Mar 19 2020 0

DREDGING: ESSENTIAL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORKFORCE

(March 19, 2019)

Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released guidance to help state and local jurisdictions and the private sector identify and manage their essential workforce while responding to COVID-19.

The Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) helped the federal government develop this first-of-a-kind guidance on Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers.

“This is why Government Coordinating Councils and Sector Coordinating Councils are so important.  We commend…

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Feb 20 2020 0

CSBA Study Finds U.S. Dredging Industry a Critical Component of National Security

U.S. Dredgers Keep America’s Ports and Waterways safe. . .

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) recently completed its historic study of the American maritime industry and national security.  Titled “Strengthening the U.S. Defense Maritime Industrial Base,” the study made several key points about America’s Jones Act.  The report is historic because it is the first major study of the entire American maritime industry and national security together…

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Feb 15 2020 0

Driving the Nation’s Economy: 2020 U.S. Army Corps’ O&M Work Plan

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Work Plan this week (10 February 2020).  Below includes highlights of specific operation, maintenance and navigation dredging projects in the United States funded through the O&M account this year (2020).  This is not an exhaustive listing, be sure to review the actual O&M spreadsheet provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The DCA summarized the Army…

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Feb 12 2020 0

U.S. Army Corps Delivers 2020 Work Plan: Dredging Projects at the Forefront

On Monday, February 10, 2020, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its FY2020 Work Plan.  The Work Plan is based on the FY2020 Energy and Water Development appropriations bills signed into law by President Trump in December 2019.

“We welcome the FY 2020 Work Plan released by the Army Corps,” said William P. Doyle, CEO of the Dredging Contractors of America.  “We’re ready – our dredging companies are hard…

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Jan 2 2020 0

New Year 2020: Weeks Marine and Cottrell Contracting Digging in Port of Virginia — Deeper, Wider, Safer

Weeks Marine and Cottrell Contracting kick off the New Year in 2020 full throttle ahead at Thimble Shoal and the Norfolk Inner Harbor Channels.  Recently, Weeks installed a new Liebherr crane assembly and clamshell bucket for the job.  According to the Army Corps of Engineers, Cottrell Contracting began dredging the Norfolk Harbor Inner Channel and channel to Newport News on Saturday (December 28th).

Weeks…

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Dec 17 2019 0

Huge FY 2020 Bipartisan Appropriations Bill Signed into Law

Update – 20 December 2019:  President Donald J. Trump signs spending bills, funding all federal agencies and programs for fiscal year 2020.

Update – 19 December 2019:  Senate votes 71 – 23 on H.R. 1865.  The 8 spending bills pass including the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies.

17 December 2019 – On target and on time, this Congress keeps its eye on the ball and delivers.  This afternoon, the U.S….

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Dec 12 2019 0

DCA Hopper Owners/CEO Roundtable with Army Corps Chiefs

The owners and chief executive officers of the hopper owning and specialized dust pan companies met this week in Washington, DC for three days of meetings.  The sessions included a roundtable discussion with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chief of Engineers, Lt. General Todd Semonite and Major General Scott Spellmon, Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations.   Meetings also included  a Water Resources Development U.S. Army Corps of…

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Dec 6 2019 0

American Dredgers: Dredging for U.S. National Security

The U.S.-Flag dredging industry commemorates the 78th anniversary of the Japanese air raid on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor highlighting the critical need for a robust American shipbuilding capacity to ensure for the preparedness of the nation’s navy bases.

“On this day, December 7, 2019, we remember our brothers and sisters of the U.S Merchant Marine look to the past sacrifices made by 2,403 U.S. servicemen who…

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Sep 12 2019 0

Final Voyage: Dredging Titan Douglas B. Mackie (May 3, 1952 – September 11, 2019)

We have lost an industry giant.  Douglas B. Mackie, Chief Executive Officer of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) from 1995 to 2011, passed away on September 11, 2019.   Doug also served in many leadership roles at the Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) including Association President several times.

GLDD has a long heritage and over its’ 129 year history, certain families and individuals have left their mark. The Mackie’s…

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Aug 13 2019 0

Weeks Marine Christens Newest Cutter Suction Dredge J.S. Chatry

Today on August 12, 2019 at its repair facility in Houma, Louisiana, dredging and marine construction contractor Weeks Marine celebrated its 100thanniversary with the christening of its newest asset – the highly automated and multifunctional ocean-going U.S.-flag hydraulic cutter suction dredge J.S. Chatry. The team that created the CR McCaskill and the Magdalen has now constructed the next generation in cutter suction dredges for the U.S. Jones Act fleet.

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