Marine Construction News – Page 178
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NewsEnhancements will reduce waiting time
The Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment in The Netherlands has announced that it is expanding the Maasgeul in order to reduce waiting times for ships entering the Port of Rotterdam.
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NewsMaasvlakte beach making progress
The first part of the new beach along the Maasvlakte 2 container terminal in The Netherlands will be ready for use in May 2012. The rest of the beach will be accessible from November 2012.
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Construction of container terminal in Leeuwarden
In January, MSC got under way with construction of a new container terminal in the Leeuwarden at the Port of Rotterdam. The sheet pile wall is already in place and pile driving has begun.
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Jan de Nul/Boskalis confirm JV in Argentina
Jan de Nul has confirmed that its subsidiary, Compañía Sudamericana de Dragados SA, has been awarded a contract for capital and maintenance dredging in the port of Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
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Besix at work on new Belgian lock
Besix in Belgium says it is due to complete work on a fourth lock at Lanaye in the province of Liège Belgium in 2015. The contract under which it is undertaking the work is worth approximately €102m.
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NewsMasterplan for Dublin Port unveiled
At the end of February, Leo Varadkar, TD, Irelands’s Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, launched Dublin Port Company’s Masterplan 2012 to 2040.
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Contract awarded to widen Amazonehaven
Van Oord and Besix have been awarded a design and construct contract to widen Rotterdam’s Amazonehaven seaport.
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NewsSeaward keeps a ‘Watchful’ eye on growth
The new Seaward 29 Watchful was custom built at Cowes UK by Seaward Marine Ltd to the requirements of the Crouch Harbour Authority for use as a general purpose launch.
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NewsEIAs for marine aggregates licences
Hanson Marine Aggregates Limited has contracted ABPmer to prepare environmental statements to support a programme of marine aggregate licence renewals and applications in the Anglian Marine Aggregate Region.
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NewsDutch – Spanish dredger building flourishing
Damen Dredging Equipment of the Netherlands and Spain’s Astilleros de Murueta are cooperating in the newbuilding of two maintenance trailing suction hopper dredgers and one sand mining hopper.
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NewsCall for Papers for WODCON XX in Brussels
A call for papers has been issued for the World Dredging Congress XX (WODCON XX).
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NewsFines for illegal dumping of toxic silt
The director of a company contracted to carry out work on the development of a marina in Falmouth docks UK has been sentenced at Truro Crown Court.
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NewsFerry refit filmed for BBC screening
Three of the huge P&O car ferries that take millions of holidaymakers abroad every year have had their annual refit at A&P Tyne ship repair yard in the UK.
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NewsApplications submitted for Green Port Hull
In December, Associated British Ports (ABP) and Siemens plc announced that they are submitting applications to Hull City Council for the development of the proposed Green Port Hull facility.
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NewsArmour installed using Echoscope sonar
The latest project involving the use of XBloc armoured units developed by Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) DMC in The Netherlands has seen them successfully trialled at Swinoujscie, Poland.
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HR Wallingford delivers climate change study
International research and consultancy organisation HR Wallingford played a key role in the production of an independent report on the effects of climate change that has just been delivered to the UK government.
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NewsRegional model of Pentland Firth commissioned
The Crown Estate has commissioned ABPmer to develop a regional wave and tidal model for the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters strategic area.
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NewsSassnitz-Mukran expands base role again
The east German Baltic ferry port of Sassnitz-Mukran has already established itself as a base for the production of offshore wind farm components.
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NewsHigh capacity fenders for deepsea port
Trelleborg Marine Systems has been awarded a contract to supply a bespoke solution of 86 super cone fender systems, 59 mooring bollards with a 200 ton capacity, and 41 safety ladders for a UK deep sea container port.
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NewsBelfast investment benefits builders
A £50m investment by Belfast Harbour to develop a new terminal for the assembly of offshore wind turbines is providing a major boost for the Northern Ireland construction and aggregate sectors.
