FLOATING BOOMS AND BARRIERS

Since 1967, Elastec has manufactured floating booms and barriers through its acquisition of American Marine in Cocoa, Florida. We manufacture floating containment boom for oil spill response, floating trash, debris, and aquatic weed control. For storage, we offer a line of boom reels. For silt and sediment control during dredging and marine construction projects, we manufacture a complete line of  turbidity curtains. We also offer the BoomVane™ to aid in the deployment of containment boom in moving water or with a vessel. Learn about how Elastec’s oil booms meet ASTM and ISO standards, and OPA90 regulations. Fill out our questionnaire and tell us about your project.

Elastec equipment is manufactured to a number of market specific standards, including “Conformite Europeenne” CE.
Note: Due to our extensive range,  this does not apply to all products, please contact us for details.

Explore Our Floating Booms and Barriers

Oil Spill Containment Boom

Floating barriers designed to contain and control oil spills in inland, coastal, and offshore waters.

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Trash and Debris Boom

Floating barriers designed to contain or divert trash, debris, and other floating materials in waterways.

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Turbidity Curtains

Floating curtains designed to control suspended sediment during dredging, marine construction, and remediation projects.

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Sargassum and Invasive Aquatic Plant Boom

Floating barriers designed to contain or redirect sargassum, water hyacinth, and other aquatic vegetation.

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Fire Boom

Fire-resistant containment booms designed to hold floating oil during controlled in-situ burning operations.

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Custom Boom

Custom-designed floating booms, barriers, and curtains manufactured to meet specific project and site requirements.

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Floating Net Boom

Floating net barriers for controlling debris, aquatic plants, and marine life in waterways and designated areas.

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Marine Demarcation and Security

High-visibility floating barriers designed to mark restricted areas and help control vessel access.

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Water Baffles

Floating and fixed baffle systems designed to control water flow and increase retention time in treatment facilities.

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Creek Spill Kit

Portable spill response equipment packaged for rapid oil containment in small streams, creeks, and drainage channels.

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Water Dam

Portable, inflatable barriers designed for temporary spill containment and water flow control in streams and ditches.

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Kepner Plastics Fabricators Products

Specialized containment systems, including auto-inflating booms, designed for oil spill response and other applications.

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Boom and Curtain Accessories

Accessories for deploying, anchoring, connecting, storing, and maintaining floating booms and turbidity curtains.

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BoomVane

Boom deployment equipment designed to position and control containment boom in moving water or from a vessel.

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Boom Reels

Boom reels designed for storage, deployment, and recovery of containment boom during spill response operations.

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Oil Containment Boom

We are an industry leader in the manufacture of oil containment boom. Our standard oil containment boom is always in stock. Elastec offers a wide variety of accessories. We can also manufacture custom boom to fill individual needs. We also offer the BoomVane™ to aid in the deployment of containment boom in moving water or with a vessel.

Trash and Debris Boom

Elastec’s line of floating trash and debris boom is designed to contain or exclude floatables. Whether you are trying to stop debris in waterways or protect beaches from invasive aquatic plants, we can provide a solution that works for you.

Turbidity Curtains

Turbidity curtains, silt curtains, silt screens, silt barriers, or turbidity barriers, as they are sometimes called, are floating barriers used in marine construction, dredging, and remediation projects to control the silt and sediment in a body of water. Elastec turbidity curtains can be set up to keep construction areas in compliance and protect the environment.

Invasive Aquatic Plant Boom

Invasive Aquatic Plant Barriers are used for the control and containment of aquatic plant life. Our floating barriers are designed with an emphasis on improving water quality and are used to maintain a natural, balanced ecosystem. Elastec barriers have recreational, agricultural, and industrial uses and control water born pollutants.

Fire Boom

Elastec is a world leader in the design and manufacture of fire boom. In the summer of 2010, we supported the controlled burn effort in the Gulf of Mexico to minimize the impact from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Several models of fire resistant oil boom were deployed in the early stages of the in-situ burning operation.

Custom Containment Boom

Elastec can manufacture a custom boom, barrier or curtain from geosynthetic materials. Whether it’s aquatic harvesting, floating trash and debris, silt and sediment, oil spills or surface water pollution issues, our custom booms are designed with an emphasis on improving water quality through the reduction and control of pollutants.

Containment Boom Reels

Oil containment boom reels are the fastest and most efficient means for storage, deployment and recovery of longer lengths of boom. Most of our reels have the ability to free-wheel to speed up deployment. Our boom reels may be hydraulic or manually operated and are suitable for both inflatable boom and some models of foam flotation boom.

OPA90 Regulations and ASTM Standards for Elastec Oil Booms

Elastec oil booms are manufactured in accordance with OPA90 regulations and ASTM standards, such as;

• F625/F625M-94(2022) Standard Practice for Classifying Water Bodies for Spill Control Systems
• F715-07(2023) Standard Test Methods for Coated Fabrics Used for Oil Spill Control and Storage
• F818-16(2020) Standard Terminology Relating to Spill Response Booms and Barriers
• F962-04(2023) Standard Specification for Oil Spill Response Boom Connection: Z-Connector
• F1093-99(2023) Standard Test Methods for Tensile Strength Characteristics of Oil Spill Response Boom
• F1523-94(2023) Standard Guide for Selection of Booms in Accordance With Water Body Classifications
• F1599-95(2024) Standard Guide for Collecting Performance Data on Temporary Storage Devices
• F1657/F1657M-96(2024) Standard Practice for Emergency Joining of Booms with Incompatible Connectors
• F2084/F2084M-01(2024) Standard Guide for Collecting Containment Boom Performance Data in Controlled Environments
• F2438-04(2022) Standard Specification for Oil Spill Response Boom Connection: Slide Connector
• F2682-07(2024) Standard Guide for Determining the Buoyancy to Weight Ratio of Oil Spill Containment Boom
• F2683-11(2024) Standard Guide for Selection of Booms for Oil-Spill Response
• F3694-24 Standard Guide for Towing and Anchoring Oil Booms

Elastec oil containment booms conform with ISO standard 17325-1 (2014) Ships and marine technology, Marine environment protection, Oil booms – Part 1: Design requirements & Part 3: End Connectors.

Containment Boom Questionnaire

Thank you for considering Elastec Containment Booms for your project. Please complete a few simple questions that will help define your requirement.

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Will the oil containment boom be used for emergency response or long term installation? Describe the operating environment for the boom (river, harbor, coastal, offshore). What is the current where the boom would be deployed? How deep is the water? Do you have support equipment (boats, etc.)? Do you need inflatable or foam filled boom? (Inflatable boom uses air chambers for flotation and can be stored flatly. Foam-filled boom uses foam logs for flotation.) Do you need a boom reel? (A boom reel saves storage space.) What are the ambient temperatures where you operate?

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