Marine Construction News – Page 159
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NewsBuesum eliminates berth bottlenecks
Fishing fleet berthing bottlenecks which have plagued the small German North Sea port of Buesum in recent years have been eliminated with the completion of a new quay.
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NewsBidding starts to protect London from floods
The Environment Agency has started a bidding process for a multi-million pound contract to manage London’s tidal flood risk.
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NewsDredged material guidelines adopted by IMO
The 35th Consultative Meeting of the Parties of the London Convention 1972 and London Protocol have adopted Guidelines for Assessment of Dredged Material.
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NewsSundsvall Bridge sections’ maritime challenge
There’s no doubt that the Sundsvall Bridge, Sweden, is going to be striking.
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NewsSpecial boat services keep Germans busy
Germany’s biggest sea rescue ship Hermann Helms and the prominent fisheries protection ship Seefalke are among specialist tonnage overhauled of late and keeping small shipyards busy at both ends of the German Baltic.
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NewsEuropean ports ready for the Maersk giants
European container ports are now gaining first-hand experience of Maersk’s Triple-E container ships with delivery and entry into service of Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller, first of twenty such vessels on order.
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NewsDemand drives Brake port extension
The Weser port of Brake is inaugurating a new warehouse complex, the Halle Nord, this month
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Busy year for QuayQuip
UK based fender supply company QuayQuip may operate globally but this year they have been busy with orders closer to home on every Scottish coastline with work underway at Cairnryan, Fraserburgh and Sconser.
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Important marina development for Barcelona
The Port of Barcelona has approved the awarding of a tender to build and operate a pleasure boat marina at the North Entrance Mouth, intended to be a key element in the maritime expansion of the area.
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NewsOdfjell reserves land for Le Havre bulk liquid terminal
Odfjell Terminals Europe has signed an agreement with Grand Port Maritime du Havre (GPMH) for the reservation of a plot of land to be developed into a bulk liquid terminal.
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NewsEssex sea defence scheme gets green light
The UK Environment Agency (EA) has given the go-ahead for a £36m sea defence scheme for the Essex coast aimed at protecting over 3,000 homes for the next 100 years.
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NewsFrisian islanders complete new storm barriers
Officials on the German North Sea island of Borkum in the Ems Estuary have inaugurated new storm protection barriers after two and a half years of complex building.
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NewsGraf Goetzen turns 100 as overhaul efforts stall
In the 1950s cinema classic African Queen, gin drinking Humphrey Bogart, bible punching Katherine Hepburn and a clapped out river boat join forces to sink a German gunboat in the middle of Africa during WW1.
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NewsConversion of the Ocean Troll
MMS Ship Repair, based in Hull UK, has recently completed a conversion to the Atlantic Offshore Rescue vessel Ocean Troll.
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NewsThird dry dock for Shipyard De Schroef
Shipyard De Schroef of Sas van Gent in the Netherlands has bought an additional dry dock (Dock B) from Shipyard Myklebust of Gursken in Norway.
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NewsNew overhaul for Gorch Fock
Germany’s most famous sail training ship, Gorch Fock, has undergone its latest annual overhaul and it looks as though the work has not cost as much as it did last year.
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NewsRo-Ro installation at Kiel’s Ostuferhafen
The RoRo facility for Berth No. 1 has been completely refurbished at ADM Kiel by Nobiskrug GmbH and installed.
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NewsFloating terminal proposal for Scapa Flow
Orcades Marine, an Orkney based marine consultancy company, is about to commence a research and development study on the prospect of a Floating Container Storage and Transhipment Terminal (FCSTT) in Scapa Flow.
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NewsBankruptcy threatens Danish harbour projects
Lyngby Denmark based construction company, E. Pihl & Søn AS has filed for bankruptcy, threatening a number of major projects including works at Aarhus and Copenhagen harbours.
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New ferry harbour for Lavik
NCC Construction Norway is to build a new ferry harbour and two new bridges at Lavik north of Bergen in Norway.
