Ports & Harbours

Port of Tyne welcomed the Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, UK Minister of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy recently.

One of the world’s biggest logistics players has announced record H1 cargo volumes in the UK.

A two-phase project to expand the port of Mukran into an international deep-water agricultural handling hub has begun on the German Baltic coast, reports Tom Todd.

One operator has wasted no time in responding to the Scottish Government’s recent invitation for interested parties to submit bids for ‘Green Port’ status.

A spot in the Scottish Highlands is the ideal home for the UK’s largest green hydrogen electrolyser, according to a feasibility study.

A new UK cruise terminal fitted with shore power has served its first ship.

Spain’s Port of Valencia is trialling new solar panels installed on the ground, claimed to be walkable by pedestrians and vehicles.

A major shore power step has been taken at one European port.

In a limited time window, Inland and Coastal Marina Systems recently designed and manufactured a bespoke berth for a new tugboat at Port of Portland, UK.

A project, led by Falmouth Harbour Commissioners in the UK, intends to meet the challenge of anchoring very large vessels or platforms without the requirement of very large capacity lifting vessels.

Associated British Ports has taken delivery of a new £5 million airbridge in preparation for the opening of the new Horizon Cruise Terminal in the UK’s Port of Southampton.

The Portuguese public entity ATL (Lisbon Tourism Association) has not allowed the COVID pandemic to curtail its plans to improve the infrastructure of the Lisbon waterfront.

New facilities and green port development will prepare the Danish Port of Hirtshals for what it is calling its ‘version 2.0’.

HAROPA - Port of Le Havre has selected a consortium of companies to carry out maritime construction works to accommodate offshore wind business.

The Port of Antwerp is partnering with terminal operator PSA Antwerp to redevelop the Europa Container Terminal to allow the largest container ships to access the facility.

Plans are being developed to improve and possibly expand the facilities at the Irish port of Bray which lies just south of Dublin on the Irish east coast.

Work on the renovation of berth facilities in Brake is getting under way to meet growth in the north German Weser port, reports Tom Todd.

DP World, the Dubai-headquartered owners of the UK’s Port of Southampton have announced that the port will benefit from a major programme of investments in 2021.