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Aug 8 2019 0

Inland Dredging Company: Full Speed Ahead with Memphis Dredging Project

Dyersburg, Tennessee based Inland Dredging Company is nine (9) days into dredging in McKellar Lake Harbor, Memphis, TN.  Inland’s 24″ Cutter-head Suction Dredge CSD INTEGRITY (photo above in featured image) is working under a three year contract with the Memphis District of the Army Corps of Engineers.

The Corps Memphis District begins at the mouth of the Ohio River and runs down…

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Photos courtesy of Amber Thorson and 3B Photography
Jul 25 2019 0

CAPEX Expansion for J.F. Brennan Company with new Dredge

J.F. Brennan Company unveils new dredge

The Cutterhead Suction Dredge KEVIN ZENKE

Featured Image above, L-R:  Chairman of the J.F. Brennan Company, Tony Binsfeld, Kevin Zenke, and Matt Binsfeld, President and CEO of J.F. Brennan.  Photos courtesy of Amber Thorson and 3B Photography

The cutterhead suction dredge KEVIN ZENKE, delivered 2019, working on Lake Zumbro. Photos…

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Jul 1 2019 0

U.S. Supreme Court rules punitive damages cannot be sought for unseaworthiness claims; Court leaves undisturbed customary and traditional rights of injured mariners.

Article III of the Constitution states that the “judicial power shall extend . . . to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction.” In the Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress granted to the district courts exclusive original jurisdiction in civil cases in admiralty and maritime matters.

THE DUTRA GROUP, PETITIONER
v. CHRISTOPHER BATTERTON

DCA Summary:

  • Dutra Group v. Christopher Batterton (June 24, 2019) (“Dutra” or “Dutra v. Batterton”) was…
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Jun 21 2019 0

GLDD Emergency Response Efforts: Missouri River Levee Breach

Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC (GLDD) is working as a subcontractor with Western Contracting Corporation to provide fill for an emergency sand berm to close a levee breach at river mile 572 on the Missouri River.  GLDD’s Hydraulic Cutter Suction Dredge ‘Iowa’ is dredging approximately 350,000 cubic yards of river sands from a borrow source in the Missouri River and pumping along 7,000-ft of floating and shore…

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