While most photos of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico over the summer included pictures of floating boom corralling oil and protecting wetlands and shorelines it is difficult to get an accurate picture of the scope of the containment boom part of the project. As a start this month we relate the experiences of several manufacturers which will give an inside view of how the crisis was handled in these companies. Read More
Author: International Dredging Review
Dredging contract awards in the U.S. - August 23 through November 2 2010 Read More
Graham Construction of Northern Ireland has been awarded a 2.7m (US$4.3 million) contract to dredge the River Lagan in Belfast. Read More
On August 27 Orion Marine Group christened its newest dredge the Linda LaQuay in Port Lavaca Texas. The 15000 horsepower 24-inch cutter suction dredge with 75-foot digging depth is the largest in Orions fleet and one of the most powerful of its kind in the western Gulf of Mexico said Waymon Boyd vice chairman of King Fisher Marine Service. Read More
In April 1789 on the way to his first inauguration in New York George Washington stopped in Wilmington Delaware to meet with the Delaware Society for Promoting Domestic Manufactures. He… Read More
The Weir Group PLC finalized the acquisition of the Linatex group of companies on September 17 2010. Read More
Don King has been in the dredging business for 50 years and plans to continue in the business as executive vice president of Dredge & Marine Corporation which he sold to John W. McDougall Co. Inc. in September. This article re-caps his career in the process describing the histories of AMMCO Dixie Dredge Corporation DredgeMasters International and Dredge & Marine Corp. Read More
Jerry Farmer who was Don Kings partner in establishing DMC sent this reminiscence of the beginnings of the company. Read More
Nashville-based John W. McDougall Co. Inc. has purchased Dredge & Marine Corporation (DMC) which is headquartered in Mt. Juliet Tennessee. Read More
DSC Dredge LLC continues to ship dredges to international customers in an expansion that is an evolution of the companys culture. DSC Dredge LLC includes Dredging Supply Company Inc. Best Equipment M&S Equipment Better Dredges Inc. W&S Dredge Manufacturer Reliable Gulf South LLC Dredge Surplus and Dragados Sud-America (DSA). Over the summer DSC delivered a Marlin class dredge and work boat to Azikel Dredging & Construction of Yenagoa Nigeria and spent several weeks testing and preparing the equipment for its rigorous work schedule. Read More
