

EPA Tier IV compliant engines to significantly reduce the vessel’s climate footprint. The dredges will be equipped with a direct high-power pump-ashore installation, dredging system automation, dynamic positioning and tracking, and U.S. The new dredge, named the Galveston Island, is one of two 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity Trailing Suction Hopper Dredges supporting the modernization of Great Lakes’ dredging fleet. Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the U.S., has announced the launch of the first of two newbuild hopper dredges under construction at Conrad Shipyard in Amelia, Louisiana.
