Weeks orders 2nd dredge from ESC

Dredging contractor Weeks Marine of Covington, La., has ordered a new trailer suction-hopper dredger from Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) to be delivered in early 2023. The new dredge, RB Weeks, is to be constructed at Eastern's Allanton shipyard in Panama City, Fla. The RB Weeks is to be a sister ship to the ESG-built twin screw TSHD Magdalen placed into service in 2018. The shipbuilding order, signed April 16, 2020, adds to billions of dollars in capital investments made recently by the American dredging industry, according to the industry group Dredging Contractors of America. “This is the third major capital construction shipbuilding project in as many years for Weeks Marine,” said William P. Doyle, CEO of Dredging Contractors of America. In addition to RB Weeks and Magdalen, Weeks placed into service its new cutter-suction dredge, CSD JS Charity, built last August at C&C Shipyard in Belle Chase, La. (Source: Marine Link 04/23/20) https://www.marinelink.com/news/weeks-marine-orders-new-dredger-eastern-477885?utm_source=MT-ENews-2020-04-23&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MT-ENews.