EuDA at a glance
The European Dredging Association (“EuDA”), which celebrated its 30th Anniversary in 2023, was founded in 1993 as a non-profit industry organisation for European dredging companies and related organisations to interface with the various European Union’s Institutions, including the European Parliament. EuDA is registered in the EU transparency register as Interest Representative Nr. 2492574893-58.
Dredging activities are not well known by the wider public, but as a matter of fact, the European dredging companies, members of EuDA, are world market leaders with about 80% share of the (open) world dredging market and a turnover of 14.6 bn Euro in 2024. Although 70% of operations take place outside Europe, 90% of the returns flow back to Europe. EuDA members employ approximately 30,000 European employees directly “on board of the ships and on land” and more than 60,000 people indirectly (through the suppliers and services companies). The combined fleet of EuDA’s members counts approximately 750 seaworthy EU flagged ships.
