Month: July 2018

Reeve & Associates and Estudios Técnicos, Inc. have released a new fact-based study, the first such report since Hurricane Maria, which sets the record straight on the economic impact of the Jones Act in Puerto Rico and the importance of the dedicated closed-loop service that state-of-the-art Jones Act carriers of the American maritime industry provide to the island. A few of the key findings in the report are the…

David E. Simonelli received the “2018 Dredger of the Year Award” on June 28th in Norfolk, VA, in recognition of his extensive and outstanding contributions to the dredging community and to the Western Dredging Association (WEDA). His commitment to safe operations as a right and responsibility owed by each of us to ourselves and one another has been exemplary.

Dave, as his friends call him, has relentlessly pushed for dredging…

William G. Gahagan, P.E. was honored on June 28th in Norfolk, VA, with the Western Dredging Association’s (WEDA’s) “2018 Lifetime Achievement Award” in recognition of his life’s work in the dredging industry, his dedication towards its advancement, and his commitment to sound engineering and experience-based solutions.

Bill Gahagan has been a dedicated lifelong pioneer and leader in the dredging community.  As an engineering graduate, he worked at Gahagan Dredging, which…

Good Morning, and thank you for inviting me here today to open-up the conference.  This is my first time addressing the Western Dredging Association (WEDA), and I am honored to be here.

It all…