USACE Galveston District Commander Rhett Blackmon Tours the Lorraine Hooks
On October 3 at Southwest Shipyard in Galveston, Texas, the Mike Hooks, LLC family and members of its leadership team had the esteemed…
DCA Welcomes New President Frederick Paup and Senior VP Stephen Tobin
Frederick Paup, newly elected DCA President; Thomas Smith, Chief of Operations and Regulatory Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Stephen Tobin,…
American Dredging Companies Free Stuck Container Ship “Ever Forward”
Remember the massive 20,000- container ship under the Panamanian Flag that blocked the Suez last year, halting as much as $10 billion in…
Mike Hooks Launches New Dredge “Lorraine Hooks”
On April 1st, DCA member Mike Hooks LLC announced another milestone event, the launching of a new 27-inch cutter suction dredge named the…
Washington Times Op-Ed: Stop the transfer of U.S. critical industry and jobs overseas
The pandemic has enabled us all to better understand the complexity of the global supply chain, its fragility due to years of federal…
DCA Honors U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby With Lifetime Achievement Award
WASHINGTON (October 26, 2021) – Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) honored U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) with its Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of…