Manson Chairman of the Board and Executive Vice President, Fred Paup, speaks at ceremony marking the laying of the keel of his namesake vessel.

Manson marks milestone in hopper dredge build

Seattle, Wash., based Manson Construction and shipbuilder Keppel AmFELS recently marked a milestone in the construction of a 15,000 cu.yd self-propelled hopper dredge that, will be the largest in operation in the

U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Duluth Area Office Floating Plant crew designed and fabricated a screening machine to filter the debris from the beach on Minnesota Point.

Corps starts 2021 Duluth maintenance dredging

The Duluth Engineer District is set to begin 2021 maintenance dredging and Minnesota Point beach nourishment next week. Cleanup of material placed during 2020 continues. The Corps of Engineers awarded the 2021

Ellicott's custom B590E dredge

Ellicott Dredges books new orders

Baltimore, Md., based Ellicott Dredges has recently been awarded two orders that illustrate the breadth of its product range. A major Canadian potash producer has awarded the company a contract to supply

Cutter suction dredge

Damen wins CSD order from Paraguay

Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract to supply Paraguay’s Ingeniería de Topografía y Caminos S.A. (T&C) with a customized CSD 500 cutter suction dredge. T&C will use the dredge to transform

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock gets dredging awards

GLDD wins $24.2 million Corps contract

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Houston, Texas, has been awarded a $24,292,116 firm-fixed-price contract for furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge on a rental basis.

Callan plans to add new large trailing suction hopper dredge

Galveston, Texas, headquartered dredging contractor Callan Marine has released the tender package for what will be the largest capacity trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) in the U.S. To be named the Admiral

Under construction: The largest hopper dredge in America

Manson Construction Company, headquartered in Seattle, Wash., turned heads last fall when it announced that it would be building the largest U.S.-flagged, self-propelled hopper dredge in the United States. The company, which

Maxie McGuire of Callan Marine with the General MacArthur dredge behind him

CEO Spotlight: Callan Marine’s Maxie McGuire

Without dredging, many rivers, harbors, and ports would be impassable to towboats, cargo ships and passenger vessels. Periodic maintenance dredging and channel deepening projects are essential to accommodate these commercial vessels. And

Dredge and accompanying vessels

Veteran dustpan dredge starts its Mississippi season

An 88-year-old Corps of Engineers dustpan dredge, the Jadwin, departed from the Vicksburg, Miss., Harbor, May 3, for its annual season of dredging along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The Jadwin

Rendering of dredge

Schottel gives TSHD maximum maneuverability

A 1,500-cubic-meter trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) under construction by Netherlands-based Kooiman Marine Group will have optimum maneuverability, even in narrow rivers, thanks to a relatively short length of about 75.9 meters

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