MoU Signed for Transhipment Hub at Scapa Flow

01 Sep 2003

The next stage in a project to construct the Scapa Flow Container Transhipment Port was initiated in early July, when a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Orkney Islands Council and International Container Hubs Limited (ICHL) was concluded. 

Tri-national Project to Produce Upgraded Rock Manual

01 Sep 2003

Three European countries - the UK, France and the Netherlands, are collaborating to produce an updated manual on the use of rock in hydraulic engineering. 

EU-funded Project Studies Liquefaction Around Marine Structures

01 Sep 2003

Researchers in a number of European countries are working together on an EU-funded project to determine the causes and potential solutions to a problem known as Liquefaction around Marine Structures (or LIMAS) that can affect a wide range of marine structures, potentially causing them to become unstable.