Tag: Jones Act

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 U.S. Jones Act dredging industry is integral to Florida’s economic and national security.

“Our U.S.-Flag Jones Act dredging companies, ships and workers are at the forefront of deepening and widening all of Florida’s ports, harbors and channels.  We build the beaches, restore the coastal areas — and we love doing it!” said William P. Doyle, CEO & Executive Director of the Dredging Contractors of America, Executive Board Member of…

Randy Boyd, president of RLB Contracting based in Port Lavaca, Texas is a fighter.  He’s a dredger and marine construction entrepreneur.  Proud and strong, Randy Boyd, takes on the risk and keeps his workers employed rebuilding equipment for the Jones Act dredging industry.

Last year, on April 17, 2018, RLB Contracting’s JONATHON KING BOYD (JKB) Cutterhead Suction Dredge caught fire after puncturing a buried natural gas pipeline in Matagorda Bay,…

The U.S.-Flag dredging industry commemorates the 77^th anniversary of the Japanese air raid on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor highlighting the critical need for a robust American shipbuilding capacity to ensure for the preparedness of the nation.

“Today our brothers and sisters of the U.S Merchant Marine look to the past sacrifices made by 2,403 U.S. servicemen who died in the attacks on Pearl Harbor.  We honor the…