Ports & Harbours

The Danish fishing Port of Hanstholm’s EUR 55 million expansion plan is set for completion this summer and the expanded port is expected to attract 450 new jobs, but not just in…

The new €10 million Ostseekai Berth 28 cruise handling terminal in the German Baltic port of Kiel is ready for service - but when it will handle its first ship is now…

New larger ferries under construction in China that will operate on the route between Sweden and Lithuania have prompted the authorities at the Swedish port of Karlshamn to expand the facilities for…

Upgrade work on the Lochmaddy Pier used for the Calmac ferry service on North Uist, Scotland, is scheduled to start after £10m contract for dredging and construction work was awarded to L&M…

The next generation offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’ has been fuelled for the first time with LNG in only the second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to take place in Germany.

A German port is up and running with the first European onshore power supply via transformers to feed multiple voltages for cruise ships

A UK port’s increasing value to the offshore energy and renewables industry has been recognised during a visit from the Department for Transport‘s Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani.

Prospects for modernizing Polish inland waterways are shaped by the EU and environmental factors writes Gordon Feller.

Wardle Marine Services (WMS) has become a distributor for High and Dry Boatlifts.

Cryostar and KC LNG (The LNG division of MAKEEN Energy) have been awarded the contract for building an LNG ship bunkering and truck fuelling facility in the port of Antwerp.

German vehicle handling port Emden has deepened its outer harbour and is expanding elsewhere to meet the challenge of bigger ships in 2020, Tom Todd reports.

A €30 million project to rebuild Bremerhaven’s 110-year-old Westkaje for big ships will be completed soon following initial delays, Tom Todd reports.

A major UK port has begun a new phase of planned investment to maximise quayside space and ensure the world’s largest ships can continue to call there.

A new data system designed to coordinate and monitor work has enabled safer, quicker and more efficient handling of goods at a Swedish port.

A Baltic port aims to build a €2.8bn port in a bid to double its cargo volumes from 50m in 2019 to 100m tonnes a year.

Designed primarily as a base for the Kreigers Flak offshore wind farm, a major harbour development on the island of Bornholm has seen the port of Rønne almost double in size.

Drones have been tested at a Belgium port to demonstrate the economic viability of drone traffic in this environment.

The German Baltic port of Rostock is hoping for a substantial boost in cargo handling from planned approach channel deepening expected to be approved soon, writes Tom Todd.

A major milestone has been reached in an ambitious plan to bring marine manufacturing and support industries back to the Upper Clyde, Scotland.

Belfast Harbour in Northern Ireland, has announced major plans to expand its facilities and revealed its ambition to become one of the best regional ports in the world writes Dag Pike.

A third round of major repairs inside five years was being completed by October at Bremerhaven’s trouble-plagued Kaiserschleuse ship lock, reports Tom Todd.