Deep Diggers’ 1st Shark Class Dredge Launched September 2021; Bangladesh collaboration
Posted on October 13, 2021
In the fall of 2019, Deep Diggers Limited in Bangladesh and DSC Dredge LLC officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a project scope focused on DSC providing engineering design and component packages that would be independently fabricated in Bangladesh. The first two 18” Shark class dredges officially launched this past month. Stay tuned for more details on this fruitful international partnership and what is planned for the future. DSC stands behind its partners and will continue to provide support with the specifically identified on-site field service requirements in Bangladesh
DSC Dredge is the dredge and dredging equipment supplier of choice in countries all around the world, including India, all parts of Africa including Nigeria, Egypt, Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, Canada, and beyond! DSC has products and/or services represented in almost 50 countries.
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