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In 2017, a petrochemical customer approached Ellicott Dredges about building a customized electric Bucketwheel dredge. The customized dredge had to be designed to withstand desert-like conditions.  The customer chose Ellicott Dredges based upon Ellicott’s experience and reputation for designing and building dredges to work in difficult and challenging environments. Discovering the Solution to a Challenging Problem The most significant challenge facing the team from Ellicott was the ability to transport a 1MM lb. (453,592.3 kg) dredge halfway around...Continue Reading

Ellicott Dredges recently hosted a team of officials from Malawi’s Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO, LTD). During their two week visit, our distinguished guests participated in dredge operation, engine care, hydraulic control systems,  and other dredge training programs that prepared them to independently operate a dredge that Ellicott Dredges is currently building for them. The Dredge Training Process As part of the training process representatives from Ellicott Dredges escorted the team from EGENCO to Ingleside, Maryland, where they learned...Continue Reading

Ellicott parent Markel Corporation moves up on Fortune 500 list The $1,000 stock club just welcomed another member. On the heels of Amazon.com and Alphabet passing the $1,000 mark, a far-less prominent company called Markel just crossed the threshold too. It hit a new all-time high of $1,000.06 early in Monday trading. For the year, Markel’s stock is up about 11%. According to the latest list of Fortune 500 largest US companies, just published, Markel has moved up from #486 to #460. Key achievements...Continue Reading

WISCONSIN, USA – Ellicott Dredge Technologies (EDT) introduces the new Mud Cat MC-275D as the flagship auger dredge to lead its Mud Cat product line. The modernized Mud Cat MC-275D is a modular system that offers unique cutting, pumping, and propulsion features at an affordable price. “We designed a dredge system that can work in both hard and soft materials, dredge abrasive material and harvest vegetation, operate at 25 ft. (7.6 m) depth with positive down force, work in...Continue Reading

NEW RICHMOND, WI USA – Ellicott Dredge Technologies (EDT) is pleased to announce new technology that will minimize down time by greatly reducing pump and cutterhead clogs in debris rich environments. EDT, through its IMS and Mud Cat™ product lines, is now offering the self-cleaning debris guard called the “Pump Defender” (patent pending) on its entire horizontal cutterhead product line. The Pump Defender is an advanced version of an auger cutterhead (horizontal cutterhead) debris screen that is designed to...Continue Reading