McDougall Acquires DMC

November 30, 2010

Nashville-based John W. McDougall Co. Inc. has purchased Dredge & Marine Corporation (DMC) which is headquartered in Mt. Juliet Tennessee. Read More

DSC Dredge LLC continues to ship dredges to international customers in an expansion that is an evolution of the companys culture. DSC Dredge LLC includes Dredging Supply Company Inc. Best Equipment M&S Equipment Better Dredges Inc. W&S Dredge Manufacturer Reliable Gulf South LLC Dredge Surplus and Dragados Sud-America (DSA). Over the summer DSC delivered a Marlin class dredge and work boat to Azikel Dredging & Construction of Yenagoa Nigeria and spent several weeks testing and preparing the equipment for its rigorous work schedule. Read More

On July 23 DSC reported that in the first two quarters of the year they had exported delivered and commissioned 18 projects internationally. For 2010 the company expects to exceed its 2009 performance in revenues and number of projects completed. Read More

During his November visit as part of the National Export Initiative President Obama noted that Indiawith its tremendous economic growth and its large and growing middle classis a key market for U.S. exports. Those exports are generating jobs in every corner of the United States and across every major sector. These involve some of our countrys largest companies but also an increasing number of small and medium-sized enterprises stated a White House press release which mentioned Ellicott's delivery of two dredges to Maharashtra Maritime Board in India. Read More

While most photos of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico over the summer included pictures of floating boom corralling oil and protecting wetlands and shorelines it is difficult to get an accurate picture of the scope of the containment boom part of the project. As a start this month we relate the experiences of several manufacturers which will give an inside view of how the crisis was handled in these companies. Read More

In April 1789 on the way to his first inauguration in New York George Washington stopped in Wilmington Delaware to meet with the Delaware Society for Promoting Domestic Manufactures. He… Read More

Don King has been in the dredging business for 50 years and plans to continue in the business as executive vice president of Dredge & Marine Corporation which he sold to John W. McDougall Co. Inc. in September. This article re-caps his career in the process describing the histories of AMMCO Dixie Dredge Corporation DredgeMasters International and Dredge & Marine Corp. Read More

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