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TTS Builds Key Port Structures
21 Feb 2008
TTS Port Equipment is building a new passenger gangway as part of the ambitious new development at Port of Risavika in Stavanger, Norway. The port has acquired 400,000m2 of land for development, including a new ferry terminal for vessels with passenger and rolling cargo, a container terminal and an LNG terminal.
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Hutchison to Develop Plan for Irish Port
21 Feb 2008
Bremore Ireland Port Ltd, the joint venture between Drogheda Port Company and Castle Market Holdings Ltd, has announced that it plans to develop a Port Master Plan with Hutchison Westports Ltd for the new €300m deepwater port at Bremore in north County Dublin.
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Atkins Selected for New Chinese Port
21 Feb 2008
Atkins has been selected to design a major new container port in China. The project is at Mei Shan Island, about 25 km northeast of Ningbo and will be potentially one of the most important bonded container ports in China. A manufacturing zone will also feature, as well as business, research and design districts, and leisure facilities.
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Maltese Project Gets Go-Ahead
21 Feb 2008
Malta's House of Representatives has unanimously approved a motion to allow an extension of Malta Freeport through land reclamation. The motion also makes possible an extension of the lease of the facility to French group CMA CGM by 35 years to 65 years.
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Boskalis and Dredeco to Do Newcastle Dredging
21 Feb 2008
Royal Boskalis Westminster and DEME Group's Australian subsidiary Dredeco have secured a large scale joint venture dredging contract for the expansion of the coal export harbour at Newcastle in Australia.
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Expansion Plan for Cape Town Unveiled
21 Feb 2008
Cape Town, South Africa's second largest port, has launched a US$613m expansion project to increase terminal handling capacity and improve port infrastructure. The move comes after Cape Town posted a 13% increase in volume last year.
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DEME Secures Another Australian Project
21 Feb 2008
DEME, the Belgian dredging contractor, has been awarded a contract to deepen a berth at Fisherman’s Island, Gladstone in Queensland, Australia.





