Marine Construction News – Page 162
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NewsRotterdam increases its crude oil capacity
Changing trading patterns within the crude oil industry have led to changes in tanker berthing and oil storage arrangements at the Port of Rotterdam.
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Dredge Yard delivers custom components
Dredging equipment supplier Dredge Yard is supplying customised dredging components to Bahrain, an Arabian Gulf country in which major dredging and land reclamation projects are underway.
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NewsComplex contaminated spoil removal task
Poole UK based Jenkins Marine recently completed a complex contaminated spoil removal project at Millbay Inner Basin in what was their second involvement in recent years at Plymouth’s Millbay Dock.
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NewsWODA agrees Principles of Sustainable Dredging
The World Dredging Congress and Exhibition (WODCON) in Brussels saw the introduction of new principles for sustainable dredging by the chairman of the WODA and CEDA Environment Commissions, Polite Laboyrie.
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NewsRiver access supports Battersea Bridge refurb
One of the oldest bridges in central London is undergoing a major refurbishment and the only access for materials and personnel during the one year programme will be by water.
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NewsConversion works deliver powerful ERRV
Aberdeen based standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has commissioned what will be the UK’s most powerful emergency response and rescue vessel (ERRV).
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NewsFerry conversion benefits Orkney communities
Birkenhead UK shipyard and engineering firm Cammell Laird has completed a £2.7m contract to update and lengthen the MV Hoy Head car ferry for Orkney Islands Council.
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NewsSee a Specialist Survey Vessel at Seawork
Portchester UK based boatbuilder BWSeaCat Ltd has launched the first in class Specialist Survey Vessel ROV1101 for Norway based clients Robert Sorheim and John Terje of ROVas.
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NewsGerman waterways choose Prolec
Prolec’s ‘Digmaster Pro’ depth monitoring and guidance system has been selected by the German Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration to support a significant fleet upgrade.
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NewsIHC delivers backhoe dredger for Panama Canal
IHC Merwede has delivered the Albert Aleman Zubieta to Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP) in Panama City.
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NewsAn alternative approach to dredging
Italian dredger and dredging equipment builder Italdraghe recently delivered another BDC 200 dredging bucket to a Genoa-based company specialising in dredging works and beach replenishment.
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NewsTenders go out at last for new Canal lock
Tenders have been invited for the construction of a fifth lock on the Kiel Canal in Brunsbuettel, where old locks broke down in March halting shipping on the world’s busiest man-made waterway.
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NewsTroubled JWP looks to long term success
Despite teething problems and initial poor business, officials at Germany’s new €950m deepwater JadeWeserPort (JWP) container terminal are going ahead with a study into future expansion.
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NewsEngineering opus to historic River Thames
Multi-disciplinary Opus International Consultants (Opus) has been involved in an array of schemes focussed on preserving the important maritime infrastructure on the River Thames, in and around the Pool of London.
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NewsPontoon departs for Humberside ro-ro terminal
A huge reinforced concrete pontoon weighing almost 7,000 tonnes has floated out of dry dock on the north bank of the Tyne, marking a major milestone in a £25m Humberside port development.
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NewsBarge innovation helps build Bordeaux bridge
Bringing in the 6,600 tonne steel sections of the recently opened Bacalan-Bastide elevating bridge from Italy to Bordeaux in France required the kind of innovative approach that is becoming common with the rise in large-scale structures.
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NewsCoastal defence improvements for Hayling beach
A major coastal defence project has been awarded to Ringwood Hampshire based Raymond Brown Construction by Havant Borough Council.
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Lerwick’s new fish quay takes shape
Good progress is being made with Lerwick Port Authority’s new quay development at the site of a future fishmarket building.
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Forth Replacement Crossing reaches milestone
The new Forth Crossing has reached a major milestone with completion of the central tower foundations on Beamer Rock.
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New yacht harbour for Westhoek Marina’s NV
A brand new yacht harbour is to be built by Westhoek Marina’s nv in Nieuwpoort Belgium, part of the wide-ranging Flanders Yacht Valley Project.
