Construction is underway on a new Supreme Manufacturing Inc. (SMI) floating clamshell dredge at a sand and gravel operation in Western Ohio.
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Stop Dredging in the Dark
DSC Dredge LLC, global supplier of customized dredging equipment, has joined forces with Teledyne Marine and Trimble to create DSC VISION – a highly innovative, easy-to-operate 3D guidance and visualization system that allows operators to stop dredging in the dark.
Read MoreIllegal Sand Dredging
June 10, 2020 – In an article on CNN Business, North Korea is accused of operating an illegal sand-processing business. Satellite images seem to confirm that ships at work near the city of Haeju are being used to dredge and transport sand. North Korea is actually barred from exporting earth and stone under United Nations sanctions passed in December 2017. Trading North Korean sand is a violation of international law. Despite those…
Read MoreRoss Island Scores Dredging Contract
Ross Island Sand & Gravel Co., Portland, Ore., was awarded an $8,745,321 firm-fixed-price contract for annual maintenance dredging of the Sacramento and Stockton Deep Water Ship Channels in California.
Read MoreWeir-Jones Engineering Unveils Innovative Grease-Dispensing System
An intelligent automated grease-dispensing system (AGS) developed by Weir-Jones Engineering of Vancouver, B.C., Canada, significantly reduces operational and maintenance costs and lowers the potential for human error in operations that deploy submerged pumps or equipment requiring regular lubrication that must be remotely verified. The AGS was developed in 2013 for use in the tailings ponds by a multinational operator in…
Read MoreContractor Relies on DSC Dredge for Efficiency
J.F. Brennan Co. Inc. has been a marine professional since 1919 with a specialty in marine construction and environmental remediation for inland waterways throughout the United States. Headquartered in La Crosse, Wis., J.F. Brennan works with both government agencies and private owners providing services such as dredging, diving, dam repairs, pile driving, railroad bridge repairs, in-situ capping and more. In…
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