Callan Marine’s New Dredge General MacArthur Enters Service
Spanning construction operations over three Gulf Coast shipyards, Galveston, Texas based Callan Marine places into service its new Jones Act Cutterhead Suction Dredge CSD GENERAL MACARTHUR and its accompanying Idler Barge. Last week, the U.S. Coast Guard cleared the MacArthur with its Certificate of Inspection (COI) and the American Bureau of Shipping classified the new ship. On Saturday, May 16, 2020, the MacArthur pushed off the dock in Belle…
Weeks Marine Signs Contract with Eastern Shipbuilding for Construction of New Hopper Dredge
Continuing with billions of dollars in strong capital investments made recently by the U.S. Dredging Industry . . .
Today (April 23, 2019), Weeks Marine and Eastern Shipbuilding Group (Eastern) announced they have signed a contract to construct a sister ship to Weeks Marine’s TSHD MAGDALEN, the twin screw trailing suction hopper dredge built by Eastern and placed into service in 2018. The new vessel will be constructed at…
Praise for Dredging Industry, Navy, Army Corps, Military during Welcoming of USNS Comfort to NYC
“I want to thank from our administration everyone who worked to get the dredging done. This ship is here ahead of schedule because of the amazing military. The dredging was done faster than anyone knew it could be done to allow this ship to dock. Everyone pulled together. This was supposed to take two weeks. They did it in eight days. That means help has arrived quicker. We’ll be…