How Dangerous Is It to Work on a Dredge?

Maritime Accidents

Picture a cutter suction dredge working a shipping channel near the Port of Mobile at two in the morning. The cutterhead grinds into the bottom, slurry races through pipelines under pressure, and a deckhand crosses a wet, cluttered deck while the vessel shifts on its spuds. One slip, one snapped line, one swing of a loaded bucket, and a […]