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Welcome to Seven in Seven, where each Thursday in this space we would typically take a look at concerts coming to the region over the next week. With most shows on hold due to the pandemic, here’s a look at seven of the best albums being released April 16: Alaskan Tapes — "For Us Alone" The moniker Alaskan Tapes represents Toronto-based composer Brady Kendall’s ever-evolving ambient music project. He wrote the nine songs on "For Us Alone" in three groups of three, and as a res...

Photo(s) by Moran Iron Works Moran Iron Works and Ann Arbor-based Watermaster NA have partnered in a venture to manufacture the unique Finnish-engineered AMD 5000 amphibious dredging machine in North America.  The Watermaster machine has been sold worldwide for thirty years but not in the U.S.A. due to an import policy called the Jones Act.  Because the AMD 5000 is now made in the U.S., it is a fully Jones Act-compliant vessel and is now available for purchase throughout the country. The two...

Special to the Record-Eagle/Watermaster North America The Watermaster AMD 5000 Amphibious Multipurpose Dredging machine can maneuver on land by using a pair of stern-mounted struts and its hydraulic work arm to lift, push, pull and drag itself. Photos special to the Record-Eagle/Watermaster North America ONAWAY — Moran Iron Works partnered with Ann Arbor-based Watermaster NA to manufacture an amphibious dredging machine. A version of the vessel has been in use worldwide for three decades, ...

Moran Iron Works, Watermaster NA join forces December 17, 2020, by Eldin Ganic Moran Iron Works and Ann Arbor-based Watermaster NA have partnered in a venture to manufacture the Finnish-engineered AMD 5000 amphibious dredging machine in North America.  The Watermaster machine has been sold worldwide for thirty years but not in the U.S.A. due to an import policy called the Jones Act.  Because the AMD 5000 is now made in the U.S., it is a fully Jones A...

Versatile AMD 5000 is capable of undertaking a broadrange of waterway remediation tasks Moran Iron Works, Onaway, Mich., has partnered with Ann Arbor, Mich., based Watermaster NA to manufacture a Jones Act compliant version of the Finnish-engineered AMD 5000 amphibious dredging machine. The video embedded below gives an insight into the capabilities of the machine, which has been successful worldwide for 30 years. The first American-manufactured Jones Act AMD 5000 is already under construction ...