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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)… Read More
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 action as they work together to produce a dredge that exceeded our customer’s expectations. Ellicott Dredges, one of the oldest and most successful global dredging manufacturers… Read More
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 Dredge Pumps Market: The essential intention of the Dredge Pumps market report would be to deliver the correct and tactical analysis of the market. Industry research report… Read More
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, including dredges, auxiliary vessels and river towboats. The AVD incorporates a planetary gear set that allows seamless clutch engagement of main engines, auxiliary engines, or both to provide a scalable… Read More
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 operation in Texas State waters as well as offshore capabilities in the Gulf of Mexico. This vessel will be constructed at All American Marine’s… Read More
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 dredging equipment. The European cooperation has resulted in a customised dredger performing above expectations on her first job. Portugal has a long… Read More
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 Switzerland. The cutter suction dredge was designed by the Merré Design Office. It can extract approximately 50,000 cubic meters (65,397 cubic yards) of material per year… Read More
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 Subchapter M-certified 2,680-hp towboats for Kirby Inland Marine, Houston. The 88’x35’x9’Bailey is powered by a pair of Caterpillar 3512C-HD… Read More
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 Shorelines Monitoring Framework, a tool to help landowners, professionals, and scientists develop plans for gauging the success of living shoreline projects installed throughout the state. Living shorelines are a natural… Read More
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 2019 in detail to update the stakeholders about the latest market trends, and help them in determining crucial business strategies. In a coherent chapter-wise format,… Read More
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 ships that underpin international trade. Standing 170 feet tall, the Chinese-made gantry cranes towered over the ship that carried them through the mouth of the… Read More
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 objectives: recover valuable material from the seabed and create a greater depth of water. The 7,560 GT vessel has a length of… Read More
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 truth, his narrative is centered on the Indian subcontinent, despite its insightful forays into China’s hydraulic history … Mr. Amrith begins with a… Read More
(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 by the Pamplin Corporation. The company says it’s shifting focus from concrete to dredging. Source: Katu 2
