Ports & Harbours

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Van Oord has been contracted by FSRU Wilhelmshaven to build a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit jetty at Wilhelmshaven in Germany.

18th January 2024

Contract agreed for ‘priority’ FSRU jetty in Germany

18th January 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A new development and investment company dedicated to next-generation energy ports infrastructure has been launched.

16th January 2024

Bridging the gap in energy ports infrastructure

16th January 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Associated British Ports (ABP) has launched a tender seeking a lead contractor or consortium to design and build a bulk liquid green energy terminal at the Port of Immingham on England’s east…

12th January 2024

ABP launches ammonia terminal tender

12th January 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A large marine civil engineering project in the Netherlands is reaching completion, the leaders of the Terneuzen New Lock (Nieuwe Sluis) project have said.

11th January 2024

Dutch North Sea Port prepares to open major expansion

11th January 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Port Authority of Bilbao has joined a host of policy makers and interested parties in signing a charter to commit to wind energy in Europe.

5th January 2024

Spanish port signs up to EU wind pledges

5th January 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The news that Port of Antwerp-Bruges has introduced the world’s first hydrogen-powered tug after an earlier order for new vessels is the latest signal to tug operators that ports are heading for…

15th December 2023

Antwerp-Bruges grows its green tug agenda

15th December 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

€250 million engineering works at Scandinavia’s biggest port have been given the green light by the EU.

7th December 2023

EU gives go-ahead for major works at Gothenburg

7th December 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Cosmos Van Oord, a joint venture of Cosmos Shipping and Van Oord, has been awarded a dredging project to create a new deepwater berth at Bulgaria’s largest port.

6th December 2023

Expanding port capacity in Bulgaria

6th December 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A new port construction project will open up new possibilities in the Port of Gothenburg helping it to realise its aim of becoming a centre for renewable energy.

20th November 2023

New quay will open up renewable energy potential

20th November 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Europe’s largest port will launch a tender process to turn 80 hectares of its dredging depot into a floating solar farm.

15th November 2023

Port of Rotterdam plans floating solar park

15th November 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

With so many options for alternative fuel now on the table, Rotterdam is banking on shore side power as one of its provisions.

6th November 2023

Video: Rotterdam ramps up its provision of shore power

6th November 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The major UK port of Dover is having its Wellington Dock marina reconfigured and replaced as part of a wider refurbishment programme.

2nd November 2023

Port of Dover dock reconfiguration begins

2nd November 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ports are coming under more and more pressure to keep their carbon obligations, both by using battery-powered machinery such as cranes in port, and accommodating electrically propelled vessels at berth.

2nd November 2023

Port power: which option to choose?

2nd November 2023

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