“This Marlin was designed around requests and requirements from the mining industry,” Wetta said. Its simplicity and transportability make the new Marlin design particularly useful for the mining industry, both in the United States and abroad, said William “Bill” Wetta, DSC’s senior vice president of product development and chief technology officer. In addition, the dredge will be fully transportable via both trucks and shipping containers. The new Marlin design will have a dredging depth capability of 65 feet. The new design, which DSC reports is under construction and will be available in mid-2021, is a 14-inch underwater pump mining dredge equipped with a single 1,125-hp. The Marlin Class dredge is a highly customizable, underwater pump mining dredge that offers a digging depth ranging from 35 feet to 200 feet and discharge sizes from 8 inches to 24 inches. This is going to be fun.”ĭSC Dredge designs and manufactures cutter suction dredges, operating from three manufacturing facilities in Reserve, La., Poplarville, Miss., and Greenbush, Miss.Ĭaption for top photo: Custom-designed 24-inch dual pump Marlin Class dredge will have total installed horsepower of 9,621 hp.Reserve, La.-based DSC Dredge has announced a new addition to its most-purchased product of the past year, the Marlin Class dredge. It doesn’t get much better than partnering with clients that share the same vision, and that’s exactly what we have with Muddy Water Dredging. Muddy Water Dredging has taken steps to bring a new dredge to the industry that will be designed for high production capacity, the latest in dredging technology and an efficient and practical design. The specifications and overall design of the dredge will lend itself to the future of efficient dredge designs while still providing a beast of a dredge. “DSC is extremely excited to partner with Muddy Water Dredging on this new 24-inch dredge build,” said Bob Wetta, president and CEO of DSC Dredge. “I am extremely grateful to everyone involved for all the hard work over the last few months to make this a reality,” Devall added. and fortunate to have an opportunity to incorporate my many years of dredging experience into the design of our new 24-inch cutter-suction dredge,” Kerns said. dredging industry as co-owner and president of Muddy Water Dredging, L.P. “I am extremely proud to re-enter the U.S. The dredge will also be fitted with three 12- by 12-foot offices, a 15- by19-foot meeting/break room, restroom facilities and a 20- by 27-foot lever room. The dredge will be equipped with DSC’s survey-grade DSC Vision package DSC’s Dredge Rx remote monitoring package and DSC’s Dredge Quality Management system for automated Corps of Engineers reporting. It will also have lay-down carriage barge spuds to facilitate transit under low- clearance structures. Its customization features will include a detachable carriage barge, which allows the dredge to quickly convert from a wide-cut configuration to a shorter conventional dredge configuration for work in areas with limited space. From left, Matthew Devall, co-owner and director of Muddy Water Dredging Bob Wetta, president and CEO of DSC Dredge and Michael Kerns, co-owner and president of Muddy Water Dredging. slurry volume, the dredge will have the ability of filling an Olympic-size swimming pool with dredge slurry in 23 minutes and can completely fill an area the size of the New Orleans Superdome in only 23 days. The custom Marlin Class dredge will have an overall length of 371 feet, making it one of the longest 24-inch dredges in the United States with the capability of dredging a 400-foot-wide cut, utilizing an 80-degree swing arc, thus increasing the dredge’s swing/advance efficiency by 5.9 percent. Kerns has almost 20 years’ experience in the dredging industry, having worked at various companies in positions ranging from dredging superintendent to project manager. Before that, he was a corporate controller for Edison Chouest Offshore. Devall is well-known in the dredging industry, having served as chief financial officer of Devall Towing & Boat Service of Hackberry LLC from 2010 through July 2021. Devall bring more than 40 years of experience in the dredging and maritime transportation industry. Muddy Water Dredging LP was established in this year with corporate headquarters located in Orange, Texas. and delivering 6,830 kW of electrical power, is expected to be completed in October 2023. The custom 24-inch diesel-electric design, with a total installed horsepower of 9,621 hp. On October 12, Michael Kerns, president and CEO of Muddy Water Dredging LP, and Bob Wetta, president and CEO of DSC Dredge LLC, announced the launch of a project to build a custom 24-inch dual pump Marlin Class dredge-one of the largest of its kind in the United States-to maintain U.S.
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