Marine Civils

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.

A floating wind specialist and a slipforming technology firm have partnered to optimise serial production of concrete floaters.

Belgian heavy lift major Sarens is in the process of switching to biodegradable oil for all its ballasting systems on its barges.

Rijkswaterstaat has awarded Van Oord the contract to design and carry out the removal of silt from the Averijhaven depot in IJmuiden.

On the UK south coast, sections of Southseas original promenade dating back to Edwardian times have been found during ground investigation works undertaken as part of the Southsea Coastal Scheme.