Marine Construction News – Page 179
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NewsPlans unveiled for €13m Elbe harbour revamp
Plans for one of the biggest port related construction projects ever undertaken in the Elbe community of Wedel-Schulau on the western outskirts of Hamburg have been outlined by local authorities.
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NewsShoreham focuses on sustainability
Shoreham Port Authority in the UK is embarking on a ten year investment to become a major centre for low carbon energy and sustainability.
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NewsDutch consortium for Vietnam’s Delta Plan
The Dutch government’s NL Agency has awarded a contract for the provision of consultancy services for the Mekong Delta Plan in Vietnam to a consortium headed by consultancy and engineering firm DHV.
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NewsBig investment continues as Rostock grows
Port development company Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock invested more than €55m in the infrastructure of the seaport last year.
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NewsVersatile Voe Earl sails into service from Hardinxveld
Based at Lerwick, Shetland, Delta Marine Ltd operates tugs and workboats, chartering vessels to the dredging and marine civil engineering industries.
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NewsSailship work points up German know how
Repair and maintenance work on two of the best known sail training ships afloat is once again calling upon hard to beat traditional know how in an otherwise struggling German shipbuilding industry.
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NewsGreenforce ball joint diverts dredge flow
Amsterdam based Vosta LMG launched a new, patented ball joint design at the recent Europort exhibition in Rotterdam.
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NewsNew tug delivered for Waterways Ireland
Waterways Ireland has taken delivery of its third vessel from Mooney Boats Ltd of Killybegs, also in Ireland.
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NewsPort of Grimsby gears up for £25m expansion
Associated British Ports says the development of a new terminal, the Grimsby River Terminal (GRT) “will herald the largest ever capital investment in the Port of Grimsby.”
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NewsPressure for Falmouth Docks development
Liberal Democrat MEP for Cornwall Sir Graham Watson has called on common sense to prevail surrounding the delays to the Falmouth Docks regeneration project.
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NewsWork starts on second Antwerp lock
The authorities in Flanders and the Port of Antwerp have provided an update on the construction of the new lock that will serve the port.
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NewsHRW brings DRL Software in-house
HR Wallingford, the international hydraulic and environmental engineering consultancy, has acquired UK based DRL Software.
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Abu Dhabi does CEDA-IADC dredging training
The training course Environmental Aspects of Dredging, jointly developed and presented by the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), was held last month in Abu Dhabi.
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NewsSS Shieldhall still defying the odds
Visitors to the Seawork exhibition will not be strangers to SS Shieldhall, the largest surviving 1950’s seagoing steamship operated by volunteers in the UK, or their efforts to keep the vessel alive.
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NewsTTS completes Loch Ryan Port infrastructure
TTS has completed work on the infrastructure for Stena Line’s purpose built port, located 10km north of its previous location in Stranraer, Scotland.
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NewsEco Xblocs provide good marine habitat
The results of the final year of monitoring of the ‘Rich Dike’ project at IJmuiden in the Netherlands have been published and seem to show that the specially designed Xblocs used at the port encourage marine life.
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NewsLightweight underlay keeps RFA ship trim
Southampton based marine outfitters Trimline was contracted recently to carry out some refurbishment on RFA Black Rover, a fleet tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
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NewsCustom refit of a boat for the Pope
When the Pope visited Venice earlier this year no exceptions were made to the rule that no vehicles are allowed in Venice, which ruled out the Popemobile for transport.
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NewsMarine aggregates biodiversity strategy
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) has launched a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP).
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NewsSpecial overhauls keep German yards busy
A demand for maintenance and repair on a string of special vessels, mainly research ships, kept prominent small German shipyards busy as the old year waned and in some cases into this new year.
