Ports & Harbours

How can keeping 80 or so people up all night help solve practical, port-related issues like dredging prediction? The answer: hold a hackathon.

The rapidly expanding German Bight port of Cuxhaven has put two more offshore-oriented ship handling berths into operation, started expansion work on another and remains on track to complete a big combined…

Significant developments are taking place at the northern French port of Ouistreham that are aimed at allowing access for larger vessels as well as creating 30 to 40 additional waiting spaces in…

A giant new river lock which can handle modern river and canal motor ships up to 110m in length and will significantly improve European waterway transport, has been inaugurated on the River…

Two years after unexpected repairs closed it down for more than a twelve month period, the €233 million Kaiserschleuse Lock in Bremerhaven, built just six years ago, is to close again for…

The small German ferry port of Norddeich on the North Sea is adding more berths and new land logistics handling areas to meet increasing traffic and bigger ships.

Embracing responsibility in urban planning, infrastructure upgrade and marine environmental protection – An Italian case study with Genoa Port Authority.

Gael Force Engineering’s first floating concrete breakwater has recently been launched and is considered to be an enormous achievement for the UK-based pontoon manufacturer.

The Port of Dundee in Scotland is working on developing facilities in the port to create a centre for the de-commissioning of offshore oil assets from the North Sea.

There is considerable expansion activity at Danish ports partly to cope with accommodating larger ships and partly to cope with increasing trade. Another spur for expansion has also come from the increased…

A UK naval port will benefit from reduced carbon footprint and energy costs following work to install a specialist recycling plant.

“Generally, I’d say wind port operations should be so smooth their contribution goes almost unnoticed. Helping cargo to run through, just like water,” said Jesper Bank of the port of Esbjerg.

UK-based ABIS Holdings Energy Services will support the development and operation of an offshore supply base operating in the Port of Arinaga, on Spain’s Gran Canaria island.

The biggest expansion yet to service port users at Lerwick Harbour, Shetland Islands, UK was officially opened in mid July.

As air quality in cities worldwide, and the ticking time bomb it could represent for public health, rises to the top of many news agendas, the Port of London Authority (PLA) in…

Vileo Marinas of Finland has signed an agreement to supply the town of Klaksvik, on the Faroe Islands, with a small boat marina.

A start has finally been made on the renewal of Bremerhaven’s derelict 110 year old Westkaje - a project which will also widen the German port’s Kaiserhafen III basin and ease vehicle…

A solid future as an “ideal location” for heavy load component handling and offshore services is being tipped for Port Knock on Germany’s North Sea Ems Estuary.

Work has started on the major land reclamation project planned for the state of Monaco. The project will add 6 hectares of valuable land to the tiny state and will be used…

UK-owned marine contractor Briggs Marine has commissioned new waterside facilities in the Port of Liverpool.

Offshore wind turbines have trebled in size over a decade and another jump upward looks likely to come soon enough: so, how are ports responding to the step up in scale?

Since 2009 MJ has been reporting on the Maasvlakte 2 port extension project in Rotterdam: celebrations surrounding completion of the infrastructure were only the end of the beginning however, let’s return for…

The Hydro M Drive marine forklift line, developed in the US, has expanded with increased capacities up to 52,000 lbs and larger, alongside shorter wheelbase options to accommodate more marinas globally.