Ports & Harbours

More than 400,000m3 of sand has been pumped on to the Lincolnshire coastline in the UK to help protect homes and businesses from flooding. Over the past three months, a dredger has…

The Bristol Port Company has progressed to the next stage in building its new Deep Sea Container Terminal by appointing specialist maritime engineers to carry out detailed site investigation work.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded the Das Island reclamation and shore protection contract to Van Oord. The contract is valued at approximately €200m. Execution of the project was due…

Belgian dredging and marine civils contractor Jan De Nul says it is the lowest bidder for the construction of a new lock in Ivoz-Ramet on the river Meuse, upstream from Liège.

Flood disasters in many parts of the world have brought into sharp focus new research spearheaded by the University of Leicester on the behaviour of rivers during periods of high flow. Using…

Mott MacDonald in the UK has been appointed by the Rijkswaterstaat in The Netherlands to provide technical and spatial management for two Room for the River projects on the Rhine river basin.

The board of directors of Antwerp Port Authority in Belgium has approved the long term financial plan (2011-2025), representing an amount of €1.6bn.

The Maasvlakte 2 Project Organisation in The Netherlands and the Next Generation Infrastructures Foundation (NGInfra) have announced the recent signing of a cooperation agreement for a period of five years under the…