Product and Technical Innovation

Ellicott Major Projects Group Releases New Video About Large Custom Cutter Dredges
Our latest company video, “Ellicott’s Major Projects Group,” highlights Ellicott’s commitment to building a reliable heavy-duty dredge. In addition, viewers will have an opportunity to see our team in...

Dredge Pumps Market: Major Trends, Analysis and Outlook 2019- KSB, Dragflow, Metso, Weir Group
Global Dredge Pumps Market report covers the segmentation arena, market secrets and regional retreats, size, share, growth analysis, trends and plans of the industry.Industry Review of International...

Caterpillar AVD™ Scalable Power System Provides Superior Fuel Savings
Caterpillar Marine has introduced the Advanced Variable Drive (AVD™), a fully-integrated hydro-mechanical propulsion system that can be customized for any engine application large or small,...

Wildlife Cat Contract
All American Marine, Inc. (AAM), together with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TWPD), has announced the signing of a contract for the construction of an 80’x 27’ aluminium catamaran for...

Newly-Built Tshd Doing The Portuguese Proud
Recently the Jose Duarte started its first mining job in Lisbon. The trailing suction hopper dredger has been built in Portugal for a Portuguese dredging company, to a Spanish design and using Dutch...

Fast Support Vessel Delivered for SEACOR
Photo: Incat CrowtherLouisiana shipbuilder Gulf Craft has delivered the third vessel in a series of new class monohull fast support vessels (FSV) for SEACOR Marine.According to designer Incat...

Merré Shipyard Delivers SEEM 16-640ST Dredge
The stationary dredge SEEM 16-640ST, a steel hulled and aluminum superstructure named Milady, was launched at Merré shipyard. It was built for the Services Industriels de Genève, based in...

Main Iron Completes First in Trio of New Kirby Towboats
The Bailey is the first of three towboats being built for Kirby Inland Marine by Main Iron Works. Main Iron Works photo.Main Iron Works, Houma, La., recently completed the first in a series of three...

DNREC Introduces Delaware Living Shorelines Monitoring Framework to Help Gauge Success of Shoreline Restoration Projects
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Watershed Stewardship in partnership with public and private environmental organizations have introduced the Delaware Living...

Dredge Pumps Market 2018-19 Weir Group, Grundfos, Dragflow, Xylem, LEO Group
Dredge Pumps Market presents overview:A recent report published on the “Dredge Pumps Market” presents an analytical overview of the Dredge Pumps industry. It studies the global Dredge Pumps market...

Va. Port’s Big Cranes Symbolize Maritime Industry ‘Arms War’
NORFOLK, Va. — Some of the largest cranes to operate at an East Coast commercial port have arrived in Virginia, marking the latest effort to accommodate the increasingly mammoth container...

Rotterdam Gets First LNG-Powered Dredger
ROTTERDAM: Dutch dredging company Van der Kamp has put into service a unique LNG-powered ‘Ecodelta’ dredger at the Port of Rotterdam.The vessel is designed as a trailing suction hopper with two main...

The DredgeWire Editors Recommend the Book “Unruly Waters: How Rains, Rivers, Coasts and Seas have Shaped Asia’s History” by Harvard Professor Sunil Amrith
Here is an excerpt from a Jan 4/2019 WSJ review: “Mr. Amrith has written a marvelous—and marvelously ambitious—book that sets out to explain how water has shaped the history of Asia. In...

Ross Island Sand and Gravel Lays Off Workers
(KATU Photo)PORTLAND, Ore. — Ross Island Sand and Gravel in Southeast Portland is closing its concrete division and laying off more than three dozen workers.Ross Island Sand and Gravel is owned...

Stationary Dredger SEEM 16-640ST « Milady » has Been Launched
Stationary dredger SEEM 16-640ST « Milady » with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure has been launched.at Merré shipyard.Delivered in 2019, it is a stationary dredgerl built by Merré shipyard...