The Chairman and Ranking Members of the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) and the Chair and Ranking Members of T&I’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation sent a letter to the Library of Congress refuting a recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report on the American dredging industry as “filled with misleading, slanted and false information.”   The bipartisan group of congressional leaders also condemned…

Toady we pause and reflect.  On September 11, 2011 the World changed forever.  In Lower Manhattan half-a-million people were stranded on the island.  The trains stopped running and all roads were closed.  There was only one way out– boats.

• On 9/11, 500,000 people evacuated in 9-hours from Lower Manhattan by ships
• 150 Vessels and 800 American Mariners participated in the Boatlift
• In May of 1940, 339,000 trapped British and…
  

On August 20, 2019, Dutra’s new Jones Act built Hydraulic Dump Scow ES15 was successfully launched, christened, commissioned and will finish sea trials and additional testing this week.  Next week the ES15 will head to Massachusetts to to work on the Boston Harbor Deepening Project.

ES15 is…

Today on August 12, 2019 at its repair facility in Houma, Louisiana, dredging and marine construction contractor Weeks Marine celebrated its 100^thanniversary 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.

The Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) Notifies Congress that the Congressional Research Service’s (CRS’s) Latest Report on Dredging is Fatally Flawed

“Notably, the author of this CRS report did not contact a single dredging company in the United States in the formulation of this report,” said William P. Doyle, CEO & Executive Director of the Dredging Contractors of America.  Mr. Doyle continued, “I don’t like having to publish…

Thursday, June 6, 2019, the U.S. Coast Guard announced the establishment of an industry-led Maritime Security Sector Coordinating Council (SCC).  The Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) is a charter member.

Featured image above:  DCA members Manson Construction and Kiewit working on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Marine Foundations Removal Project.  Photo credit: Associated General Contractors of America.

Sector Coordinating Councils (SCCs) are self-organized and self-governed councils that enable…

Featured Image Above:  Corpus Christi’s CEO Sean Strawbridge displaying Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company’s cutter-head dredging tool, teeth and all, for one of GLDD’s dredges.  

On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, the Port of Corpus Christi celebrated the commencement of the Port’s Ship Channel Improvement Project, marking a historic milestone in America’s progress to becoming the net exporter of energy.

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The Dredging Contractors of America is pleased to support National Maritime Day 2019.  The President issued a proclamation on May 20, 2019 designating May 22nd as National Maritime Day.

Featured image above:  Catherine (Kay) Morrison receiving the ‘Rosie the Riveter’ award from Newport News Shipbuilding President Jennifer Boykin and The Honorable Mark Buzby, USN (Ret), U.S. Maritime Administrator (standing next to Ms. Boykin is GEN Stephen Lyons, USA, Commander, U.S….