Ports & Harbours

The major port in Lithuania, Klaipeda, has reported that all work has now been completed on the development of their berth No.144 and that this berth is now fully open for cargoes.…

Ports, harbours and waterways have to manage an ever growing volume and mix of recreational activity and heavy commercial activity - at times across the same compact waterspace. This creates a series…

Proposals to establish a new cruise ship terminal at the Irish port of Dun Laoghaire have reached the planning application stage. The proposed new cruise terminal would allow the worlds largest cruise…

The Cornish port of Falmouth has many maritime industries and ship visits are interesting if unpredictable, writes Graeme Ewens

UK consultancy Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association) has announced that Mr Tim Lewis has been appointed to the newly created position of ‘Director, Ports & Harbours’. Mr Lewis holds a masters degree…

The British Defence Secretary has announced the investment of over £100 million in the development of the facilities at the naval base at Portsmouth. The major proportion of this money will be…

Venice has had big issues; the fragility of its foundations has pitted the city’s protectionists and the cruise industry in a head-to-head battle that has gone on for years.

Netherlands-based Shipyard Hoebée B.V. (part of the Kooiman Group) has signed a contract for the design, construction and installation of a floating boathouse for the harbour police in Rotterdam.

The container terminals are ready, tankers are transferring oil between each other and the world’s biggest ship has arrived - Port of Rotterdam Authority’s flagship development Maasvlakte 2 is ready for service

The UKs Port of Tyne is stepping up the pace in the race to provide clean, green renewable fuels for the future with investment plans priced at £180 million for its south…

German terminal operator Eurogate recently started up its second wind Turbine at Bremerhaven. The device at the Bremerhaven site is the second the company has put into operation after Hamburg. The ‘green…

Global engineering group Cavotec has won orders for its equipment for ports in Australia, Indonesia, Oman, Portugal and Turkey, and for two major shipping lines, with a combined value of more than…

Canada’s Klein Systems Group has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Belfast Harbour, Northern Ireland, to install the KleinPort Port Management Information System. Belfast Harbour Commissioners selected Klein as…

A giant set of new lock gates has arrived by barge in Milford Haven, UK. The gates are part of the Port’s £6m Milford Dock Lock Project which will reduce locking times…

According to UK company Tyne and Wear Marine (TWM), common misconceptions abound when it comes to testing bollards. For example, many seem to think that bollards should be tested at 90° to…

The ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven are doing much to address the issue of air quality. Not only are they engaged in facilitating LNG infrastructure, they are proving that the ports’ own…

Spanish port boarding solutions provider Adelte has announced that it will design, manufacture and install two state-of-the-art HYDRA-model Seaport Passenger Boarding Bridges (SPBBs) for the new Hamburg cruise terminal.

Commercial pontoon specialist Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group, has completed its 11th offshore wind related project with the installation of crew transfer pontoons in Grimsby Fish Docks for the…

Cork Harbour, on the south coast of Ireland, reputed to be the second largest harbour in the world, sees a great variety of shipping, with some 4,500 vessel movements per annum. The…

Lerwick Port Authority has awarded a construction contract for the latest expansion of the harbour’s facilities in a project costing a total of £16.5 million and which will benefit the fishing and…

Irish civil engineering contractor L&M Keating Ltd have successfully towed and installed the contractor designed 1000t reinforced concrete lock chamber for a new storm gate on Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, Ireland.…