Ports & Harbours

“Typically, we try to keep our operations as diverse as possible. It helps ride the changes,” explained Alan Todd, Blyth’s port director.

More cash has been approved for improvements on the Kiel Canal as differences simmer over the pace of construction on a new fifth lock in Brunsbüttel at the Elbe end of the…

Marina Barcelona 92 (MB 92) has launched the second phase of a major expansion project that began with its new concession put in place late in 2010.

The Rugenberger Schleuse, an important central access lock in the Port of Hamburg, is being re-opened to traffic this autumn after being rebuilt as part of a giant port infrastructure development programme…

From 3 – 6 November 2015, Europort, organised in the Netherlands port city of Rotterdam, will again be the meeting place for the international maritime industry.

Lystrup, Denmark-based Terma is providing three high-resolution Scanter 5102 radars to be deployed in and around the remote Port of Prince Rupert, on Canada’s rugged British Columbia coast.

Venice Port Authority has published the international tender for the drafting of the new port masterplan, which will set the basis for the port development up until 2050.

US-based pollution control specialist Elastec is manufacturing trash and debris collection boats to skim floating litter from harbours and waterways. Designed to be manoeuvrable in hard to reach areas, the boat has…

A new system known as BlipTrack, developed by Denmark-based BLIP Systems, is helping controllers at Europe’s busiest ferry port to reduce bottlenecks and improve vehicle movements by predicting potential traffic congestion on…

Global marine terminal operators DP World, Hutchison Port Holdings Limited (HPH), APM Terminals, PSA International and Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) – five of the world’s largest port operators, and joined by…

The harbour at Ijmuiden on the Dutch coast north of Rotterdam is a port in its own right with direct access to the sea but it is also the access point for…

A new logistics park is in the early stages of build directly beside Sweden’s Port of Gothenburg. One million square metres in size, the park is expected to generate more than 2,000…

The new deep-water port of Bronka on the outskirts of St Petersburg on the Southern bank of the Gulf of Finland is being built near the municipality of Lomonossov and it’s set…

Hamburg’s new €64 million Steinwerder Cruise Centre (CC3) handled nearly 60,000 passengers and 11 ships in its first month of operation, lending more weight to calls for a fourth such facility in…

ADELTE, the Spanish port and terminal boarding bridge supplier, formerly known as TEAM, has reported that it has completed the installation of two innovative boarding bridges at Cruise Center Steinwerder, Hamburg’s third…

The planned development of the Western Docks in Dover Harbour will bring about major changes to the adjacent Dover Marina. Not only will the entrance to the marina be changed but two…

Plans for a major expansion at the cross-Channel port of Calais have been developed. Called Calais Port 2015, this project will see the port double in size and will provide more berths…

Royal HaskoningDHV has helped to complete a new ferry terminal at Ullapool Harbour in the Scottish Highlands. This is the first in a series of ferry terminals which RHDHV is developing across…

Members of Aberdeen Harbour Board have seen their potential flagship expansion project at Nigg Bay given life beyond the drawing board for the first time. The Board have recently observed the start…

It is thirteen years since the marina at Chelsea Harbour on London’s River Thames was last dredged. That was a fairly complex operation technically but this time around the rules have changed.

Red7 Marines newest jackup goes to work in the Scilly Isles.