The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced on April 27 that it had awarded a $43 million contract to IHC Engineering Business Ltd. a part of IHC Merwede Group for the design and construction of a new backhoe dredge. Read More

Ellicott Dredges LLC has introduced a new-design dredge the 860SL Swinging-Dragon. The design includes an 800 hp engine inline marine transmission and 14-inch pump. This dredge and other dredging equipment will be featured at Ellicotts booth number 222 at the Western Dredging Association meeting in Nashville. Read More

Back to Nashville

June 1, 2011

For WEDA 31/TAMU 42 IDR returns to Nashville where Volume 1 Number 1 was introduced during WEDA II in 1981. The Western Dredging Association has come a long way since… Read More

U.S. dredging contracts awarded from February 2 2011 through May 4 2011 NOTE: The Alaska District COE contracting office mistakenly posted on FedBizOps that Contract W911KB-09-C-0008 was cancelled. This was… Read More

30 years ago (1981) Bean Dredging Corporation announced that its dustpan dredge Lenel Bean had would perform maintenance dredging on 10 crossings on the Mississippi River near Memphis… Read More