Ports & Harbours

The EU has awarded grants to the Port of Gdansk in Poland totalling more than €140 million for three major projects at the port. Two of these projects are to improve road…

The German North Sea port of Emden has completed one major €6.2 million modernisation project and is on track to complete a second in a bid to boost cargo handling and improve…

Plans are well advanced for work to start at the Danish port of Kalundborg on a major investment that will see a new container terminal and industry hub developed on the south…

A new cruise terminal at the Greek port of Piraeus has been officially opened adding to the array of cruise terminals in this busy port.

Scotland, UKs Peterhead Port Authority has awarded the contract for the Peterhead Scheme 2 project to a joint venture partnership between contractors McLaughin & Harvey and Boskalis Westminster.

The final design of the new Venice Offshore-Onshore Port System (VOOPS) has been awarded to Italian-Chinese consortium 4C3, led by the China Communication Constructions Company Group (CCCC Group).

Part of the recent Maasvlakte 2 project at Rotterdam involved a contractor drilling some 180,000 holes in concrete. It is clear that this part of the project would benefit from some level…

Retrieving information is becoming like finding a needle in a haystack - during a hay delivery. It’s an issue for harbour authorities because bathymetry, soil analysis, siltation data is really expensive. However,…

Marchwood Military Port on Southampton Water, UK which handles global shipments supplying British troops on operations overseas and is also extensively used as a berth by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in support…

UK SME Mara Engineering for the Sea (Mara EFS) has developed a lower priced version of its Mara buoy called the Mara Buoy Static.

For more than 150 years, the Principality of Monaco has opted to adapt its urban planning to the small size of its territory which is just two square kilometres.

ABP’s Port of Ipswich has purchased five new cargo handling grabs from pALM Bulk Solutions to meet the increase in trade of dry bulk materials at the port.

Belgian dredging major Jan De Nul NV is part of a consortium that will be responsible for the expansion of the port of Kingston, Jamaica.

Netherlands-based gangway specialist Verhoef, has supplied two ‘brow’ gangways built to meet the unique demands of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers that will be stationed at Portsmouth Naval Base, UK.

Bordeaux is a major port for the south west of France located on the estuary of the Gironde River. The port facilities extend over 50 miles of the estuary and the port…

Work is well under way on a €9.5 million dedicated heavy lift RoRo facility in Cuxhaven. It is the latest phase in the expansion of the German Elbe port’s Offshore Industry Centre…

With commercial wharves and waterside industries being squeezed out of existence in the UK it is encouraging to hear that one site has been saved from development for use as a commercial…

The EU Transport Coordinating Committee has approved funding for transport projects submitted by the Port of Gdansk, Polands leading port. According to the European Commission 16 Polish undertakings qualified as recommended projects…

The Port of Marseille in the south of France has a number of projects under way that are aimed at keeping the port in the forefront of modern logistic requirements.

A new €3.9 million ferry station at Schilksee in the north of the Kiel Fiord has opened for traffic, becoming the fourth pontoon landing facility to be inaugurated on the busy German…

Hamburg Port Authority HPA has taken delivery of a new €7.5 million floating dredger in a bid to keep abreast of dredging needs and silt build-up in Germany’s biggest universal seaport.

Work has started on the first phase of a major port expansion plan at the Danish port of Fredrikshavn. Located in the north of Demark on the east coast, Fredrikshavn is a…