Ports & Harbours

Urgently-needed multi-million Euro deepening of Germany’s Elbe River is finally underway after nearly two decades of delays and controversy, writes Tom Todd.

Lower Saxony Ports (N-Ports) is seeking approval for more berths in Cuxhaven which would give the expanding German port a total  deepwater Elbe frontage of about 3.6 kms, reports Tom Todd.

Quay modernisation and stepped-up investment this year in Rostock is designed to keep the German Baltic port on top of demand, reports Tom Todd.

The Port of Milford Haven has completed a series of improvements to its lock gates at the entrance to Milford Marina, enabling a more flexible and faster access arrangement for its marina…

BP, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), and the Port of Rotterdam have joined forces to explore the opportunity of making “green hydrogen” via water electrolysis for BP’s refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands,…

The development of a new Icelandic port that could enable sustainable development of the Arctic and help to make emergent shipping routes safer is set to offer multiple natural benefits.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has pledged GB£5m towards a project to upgrade Scotland’s Scrabster Harbour and improve its capacity to receive larger vessels including cruise ships and vessels working in the…

Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) on the Isle of Wight, UK has opened a new, dredged, Eastern Channel.

The first phase of a GB£12m upgrade to ABP Port of Southampton’s Ocean Cruise Terminal has been completed as the cruise season gets underway.

The ST3 Offshore factory in Poland has signed a new contract concerning production of mooring dolphins for the port of Hamburg.

The second phase of a 35-hectare development for marine enterprise in Plymouth has secured funding and planning permission.

Scrabster Harbour in the very north of Scotland is planning developments to the piers in the harbour to improve the facilities for visiting cruise ships and to enhance the facilities for offshore…

As part of a long term project to make this Italian port capable of handling the largest container ships the port authority is now analysing tenders received for design and construction of…

Italian company Cimolai Technology has delivered a mobile boat hoist with a lifting capacity of 1000 tonnes, to STP (Servicios Técnicos Portuarios)’s shipyard in Palma de Mallorca.

Trelleborg’s marine systems operation will supply its rope-free automated mooring system, AutoMoor, to the Port of Langnas’ international cruise ferry and domestic ro-ro ferry berths

Wismar has begun operation of a new multi-functional handling terminal, writes Tom Todd.

Lengthening of the eastern mole in the German North Sea port of Norddeich has created more berths writes Tom Todd.