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PD Ports Gets Go Ahead for NGCT
20 Mar 2008
PD Ports (PDP) in the UK has announced that it has received formal planning approval for its Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport in the North East of England.
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Boskalis and Van Oord Sign Contract for Maasvlakte 2
20 Mar 2008
Van Oord and Boskalis in The Netherlands, represented by Van Oord's managing director John van Herwijnen and Boskalis CEO Peter Berdowski, have signed the contract for the Maasvlakte 2 port expansion project at Rotterdam.
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Call for Change in Coastal Management
20 Mar 2008
Professor Kees d’Angremond, a leading consultant on coastal engineering, has called for major change in the way countries and corporations plan, execute and manage coastal development.
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TTS to Supply Linkspans for New Stena Vessels
20 Mar 2008
TTS has been chosen by Stena Line BV to deliver adjustable upper and lower deck linkspans at Hoek van Holland to serve two new vessels now building at AkerYards in Germany as replacements for the two vessels currently serving the Hoek van Holland to Harwich route, Stena Hollandica and Stena Britannica.
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Experts Dazzled by Dubai’s Coastal Vision
20 Mar 2008
In a series of technical tours run in conjunction with the PIANC-COPEDEC VII conference discussed above, participants learned valuable lessons about how projects like Sama Dubai’s Lagoons, Dubai Maritime City, Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali, and Dubai World’s Jebel Ali Port have progressed from conceptual design to practical development.
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New Wave Overtopping Calculation Tools Launched
20 Mar 2008
Projected sea level increases, more intense rainfall and stronger wind speeds are expected to increase flood risk in the future, and understanding the level of risk from waves overtopping seawalls or other structures is a key requirement for effective management of coastal flood defences.





