Queen's Award Dropped on Rock Fall

01 Jun 2005

Scottish specialists in underwater drilling and blasting, Rock Fall Company Ltd , has won this year's Queen's Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. 

'Ghost Ships' Yard Tries to Catch the Wind

01 Jun 2005

The UK Government's Environment Agency as well as its statutory ecology adviser English Nature are both formally objecting to an application for a new waste management license from Able UK for its proposed £25m Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre (TERRC) at Seaton Port Graythorp. 

Barrow Windfarm Works Underway

01 Jun 2005

Marine Projects International Limited won the £20 million contract last month for the offshore construction phase of the Barrow Offshore Windfarm .The contract for Vestas Kellogg Brown & Root (VKBR) was won despite stiff competition from European rivals and includes the transportation of foundations from Belgium, operation of the onshore base in Belfast, and offshore installation of foundations, turbines, sub-station, inter-turbine cables, and the main transmission cable to shore. 

Land & Water to Unlock Waterways Freight Potential

01 Jun 2005

Specialist contractor Land & Water Group has been appointed by British Waterways to play a major role in an £1.6 million initiative to revive commercial traffic on West London's canals. 

Pontoon Project transforms Thames Terminal

01 Jun 2005

UK marine engineers Houlder Limited have completed a residential pontoon contract at Wandsworth on London's River Thames. Houlder have installed the mooring facility for river residents, providing quick access to central London. 

Jack-ups Conduct Wind Farm Investigations

01 Jun 2005

Fugro Engineering Services (FES) and Alluvial Mining Ltd have been employed by Offshore Windpower Ltd to determine ground conditions at the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farm site off the Lincolnshire UK coast approximately 8 km east of Skegness. 

ICC Calls for Investment in Ports

01 Jun 2005

As highlighted on page 97, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has issued a statement in which it says it is concerned about the inadequacy of infrastructure serving many ports worldwide, a problem which it believes is threatening the smooth flow of global trade, and has called on the industry to act now to expand freight transport infrastructure, reducing congestion on roads and railways to ports and eliminating bottlenecks. 

Big Business in Bespoke Pontoons

01 Jun 2005

Hampshire UK based pontoon innovator Intermarine is celebrating the completion of over £1.5 million of bespoke projects in the last 12 months at sites ranging from Scotland to Cornwall, with each designed to meet the specific environmental and operational requirements of a diverse group of clients. 

£5 Million Redevelopment for Port of Teignmouth

01 Jun 2005

Associated British Ports (ABP) will invest £5 million in a major redevelopment of port operations at Teignmouth in Devon on the back of long term contracts with existing and new customers. 

New Reclamation Project Proposed in Bahrain

01 Jun 2005

Gulf Finance House BSC (GFH), one of the leading Islamic investment banks in the Middle East, and Bahrain-based Dala Development Properties Management Co WLL (Dala Development), have announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop Two Seas - an 11 million square metre freehold island project, which will be built on a man-made island located north east of the Kingdom of Bahrain. 

Port Construction Funding for Merseyside

01 Jun 2005

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announced £17 million of funding last month for the construction of a 250m extension to Liverpool's Pier Head which will be used as a new cruise liner facility. 

Jan de Nul Starts Trenching Work for Langeled Project

01 Jun 2005

Work on excavating a trench to the landfall for the Langeled gas trunkline is well under way on the seabed off Easington on the east coast of the UK, with Jan de Nul 's dredger J F J de Nul dredger excavating the trench. 

European Ports 'Could Become Bottlenecks of World Trade'

01 Jun 2005

The 24th Bi-annual Conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH), which took place in Shanghai 21-27 May, marking the 50th anniversary of the organisation, concluded with a stark warning for European ports. 

Berthing Gains as Sovereign Harbour Grows

01 Jun 2005

Extending a successful long term partnership, Sovereign Harbour has commissioned Walcon Marine to install pontoon equipment for a further 80 berths in its North Harbour at Eastbourne. 

Tidal Current Breakthrough in Orkney with 'Sea Snail'

01 Jun 2005

The Robert Gordon University Sea Snail , designed as a support system for tidal current energy devices, was towed out of Stromness Harbour last month and successfully installed in Burra Sound, Orkney. 

Green Light for the World's First Commercial Wave Farm

01 Jun 2005

Edinburgh based Ocean Power Delivery (OPD) signed an order last month with a Portuguese consortium led by Enersis to build the initial phase of the world's first commercial wave farm to generate renewable energy from ocean waves. 

Swedish Ports Building to Win

01 Jun 2005

The Municipality of Gavle in Sweden is investing 6.5m in the Port of Gavle to create a new quay and for dredging in order to allow calls by larger container ships. Together with investments in new container cranes by Gavle Containerterminal AB , the works will result in a capacity increase from the present 70,000 boxes per year to 170,000.