MEMBERSHIP

There are two categories of membership: ordinary and corporate. Ordinary membership is open to professionals from any sector or discipline related to dredging. It is personal and non-transferable. (Students may enjoy the same benefits as other ordinary members at a special discounted rate). Corporate membership is open to organisations, companies, institutions, and partnerships.

Members are drawn from many fields and include :

Designers, builders and suppliers of dredging vessels and ancillary equipment
Dredging contractors
Port, maritime and navigational authorities, government departments and public works
Consultants
Research and educational institutes
Towage companies, media, insurers
Associations

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

Access to the very latest technical and scientific advances, legal and regulatory developments, expertise and experience world-wide
Possibilities for exchanging ideas and networking internationally
Opportunities to attend technical meetings and site visits organised by National Sections
Representation to government as well as national and international regulatory bodies on matters affecting the profession
Opportunities for serving those collective interests of members which can not be efficiently pursued by individual action
Free subscription to the monthly magazine, Dredging and Port Construction
Reduced rates for attending congresses, courses and seminars organised by CEDA and sister dredging associations, EADA and WEDA
Reduced rates for CEDA publications.

Corporate membership includes all the above, plus the provision of information on the activities and services of members to other members and non-member organisations.