International Dredging Review

Ted Smith Downsizes; J.F. Brennan Opens Duluth Yard

Ted Smith Downsizes; J.F. Brennan Opens Duluth Yard

November 5, 2018

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Marine Tech of Duluth, Minnesota, has been a major dredging contractor in the Great Lakes for decades, specializing in mechanical work and some hydraulic dredge work. In early 2018, owner Ted Smith downsized the company, holding an auction in June to sell off his large construction equipment. Read More

Dewatering With Tubes Opens Market

February 25, 2002

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Small projects that used to defy economic justification because of high dewatering and handling costs can now go ahead. Small dredges pump into geotextile tubes that contain the material in restricted areas and allow it to dewater leaving a sausage of nearly-dry solids that can be hauled away in trucks. Read More