Ports & Harbours

With the completion of the placement of the caissons at the expanded cruise terminal at the Spanish port of Tarragona, the new Balears Wharf is now 40% complete.

The Municipality of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are working together on the joint rollout of shore power for sea-going vessels in Rotterdam.

The Spanish Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has renewed its PERS (Port Environment Review System) environmental certification, a European standard that highlights the specific management of the port sector and which is…

A port in North East England is well positioned to attract future investment, following completion of a multi-million-pound expansion programme.

The UK’s Port of Sunderland has reported that it has performed two tandem lift projects in two days, using its pair of Liebherr 420 harbour mobile cranes.

Clyde Docks Preservation Initiative (CDPI) and Govan Docks Regeneration Trust have welcomed the announcement in the media that plans for a housing development at Govan Graving Docks have been finally abandoned.

More major site development is planned in Bremerhaven now that the long-delayed €32.7 million reconstruction of the German port’s important Westkaje has been completed, writes Tom Todd.

Teesside logisitics business, AV Dawson has named its new port facility Port of Middlesbrough - bringing a name back to the area from over 100 years ago.

Decarbonisation is at the heart of a GB£230m infrastructure vision that has been unveiled to stimulate sustainable maritime innovation in Orkney.

Kiel plans to acquire and develop part of a 14 hectare former power plant site to further expand its major Ostuferhafen handling facility, writes Tom Todd.

A major project that has been years in the planning and months in the undertaking, has been completed at Portland Port, UK.

Associated British Ports (ABP), the owner and operator of the Port of Lowestoft has invested more than £250,000 in the construction of a new fuel bunkering facility.

As part of the expansion plans of the port of San Antonio in Chile, a cross-organisational team has presented its final report.

The UK’s Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is investing £64m in a redevelopment of the Northern Ammunition Jetty in Glen Mallan to support the Royal Navy’s surface fleet.

Underway in Bremerhaven is the €17.7 million renewal of a run-down North Sea quayside, located at what officials describe as “a sensitive hub” for shipping access to the port, writes Tom Todd.

The development of one of the UK’s leading deep-water offshore energy bases has reached a major new milestone.

A UK port has placed itself at the centre of a revolution in battery technology for shortsea shipping as it seeks novel ways to improve its air quality.

Dutch logistics company Xellz has acquired 100.000sqm of land to add to its existing 200.000sqm already secured at the port of Rosslare, Ireland.

Work is due to start almost immediately to deepen the channel and the harbour approaches at the Helsinki port of Vuosaari after the award of a major contract to the Dutch dredging…

A new wharf has been completed on the Sub Antarctic island of South Georgia partially to accommodate the UK’s brand new polar research vessel.

In the Belgian port of Zeebrugge the second lock gate has been lifted and moved from the Pierre Vandamme lock to the inner port for renovation.

The German Baltic seaport Rostock is investing heavily again this year in major terminal and quayside expansion to meet the benefits offered by approach channel deepening set to begin next year, writes…

Twin parallel motion fenders have just been supplied to Ferry Berth 4 at the Port of Hirtshals, Denmark, helping the port to enhance berthing operations.