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BOATBUILDING & REPAIR “We do a lot of dredges; scows, cut- ter head dredges, and hopper dredges, too. It’s dirty, grunt work and that’s what we’re good at. Customers know that they can go to Detyens and might pay a little bit more, but it will be fair and the boat is going to leave on time. No question.” – Detyens President D. Loy Stewart, Jr. and that’s what we’re good at.” He adds, “Customers know that they can go to Detyens and might pay a little bit more, but it will be fair and the boat is going to leave on time.

No question.”

Another niche for Detyens involves research vessels and

NOAA ? eets, some of which transit the Charleston area regularly and ? nd the yard to be a convenient stop for both repairs and retro? t work. Recent work of note included the mobilization of the Atlantis before it head out to ? nd the

VDR from the ill-fated El Faro.

The dredging work, in particular, might have happened at ? rst as a function of location, but it stays because Detyens gets the job done. Loy Stewart Jr. adds, “There’s a lot of dredging in the Gulf, and there’s a lot of dredging way up the East

Coast. These vessels are constantly transiting. With dredges in particular, time is money. And so, we know that if a dredge is anywhere close, or on its way up or down the coast, we have a better than average chance of getting that work.”

Because today’s domestic dredging situation – whether storm related or maintenance dredging – is highly ? uid, the typical dredge is often its way from one job to another.

Often, Charleston, SC is on the way. As a result, Detyens’ dredging clients include Great Lakes Dredging, Norfolk

The Detyens Portfolio: Dredging up a Niche business …

Dredging, the Dutra Group, Manson construction and the

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Getting that work is one

Client Vessels thing; keeping it is another. And, that’s where the yard’s

Great Lakes Padre Island, 701, 702, GL 61,

Booster 1, New York bonus, incentive and bene? t package comes in.

Norfolk Dredge Scow 6001

THE HUMAN ELEMENT

US Corp of Engineers Wheeler

For Detyens employees, especially; time is money. That

Weeks BE Lindholm reality is manifested in the prominently displayed ‘ther-

Southern Dredging & Marine Brunswick mometer,’ just outside the main gate. Loy Stewart explains

Dutra Group Scow CK 7 the policy, saying, “We pay a bonus the payday before

Mason Construction Glenn Edwards, Scow 2014

Thanksgiving to every hourly employee. The employees

Marinex Construction Savannah, Hampton Roads get the number of hours that’s on that board, and it’s up-

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