Despite the recent progress, partnering in the UK continues to mean different things to different people. The difference between project and strategic partnering is fundamental and could reflect the difference between a client's desire to partner on a short-term or long-term basis.

Spillage, defined as the soil that is cut during the dredging process but not sucked up by the suction pipe, reduces the productivity of the cutter suction dredger and therefore needs to be minimised.

There are two types of driving force that urge us to assess the effects of dredge-generated plumes, a genuine concern for the environment and the regulations that forbid us to dredge unless we can demonstrate that harm will not be caused to the environment.

Wetlands are areas of marsh, fen, peat land or water. They are among the most important and productive ecosystems on earth. Human life depends on a complete and fully functioning ecosystem.

The Niger Delta is located in the southern part of Nigeria bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It is a floodplain of over 70,000 sq km. The delta is poorly serviced by roads and is made up of meandering creeks that are highly silted up.

Norwegian gas from the Ekofisk Field lands at Delfzijl, in the north of The Netherlands. The Eems crossing links Phillips Petroleum's gas cleaning and drying plant at Rysumer Nacken, on the German bank, to Delfzijl and the Dutch national gas grid.

In just 32 months, some 200 hectares of land for a new international theme park were reclaimed from the sea - under extremely strict environmental standards.

Overtopping and stability were the two main challenges to designing the crescent shaped breakwater protecting the man-made Palm Island.

An innovative environmental clamshell bucket and mobile dredge cell can generate less turbidity than a traditional silt curtain.

Hamburg's aims are to both clean the River Elbe and treat the dredged material so that it can be put to beneficial use.

A position paper on the new EU Directive from important industry organisations which will certainly be impacted.

This new EU regulation has gone into effect and will have consequences for all of Europe and beyond.

The newly revised, updated version of the IADC/IAPH classic work on port development is now available, illustrated in full colour.

Efforts to increase understanding of sustainable development of water resources remains an urgent issue in Canada and worldwide.

Predicting the transport of sediments in nearshore environments and their affect on coastal stability is essential. This paper, reporting on field experiments in this subject, won the IADC Young Authors Award at COPEDEC IV in Sri Lanka.

At the CEDA Dredging Days conference "Specialist Dredging Techniques, Inspiring Dredging Solutions", an IADC Young Authors Award was presented to a research paper on environmentally sensitive cockle dragheads.

A new, six-sided concrete armour unit provides a cost-effective solution for the age-old challenge of protecting harbours and the shorelines from severe wave action.

The museum has spent a great deal of attention to the creation of the canal and the celebration of its opening in 1869.

Slurry transport is used in dredging and mining to transport solid/liquid mixtures over a long distance and very frequently multiple pumps are utilised.

Two major railway lines, the Betuwe Route (BR) and the High Speed Railway Line (HSL), are currently under construction in The Netherlands.

Building an innovative artificial island shaped like a palm tree in unprotected seas required optimal logistics to avoid risks and meet scheduling goals.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, most dredged material should be regarded as a resource, not a waste, and finding new uses for clean dredged material should be a priority.

The sanitation of a black-point site will provide a much-needed place for the disposal of contaminated dredged material as well as new land for an industrial area.

Clear communication between the dredging industry and the public it serves is not only necessary, it is of benefit to both parties.

To be successful, a modern port must pay attention to the public's justifiable concerns about environment.

For his discussion of mathematical models to manage and analyze erosion and despositions along the coastline, an IADC Young Authors Award was presented to Chakib Biar at the CEDA Dredging Days in Morocco, October 2002.

On the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty between Panama and the United States to build a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the "New Panama Canal" is evaluated.

This winter marks the 50th anniversary of the worse storm ever to hit The Netherlands. Research to prevent its recurrence led to the transformation of the dredging industry.

The question is: How do you create a stable platform when reclaiming sand on a very soft subsoil? Removing the subsoil or placing large amounts of geo-textiles are costly. The answer is: A new method using a custom-built spray pontoon which has proven efficient and economically viable.

Dredging stiff clay is notoriously difficult. A newly patented system using high pressure waterjets in the hopper dredger's draghead has solved several operational problems. For his description of this innovative technique, the author was presented with a 2002 IADC Award at the PIANC Conference in Sydney, Australia.