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 right in our backyard in the Chesapeake Bay. The Ever Forward is a Hong Kong-flagged, 11,850-container ship that is aground just south of Baltimore in the Chesapeake Bay. The vessel steered off…

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 of America extend their congratulations to the team for their successful launch and for their continued investment in American-made equipment and personnel;

As a family-owned business since 1945, we remain dedicated…