By Peter Bowe, Publisher DredgeWire Publisher Peter Bowe attended Ellicott Dredge Enterprise‘s Baltimore plant Annual Christmas Holiday luncheon where CEO Dave Watkins and VP Sales Paul Quinn shared highlights on a very successful year. Santa at Ellicott Holiday Luncheon Watkins noted sales and profitability across all of the company brands, Ellicott, Mud Cat, & IMS Dredges, were the… Read More
A year of policy alignment, project advancement, and balance-sheet strengthening sets the stage for continued progress in 2026 Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMEX), a U.S.-based ocean exploration and marine resource development leader, received news that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM), a department of the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) has initiated the… Read More
Sliedrecht / IJzendoorn – DE Klop has sold the award-winning, fully zero-emission cutter suction dredger Cygnus to Dekker of IJzendoorn. With this acquisition, Dekker Group takes an important step towards greater efficiency and further sustainability of its operations. Dekker actively strives to make its activities more sustainable. Driven by this ambition, the choice fell on… Read More
RESERVE, LOUISIANA – For the last two months DSC Dredge has been undergoing major expansion of its Reserve facility following the surge in demand for its custom dredges. With multiple large dredges currently under construction across its two manufacturing locations, DSC has outgrown its existing footprint and is expanding to increase production capacity. Today the Reserve yard is… Read More
Dutch investigators raided the Noordeloos home of former Damen Shipyards CEO Kommer Damen in early December as part of a criminal investigation, the Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD) confirmed. The agency declined to say whether the raid was directly linked to the criminal trial against Damen Shipyards and several executives that opened last week,… Read More