ABS Expands US Dredger Class Leadership
ABS to Class Second Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company(AMELIA, Louisiana) A second Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC (GLDD) trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) is to be built to ABS Class at Conrad Shipyard. Able to dredge at depths of up to 100 feet, the 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity vessel is expected to deliver in the first quarter of 2025 and will be a sister ship to the Galveston Island, currently under construction at Conrad to ABS Class, with delivery expected in early 2023. Steve Becker, Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering at GLDD,