Domestic dredging firms face many challenges in the coming months and years. At the same time, opportunities abound in a market and political climate that seems to beg for infrastructure upgrades, especially when it comes to harbors and…
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…
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.
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William P. Doyle, CEO & Executive Director of the Dredging Contractors of America participated in a “Day of Thank You to the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate for the Jones Act.” Doyle as a representative of management for the maritime industry joined labor leaders on April 17 thanking Congress and the Trump Administration for their support of the U.S. Maritime industry.
On April 17 in Washington, D.C., Jimmy Hart,…
The week of 19 March 2018, set maritime related records in Washington, DC. The U.S. Maritime industry visited the largest number of Congressional offices in the nine-year history of the annual Congressional Sail-in. The Omnibus spending bill approved by Congress and signed by President Trump provides much needed appropriations for water resource projects, dredging, beach nourishment and coastal restoration. The Dredging Contractors of America and member companies participated in…
The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 for the Civil Works program of the Army Corps of Engineers funds the development, management, restoration, and protection of the Nation’s water, wetlands, and related resources, through studies, the construction, operation and maintenance of projects, the Corps regulatory program, the cleanup of certain sites contaminated as a result of the Nation’s early atomic weapons development, and emergency response preparedness. These investments…
We had a very successful Washington, DC fly-in this past week. It was a good and solid effort made by all to demonstrate the resolve of the U.S-Flag dredging industry. The Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) is appreciative of the time and attention Congressional Leaders and Trump Administration Officials gave to our private sector U.S.-Flag dredging industry. The DCA delegation to Capitol Hill was led by industry…
The American Maritime Partnership’s reporting as follows:
MARAD Administrator RADM Buzby: “ mariners are a de facto layer of our national security.”
WASHINGTON (January 19, 2018) – The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing Wednesday on “The State of the U.S. Flag Maritime Industry” during which congressional and maritime leaders stressed the importance of the Jones Act. This…
The Dredging Contractors of America welcomes the support and recognition of the American Maritime Partnership for the dredgers’ substantial capital investments made by the U.S-Flag, Jones Act private sector dredging companies:
The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, today highlighted the U.S. dredging industry’s commitment to build and maintain safe, efficient and cost-effective navigation channels in the…
The Seamen’s Church Institute’s (SCI) recently held its 18th annual River Bell Awards Luncheon honoring select individuals for their contributions to the U.S. inland marine industry.
SCI honored Scott McGeorge of Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel is a member company of the Dredging Contractors of America (DCA).
As reported in the Waterways…