摘要: |
It's a good time to be in the dredging business. A flood of infrastructure spending from several recently passed bills including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also called the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal) has made dredging companies busier-and more important-than ever.Stanley Ekren, vice president and rivers and lakes manager at Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD), gave a presentation at the recent Inland Marine Expo in Nashville, Tenn. Ekren explained the differences between the different types of dredges in GLDD's fleet, and where and under what conditions they operate. The company owns and operates the largest and most diverse fleet of dredging vessels and supporting vessels in the United States. Its equipment fleet of 14 Jones Act dredges includes cutter suction, trailing suction hopper and mechanical dredges, material transport barges, a drillboat, barge unloader, booster stations, hydrographic survey vessels and other specialized support vessels and land equipment. |