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

DSC Dredge LLC continues to ship dredges to international customers in an expansion that is an evolution of the companys culture. DSC Dredge LLC includes Dredging Supply Company Inc. Best Equipment M&S Equipment Better Dredges Inc. W&S Dredge Manufacturer Reliable Gulf South LLC Dredge Surplus and Dragados Sud-America (DSA). Over the summer DSC delivered a Marlin class dredge and work boat to Azikel Dredging & Construction of Yenagoa Nigeria and spent several weeks testing and preparing the equipment for its rigorous work schedule. 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

Oiled Turtles Rescued

October 13, 2010

By September 8 the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans had provided care to 190 sea turtles losing only three reported Meghan Calhoun of the Institute. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been slowly releasing some of the turtles off the West Coast of Florida she said. Read More

Oiled Turtles Rescued

October 13, 2010

By September 8 the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans had provided care to 190 sea turtles losing only three reported Meghan Calhoun of the Institute. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been slowly releasing some of the turtles off the West Coast of Florida she said. Read More