Kelly Barnes USA Deputy Secretary for PIANC reminds the dredging community that abstracts for the Smart Rivers 2011 conference are due on January 24 2011. The three-day technical conference will… Read More

Kelly Barnes USA Deputy Secretary for PIANC reminds the dredging community that abstracts for the Smart Rivers 2011 conference are due on January 24 2011. The three-day technical conference will… Read More

While most photos of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico over the summer included pictures of floating boom corralling oil and protecting wetlands and shorelines it is difficult to get an accurate picture of the scope of the containment boom part of the project. As a start this month we relate the experiences of several manufacturers which will give an inside view of how the crisis was handled in these companies. Read More