Corn Island Shipyard, Grandview,Ind has actually introduced the 6,000 cu.yd, Jones Act certified hydraulic dump scow ES15 for San Rafael, Calif., headquartered Dutra Group,
The barge has actually been christened and also appointed and also will certainly complete sea tests and also added screening today. Next week the ES15 will certainly head to Massachusetts to to deal with the Boston Harbor Deepening Project.
Corn Island Shipyard (CIS) is a leading contractor of custom-made barges and also specialized aquatic frameworks. CIS has actually attained prestige by generating vessels with a high level of automation, utilizing a very experienced labor force, and also using internal style and also design making use of state of the market 2D and also 3D style programs. CIS has actually created custom-made aquatic vessels for consumers on both the East, Gulf and also West Coasts, the Gulf and also in a lot of states on the inland river system. Corn Island Shipyard focuses on the manufacture of custom-made developed items for both sea solution and also inland river solution.
“Dutra Group has invested in the construction of a new state of the art Jones Act hydraulic scow barge — it will be immediately put to good use on the Boston Harbor Navigation Improvement Project,” claimed William P. Doyle, Chief Executive Officer of the Dredging Contractors ofAmerica “The U.S. Jones Act dredging industry is building ships and equipment like never before. We use shipyards all across the United States who employ hard working folks like those who live and work in the Grandview, Indiana area.”
The continuous Phase 2 of Boston Harbor includes digging up 11.7 million cubic backyards of silt, blue clay, till and also weather-beaten rock. The $122.2 million agreement was granted to the Joint Venture ofCashman Dredging Inc and also Dutra Group in February 2018. Construction began in July 2018 and also is prepared for to be finished in October 2021
