Ports & Harbours

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A memorandum of understanding has been signed between energy company Mabanaft Group and Fairplay Towage that should result in tugs running on hydrogen in the Port of Hamburg.

25th October 2023

MoU signed to supply Hamburg tugs with hydrogen

25th October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Baltic Sea Port of Gdańsk has secured a $106 million grant for major port development including the rebuild of four quays.

23rd October 2023

Gdańsk wins $106 million for major port revamp

23rd October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Plans have today been unveiled to built the first new deep-water port in Ireland since the country was founded.

11th October 2023

Plans unveiled for first Irish deep-water port

11th October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The first semi-submersible Floating Production Facility (FPF) to be decommissioned at a dry dock in the UK has arrived at the Scottish Port of Kishorn, where works will be carried out. 

11th October 2023

UK first: Semi-submersible FPF dry docked for decommissioning

11th October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The UK’s Forth Ports has set out its ambitions for net zero carbon operation by 2042.

9th October 2023

Forth Ports sets out net zero ambitions

9th October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

As a result of a change to the widespread use of less robust materials such as reinforced concrete and steel piles commencing around 100 years ago, a lot of the UK’s port…

3rd October 2023

OPINION: The UK’s dilapidating port infrastructure

3rd October 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

German coastal states and the port industry have called on the government to boost sea port funding, which they say has remained unchanged for the past two decades.

28th September 2023

German sea ports release ‘Bremen Declaration’

28th September 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

As a £420 million (€486 million) expansion at the Port of Aberdeen is completed. funding has been confirmed for a multi-million pound project to design and deliver a large-scale land-side and vessel-side…

28th September 2023

Aberdeen crowned Scotland’s largest port

28th September 2023

SECURITY

SECURITY

BrainCreators is launching a port security software system that keeps eyes on operations 24/7 and sends alerts should anything occur.

12th September 2023

‘Seagull’ AI port security launched on international stage

12th September 2023

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Maritime Journal editor Debbie Mason talks to North Star chief technology officer James Bradford about offshore charging plans, vessel building, the exorbitant and potentially prohibitive cost of batteries, and other challenges facing…

5th September 2023

PODCAST: Interview with North Star CTO James Bradford

5th September 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A €17 million port transformation has begun in Cherbourg as part of a larger project that will ultimately connect southwest France to the British Isles and Spain.

1st September 2023

Major port transformation kicks off in France

1st September 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Inverclyde’s new GB£20 million Greenock Ocean Terminal was created to increase business and it’s more than paid for itself already.

29th August 2023

Creating a new cruise experience for the Clyde

29th August 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Hamburg Port Authority will begin work on replacing its cruise centre (Hafen City) with a modern new terminal on several floors.

23rd August 2023

WATCH: Hamburg reveals major port revamp

23rd August 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Portsmouth International Port now operates on 35% of solar and battery power, the city council claims.

22nd August 2023

Solar panels and batteries switch on at Portsmouth

22nd August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Rotterdam Port majority stakeholder Kramer Group has been bought by QTerminals, a joint venture looking to expand its port operations.

22nd August 2023

Qatari firm buys majority stake in Rotterdam

22nd August 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Van Oord’s Vox Apolonia has been contracted for dredging and maintenance work by one of the UK’s largest port operators.

15th August 2023

New LNG dredger contracted for Peel Ports

15th August 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A blast at the Turkish port of Derince killed one person a couple of days before another grain silo fire broke out at the French port of La Rochelle.

14th August 2023

Blast at Turkish port kills one, injures 11

14th August 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals (RST) and Samskip have launched a new shore power connection to tackle CO2 emissions produced by vessels at the dock

25th July 2023

Rotterdam terminal partners Samskip in shore power

25th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fenders may not hold the glamour of digital technologies, but they are still part of smart operations for ports and ships. 

18th July 2023

OPINION: The ‘Wild West’ of fender vendors

18th July 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Major marine civil engineering works will be carried out by the consortium made up of Van Oord, Hakkers and De Klerk  to allow even bigger vessels to use Rotterdam

7th July 2023

Rotterdam hires consortium for 500m quay construction

7th July 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The “Channelling the Green Deal for Venice” project seeks to address the problem of limited nautical accessibility to the ports of Venice and Chioggia.

3rd July 2023

Works needed to keep Venice ports accessible

3rd July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Dutch Customs have discovered the largest haul of cocaine this year at Rotterdam, with more than 3,500kg hidden among shipments of bananas, officials said.

28th June 2023

Rotterdam seizes largest cocaine shipment of 2023

28th June 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Scotland’s Port of Aberdeen is about to complete major works on an expansion project that will give one of the UK’s busiest ports much greater capacity for larger vessels in the cruise…

27th June 2023

UKs largest port project nears completion

27th June 2023