The National Stone Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) reminds members that the hotel room block deadline is January 7 for the group’s 2013 Fly-In on February 5 and 6. Reservations… Read More

Dennis Wilmsmeyer president of the Inland Rivers Ports and Terminals association writes: We all know the cost effectiveness of barges and that a 15-barge tow carries the same amount of product as 225 rail cars or nearly 1000 trucks in a far safer and less polluting manner. We certainly have the safest most cost-effective and least polluting transportation mode and we proudly share that with others. Why then is it so darn difficult to get ANY money directed toward maintaining or upgrading our locks and dams? Read More

Dennis Wilmsmeyer president of the Inland Rivers Ports and Terminals association writes: We all know the cost effectiveness of barges and that a 15-barge tow carries the same amount of product as 225 rail cars or nearly 1000 trucks in a far safer and less polluting manner. We certainly have the safest most cost-effective and least polluting transportation mode and we proudly share that with others. Why then is it so darn difficult to get ANY money directed toward maintaining or upgrading our locks and dams? Read More

DREDGING ROUNDUP Latin America

December 10, 2012

News items about Cuba; Puerto Rico; Brazil Uruguay Nicaragua; Panama; Costa Rica; Venezuela; Colombia; Argentina; Bolivia; El Salvador; Suriname Read More

2012 Index of Articles

December 10, 2012

A listing of all articles appearing in IDR in 2012. Key to issue numbers: #1 - January/February; #2 - March/April; #3 - May/June; #4 - July/August; #5 - September/October; #6 - November/December Read More

2012 Index of Articles

December 10, 2012

A listing of all articles appearing in IDR in 2012. Key to issue numbers: #1 - January/February; #2 - March/April; #3 - May/June; #4 - July/August; #5 - September/October; #6 - November/December Read More