Ports & Harbours

A major obstacle to the development of PD Portsproposed Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport UK was removedlast month when agreement was reached with Hutchison Ports (UK) regarding railfreight network capacity. 

The iconic Cunard liner ' Queen Elizabeth 2' berthed at the Port of Tyne on the only scheduled UK stopover of its 40th Anniversary voyage last month, thanks to a £ 4…

Irelands national ports are facing a capacity crisis. The growth in exports, the trend to outsourcing part of the production process and the boom in imports of construction materials has wiped out…

The first project in Europe to make use of the Xbloc interlocking armoured sea defence unit has recently been completed.

South African construction company Group Five has won 1.8bn Rand contract from Transnet to widen Durban’ s existing harnour by 100m and to increase the depth by 6m.

The construction of the massive reinforced concrete pontoonsfor the new cruise liner facility outside the Three Graces in Liverpool,the historic home of the British cruise industry, are now nearing completion.

A top level row overwho will build Germanysbillion Euro deepwater JadeWeser Port (JWP) in Wilhelmshaven is threatening to delay a startof construction to late summer.

Irelands Minister for Labour Affairs and Clare T.S., TonyKilleen has expressed optimism that the Countys piers and harbours willbenefit under a new CLAR scheme.