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Earlier this summmer

Conrad Shipyard delivered the hopper dredge Amelia Island to

Great Lakes Dredge &

Dock Corporation (GLDD).

Image courtesy GLDD horsepower of total installed power. The The story of America’s dredging vessel’s design combines performance, industry is one of competition, inno- fuel ef? ciency, and quick of? oading ca- vation, and national strength. Every pability—all hallmarks of modern U.S. dredge contract, every U.S.-built vessel, dredging technology. and every deepened channel reinforces

West Coast based Curtin Maritime of the foundation of a self-reliant, modern

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Long Beach is nearing completion of its maritime economy.

next-generation DB Catalina, a hybrid- In an era when global shipping is electric clamshell dredge modeled after dominated by foreign ? eets and State- its successful DB Avalon. Built in part- subsidies, the U.S. Jones Act dredging nership with The Shearer Group, Inc. industry remains proudly American- of Houston, the DB Catalina features built, American-owned, and American- a 100-cubic-yard bucket, a 160-metric- crewed—and it delivers measurable re- ton capacity, and fully electric plug-in turns to taxpayers. With over $3 billion capability for zero-emission operations. in new vessel investments, record levels

In September 2025, Curtin Maritime of competition, and close cooperation be- expanded further, announcing a $160 tween the federal government and private

Doyle million partnership with Arc, an elec- industry, this sector exempli? es what

William P. Doyle is Chief Executive Of? cer tric power boat building company, to Maritime Made in America truly means.

of the Dredging Contractors of America. He previously served as Executive Director of construct a new ? eet of hybrid-electric As the nation continues to rebuild its the Port of Baltimore and as a U.S. Fed- ship-assist tugboats in collaboration shipyards, expand port capacity, and eral Maritime Commissioner. A graduate of with Snow & Co. Shipyard. Each tug strengthen its maritime workforce, the the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and

Widener University Commonwealth Law will deliver more than 4,000 horsepow- dredging industry will remain at the

School, he is a licensed of? cer in the U.S. er powered by a 6 MWh battery system, heart of that progress—keeping Amer-

Merchant Marine and a member of the Ma- marking a major step toward decarbon- ica’s waterways open, resilient, and rine Engineers’ Bene? cial Association. ized U.S. port operations. ready for the future.

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