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 trade per day? Well, we now have our own version of this calamity
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 “Lorraine Hooks,” named after the beloved matriarch and wife of founder Mike Hooks. The Dredging Contractors…
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 underinvestment in critical maritime infrastructure (such as our ports or the hardworking men and women who…
US Dredging Industry: Outlook and Challenges for 2022
On January 10th 2022, DCA Executive Director Richard Balzano spoke with the Waterways Journal about the outlook and challenges ahead for the dredging industry in 2022 and beyond.
Waterways Journal: What do you know about the Corps’ dredging plans, and when…