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Maritime Maters

Mega Machines & Manson Construction

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

February 13, 2025

In this episode of Maritime Matters:

Manson Construction is a U.S. Jones Act dredging and marine construction firm, founded in 1905 and family owned until converting to an employee-owned company in 2012. Fred Paup, Chairman of the Board, EVP, discussed with Maritime Matters: The MarineLink Podcast, to drivers for this multi-billion dollar company in 2025 and beyond, from finding and retaining the best crews, to the construction of the $200 million+ 15,000 cu. yd. hopper dredge in Brownsville, Texas – the Frederick Paup – a dredge that Paup says will be “the Cookie Monster of beach replenishment,” and including too its work with C-Job to design a next generation Cutter Suction Dredge.


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