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BY THE NUMBERS

Digging up the Dredging Numbers

Every year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) The USACE says that the Cutterhead pipeline dredge and the International Association of Dredging Contrac- was the most widely used type of dredge in FY 2015 tors (IADC) each publish data on dredging issues near- receiving 44% of the contracts, removing 59% of the and-dear to all of us on the waterfront. These numbers contracted quantity and earning 48% of contract dol- tend to lag 12 months or so, simply because the analysis lars. Hopper dredges removed 27% of the quantity and and compilation of data takes that long. IADC’s “Dredg- earned 18% of contract dollars. Mechanical dredges re- ing in Figures” is an annual review of the global dredging moved 10% of the quantity, earning 23.4% of the con- markets – those where data is readily available and veri