Marine Civils

Turbine installation has begun at a 950MW offshore wind farm in the UK following the arrival of an installation vessel key to this phase of construction.

According to Nektarios Mitsokapas, The Red Sea Project, currently under construction on the coast of Saudi Arabia, is one of the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism projects.

180,000 cubic metres of dredged material are currently being reused as filling material in the construction of the Port of Gothenburgs next major investment.

A concrete additive from an Australian company that enhances compressive strength and other key characteristics is finding many uses in and around the Port of Savannah, Georgia, USA.

Silt curtains – turbidity barriers – are typically used to contain silt spread around dredging and land reclamation sites, said Chris Reeder of Ecocoast.

Accessing the underside of a rail bridge over fast flowing water for a recent rail upgrade required some out of the box thinking.

A €500 million widening project just inaugurated on Germany’s Kiel Canal is but one part of an extensive €2.6 billion upgrade of the world’s busiest man-made waterway, writes Tom Todd.

M&CCE exhibitor Arch Henderson has filled us in on its key parts in the long-running £350 million Aberdeen Harbour expansion project.

Associated British Ports is to open a new next-generation-ready and open access cruise terminal for the 2021 cruise season in Southampton.

An international consortium, brought together by welsh innovation group DST, is planning to place Wales at the forefront of technical innovation and green energy.

Associated British Ports (ABP) has completed the installation of new lock gates at the Wet Dock entrance at the Port of Ipswich.

The Southsea Coastal Scheme on the UK’s south coast is a large £100M sea defence project to protect 4.5km of coastline, but ongoing repairs to existing defences could not wait.

Cowes Harbour Commission (Isle of Wight, UK) is looking at redeveloping its Kingston Wharf in East Cowes as a marine focused industrial estate.

Plans to make the South Quay site at Teesside the UK’s premier offshore wind assembly location have been unveiled, writes Dag Pike.

On behalf of its client Boskalis, subsea technology company Seatools has completed the development, manufacturing and testing of a plough position monitoring buoy.

The Port of Gdynia Authority in Poland has formally launched a tender to select a private partner for the construction of the outer port.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has been carrying out trials with water injection dredging at a site in the extensive port with a view to reducing both costs and environmental impacts.