Dredging that changes the usefulness of a waterfront.
Boat slips, marinas, shorelines, canals, and subdivision access. Shore Tech's precision dredge operates from sectional barges with 660′ of floating forage pipe — pumping dredged material to where it's needed, instead of hauling it away by truck.
A 4″ excavator-mounted dredge on sectional barges.
Small to medium precision dredging. Designed for boat slips, marina basins, narrow shorelines, and projects where a conventional cutterhead would be the wrong tool. The 660′ floating forage pipe lets dredged material be deposited where it's useful — behind a bulkhead, raising upland, or to a remote spoils site.
- Dredge head4″ excavator-mounted
- Float line660′ forage pipe
- BargingSectional modular
- ProductionUp to 400 yd³/day*
- Backfill reusePumped, not hauled
- ApplicationSlips · canals · marinas
*Production depends on material type, pump distance, head differential, and site conditions. Every dredge plan is sized to the specific waterfront.
Where precision dredging earns its name.
Boat slip dredging
Restoring depth inside slips and under boathouses without rebuilding the structure.
Marina basins
Channel and basin maintenance for marinas, fueling docks, and commercial slips.
Shoreline restoration
Reclaiming usable shoreline lost to silt, erosion, or shoaling.
Backfill & landfill
Raising property behind bulkheads using pumped dredge material.
HOA & subdivision
Shared shorelines, canal maintenance, recurring silt removal.
Silt removal
Fine-material removal from shallow nearshore areas.
Canal & access channel
Restoring access channels for waterfront subdivisions and developments.
Under boathouses
Working dredge head into spaces a conventional barge cannot reach.
Barge-mounted, crewed, and sized to reach tight water.
The dredge runs off sectional modular barges that can be configured for narrow canals, boat slips, and shallow nearshore work a conventional cutterhead would never fit. A small crew positions the head precisely where depth needs to be restored.
- Sectional modular barges
- 4″ excavator-mounted head
- 660′ floating forage pipe
- Boat slips & canals
- Marina basins
- Under-boathouse reach
Pumped beats hauled.
Trucking dredged material off-site means convoys of dump trucks through the neighborhood and a disposal bill that rivals the dredge itself. Pumping material through 660 feet of floating pipe — to a bulkhead reclaim, an upland spoils area, or a property-raising backfill site — eliminates the truck traffic and turns the spoils into a useful resource.
See bulkhead reclaim →Have a slip, basin, or canal to scope?
Send photos, depths if you have them, and a description of access — we'll walk through what's realistic.