Marine Construction News – Page 157
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NewsRo-Ro ramp for Tenerife Container Terminal
Spain’s Zamakona Yards carried out the load testing and delivery last month of the movable ramp for the Ro-Ro dock built for the Tenerife Container Terminal, belonging to the OHL Group.
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NewsBlyth builds momentum with marine fuel terminal
The Geos Group, a UK based marine fuel supplier, is building a new marine fuel storage facility at the Port of Blyth’s Bates Terminal.
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NewsPagham Beach scour mitigation scheme underway
Hampshire UK based Earlcoate Construction, specialist in rock armour and coastal defence, was recently awarded the contract to undertake works at Pagham, West Sussex, for Arun District Council.
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NewsIrish houseboat moorings upgraded
Waterways Ireland is upgrading moorings and services on the Grand Canal in Sallins, Co Kildare creating houseboat moorings, to be ready for the new boat season in 2014.
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NewsNew Broads reed bed nears completion
The Broads Authority (UK) has begun the dredging of Heigham Sound signalling final stages of the innovative reed bed creation at Duck Broad, also increasing water depths for small boat owners.
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NewsFunding assistance for Ramsgate expansion
Plans to improve facilities at the Port of Ramsgate have received a boost with the awarding of funding for a feasibility study into expansion that will build on the recent success of this increasingly busy port.
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NewsFehmarnbelt tunnel sediment spill plan
Femern A/S has revealed details of the effects, and how they will deal with the environmental impact of dredging the channel for the immersed sections of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel.
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NewsSmall German yard tackles special projects
Small German shipyard Meidericher Schiffswerft has marked 115 years of operation by completing a series of very different specialist repair, improvement and conversion jobs.
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New contract for Jurong Island extension
Dredging International Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (DIAP), in a joint venture with Starhigh Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, has been awarded a design and build contract for 148ha of land reclamation.
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News‘Plug and play’ dredging for Russian pontoon
Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered a complete trailing pipe including submersed dredge pump to a Russian pontoon.
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NewsIHC to build mega-CSD for Boskalis
IHC Merwede has been awarded the contract for the design, construction and delivery of a 23,684kW self-propelled cutter suction dredger (CSD) from Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis).
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Licensing changes for dredging in England
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is encouraging people and organisations carrying out navigational dredging in England to prepare for changes affecting the activity from April 2014.
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NewsNew CSD to maintain vital depth on Lake Tana
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is experiencing rapid population growth which is placing ever greater demands on the country’s limited water resources due to increasing needs for crop irrigation, drinking water and hydroelectric power.
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NewsFerries converted to meet new rules
Germany’s booming Schiffswerft Diedrich has been busy with ferry ship conversion and modernisation designed to extend operation for old boats after new safety regulations come into force.
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NewsGreen ship breaking comes to Europe
With some 1,400 ships predicted to be consigned to the breakers each year, shipbreaking is an expanding business sector.
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NewsPowerShark eats marine fouling at METS
The PowerShark WB3000 made its first ever showing in continental Europe at the recent METS exhibition in Amsterdam.
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NewsBurgess does double repair contract signings
Britain’s largest independent ship repairer has scored a double by signing new long term contracts with operators Wightlink and Gosport Ferry Ltd.
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News£1.4m repair grant keeps Shieldhall sailing
Ship repair company A&P Falmouth has won a major contract with the Southampton UK based historic steamship SS Shieldhall, which has graced many a Seawork exhibition as an events venue.
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NewsDP World London Gateway Port is open for business
Britain’s new DP World London Gateway Port welcomed its first scheduled container ship, the MOL Caledon from South Africa, on 7 November.
