldahl Hydroelectric Powerhouse
This project, located in Willowgrove, Kentucky at Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam on the Ohio River, included dredging, excavation, and riprap placement for a future hydroelectric power plant. Working as a subcontractor to Alberici-Baker Joint Venture, Aquarius Marine dredged…
Gallatin Steel Mooring Cell Construction – Ohio River
Aquarius Marine was the Prime Contractor for the demolition of four sheet pile mooring cells and the construction of two new sheet pile mooring cells for Gallatin Steel on the Ohio River, in Ghent, Kentucky. The new 23’ diameter cells…
Kingston Fly Ash Removal Project – Skimmer Wall Beam and Caisson Debris Removal
Aquarius Marine located and removed skimmer wall debris which had collapsed during the release of about 5.4 million cubic yards of fly ash and bottom ash into adjacent waterways. Aquarius Marine also removed a portion of the wall that remained undamaged…
Markland Locks and Dam – Culvert Valve Replacement
Working as a subcontractor to Q.B.S., Inc., Aquarius Marine removed and replaced 4 culvert valves for the lock chamber at Markland Locks and Dam. The work was performed 40 feet below the local pool elevation of the Ohio River, inside the…
Cook Coal Terminal – Various Cell Restoration Projects
Executed in 2009 and 2011 under two contracts, Aquarius Marine performed repairs to six mooring cells on the main dock line of American Electric Power’s Cook Coal Terminal. In general, the repairs consisted of the installation of a belly-band around a damaged cell and…
Cates Landing
This project, located in northwest Tennessee on the Mississippi River, creates a new multimodal port with a working elevation above the 100 year flood plain. Aquarius Marine teamed with Choctaw Transportation to construct a 15 unit OPEN-CELL® structure and dolphins…