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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock's new hopper dredge Galveston Island launched at Conrad Shipyards. Photo: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
Shipping

Robust U.S. Dredging Industry Saved Taxpayers Millions in 2022 -Report

A new report commissioned by Dredging Contractors of America reveals the strength and competitiveness of the U.S. dredging industry, with a record $2.5 billion

October 4, 2023
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Monday, July 24, 2023
An illustration of the Rio Grande LNG’s 984-acre facility courtesy Port of Brownsville/NextDecade
Ports

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock to Proceed with Largest Project in its 133-Year History

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD) has received a Notice to Proceed for improvements to the Brownsville ship channel to enhance

July 24, 2023
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock's new hopper dredge Galveston Island launched at Conrad Shipyards. Photo: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
Shipping

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Gives Profit Warning

The largest provider of dredging services in the Unite States lowered expectations for earnings in the fourth quarter due primarily to external factors such as

December 20, 2022
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Awarded Dredging Contracts Worth At Least $143 Million
Shipping

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Awarded Dredging Contracts Worth At Least $143 Million

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, announced Wednesday the receipt of

October 12, 2022
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022
aerial view of the ports of los angeles and long beach
Ports

Port of Long Beach Dredging Projects Approved

Officials at the Port of Long Beach, one of the busiest ports in the nation, have approved a $170 million channel deepening project that will improve

September 13, 2022
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Awarded Dredging Contracts Totalling $107 Million
Ports

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Awarded Dredging Contracts Totalling $107 Million

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, has announced the receipt of several

August 24, 2022
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Orders Second Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge at Conrad Shipyard
Shipbuilding

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Orders Second Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge at Conrad Shipyard

Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD) has exercised its option to build a second 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity Trailing Suction

June 7, 2022
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Saturday, January 22, 2022
Sand-dredging ships with Chinese flags are seen in the waters off the Taiwan-controlled Matsu islands, January 28, 2021. Picture taken January 28, 2021.
Maritime Security

Dredgers Spotted Off Cambodian Base Where China’s Growing Influence Is Of Concern

By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Dredgers have been spotted off Cambodia’s Ream naval base, where China is funding construction work

January 22, 2022
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Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Hundreds Of Dredging Rafts Illegally Mining For Gold On The Madeira River
Environment

Hundreds Of Dredging Rafts Illegally Mining For Gold On The Madeira River

By Bruno Kelly AUTAZES, Brazil, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Hundreds of dredging rafts operated by illegal miners have gathered in a gold rush on the Madeira

November 24, 2021
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Yangtze-river-boat
Maritime News

China To Crackdown On Illegal Yangtze River Sand Dredging

by David Stanway (Reuters) – China has launched a crackdown on illegal sand mining (dredging for sand used in construction) operations on the Yangtze

March 16, 2021
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Manson Construction to Construct the Largest Dredger in the United States
Maritime News

Manson Construction to Construct the Largest Dredger in the United States

Seattle-based Manson Construction has awarded a contract to build the biggest hopper dredge ever built in the United States. The contract was awarded Keppel

September 22, 2020
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Bodies of Two Missing Waymon L Boyd Crew Members Recovered
Maritime News

Bodies of Two Missing Waymon L Boyd Crew Members Recovered

The bodies of two missing crew members from the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd have been recovered after a portion of the vessel was recovered from the Corpus

August 25, 2020
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Sunday, August 23, 2020
Pollution and Salvage Response Continues After Dredging Vessel Fire in Corpus Christi
Maritime News

Pollution and Salvage Response Continues After Dredging Vessel Fire in Corpus Christi

The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies continue pollution and salvage response for the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dive and

August 23, 2020
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Friday, April 10, 2020
Callan Marine Wins $98 Million Dredging Contract to Deepen Corpus Christi Ship Channel
Maritime News

Callan Marine Wins $98 Million Dredging Contract to Deepen Corpus Christi Ship Channel

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a nearly $98 million dredging contract to Texas-based Callan Marine for the second phase of the Corpus Christi

April 10, 2020
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020
North Korea Caught Shipping Sand to China, Group Says
Maritime News

North Korea Caught Shipping Sand to China, Group Says

By Josh Smith SEOUL, March 4 (Reuters) – For several months last year, a steady stream of ships was observed dredging sand in a North Korean bay then

March 4, 2020
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Thursday, October 10, 2019
port hedland dredging
Maritime News

Jan De Nul Completes Three-Year Dredging Project at Port Hedland

Luxembourg-based Jan De Nul Group says it has completed dredging on the navigational channel in Port Hedland, Western Australia. The completion of dredging

October 10, 2019
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Elbe River Dredging Kicks Off
Maritime News

Elbe River Dredging Kicks Off

The project to widen and deepen the Elbe River has kicked off with the arrival of DEME Group’s hopper dredger ‘Scheldt River’. The project consists of

July 24, 2019
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Thursday, May 30, 2019
us oil exports
Maritime News

Dredging Kicks Off in Project to Expand Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel

The Port of Corpus Christi is celebrating the start of dredging work in the project to expand the Corpus Christi Ship Channel to prepare the port for the

May 30, 2019
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Monday, April 1, 2019
jan de nul parana river dredging
Maritime News

Jan de Nul Finds Lucrative Side Business Selling Dredged Sand for Argentina’s Shale Push

By Jonathan Gilbert (Bloomberg) — Sand shoveled out of an Argentina river used to transport soybeans will soon reappear 1,100 kilometers (700 miles) away

April 1, 2019
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Monday, November 12, 2018
world's largest cutter suction dredger spartacus
Maritime News

Royal IHC Launches World’s Largest Cutter Suction Dredger ‘Spartacus’

Dutch engineering group Royal IHC has launched the world’s largest cutter suction dredger being built for Belgian dredging firm DEME. The vessel, named

November 12, 2018
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