Barrow to Get 400-berth Marina

01 Dec 2003

Barrow-in-Furness in the northwest of the UK is to have a 400-berth marina built as part of a wide-ranging £40 million plan to regenerate the town. If the project as a whole goes ahead as planned, it should create many jobs and bring hundreds of acres of dockland back to life, says the agent for Cumbria County Council leading the project, West Lakes Renaissance. 

Morley Announce £17m Coastal Defences

01 Dec 2003

A £17 million coastal defence scheme in the UK is to get more than £12 million in Government grant aid, Floods Minister Elliot Morley has announced. 

Innovative Technology Employed at Port of Cartagena

01 Dec 2003

An innovative solution has been adopted to speed up the construction of new jetties at the Spanish port of Cartagena, in the province of Murcia in the south of Spain. 

Shipyards Could Become Sites for Marinas

01 Dec 2003

Two former shipyards in the UK, one in the northeast and one on the south coast, could become sites for new marinas. 

Aggregates Researchers Take to the SandPit

01 Dec 2003

A 17-strong consortium of experts at well known universities' research organisations is now approximately 12 months into a major EU-funded modelling programme to assess the effects of offshore dredging on coastlines Demand for North Sea sand is likely to increase in coming decades, for use as beach and sand dune nourishment as well as to meet demand from large-scale European construction projects, and many conservationists argue that sand extraction can exacerbate coastal erosion. 

Qatar to Build a New Airport on Reclaimed Land

01 Dec 2003

Qatar is set to build a new airport which will be sited partly on land reclaimed from the sea, at a cost of US$2 billion, according to an announcement made by Qatar Airways earlier this week. 

EA Celebrates Award for Littlestone Sea Defence Scheme

01 Dec 2003

The Environment Agency in the UK says a major sea defence scheme it executed on the Kent coast - the Littlestone sea defence scheme - has won a major environmental engineering award.