Ports & Harbours

Hamburg has invested in an environmentally friendly alternative for supplying power to cruise ships lying at port. The LNG Hybrid Barge, Becker Marine Systems’ floating liquefied gas power plant christened at Hafencity,…

A major £6m quay upgrade for the UK’s Montrose Port Authority (MPA) has now been completed in a move that will enhance the harbour’s capacity for handling larger cargo and oil and…

The latest Barometer Report from Swedish headquartered Trelleborg, which discusses the issues impacting ports and terminals around the globe, has revealed the most optimistic outlook on investment since the annual industry survey…

Ecosse Subsea Systems (UK) has won its third seabed clearance contract on a major wind farm construction project. The subsea engineering specialist has started offshore operations on the Westermost Rough development, located…

A 45m high pipe-lay tower belonging to IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB) has left the UK’s Port of Tyne destined for Rotterdam.

One of the UK RNLI Eastern regions busiest stations has had a new pontoon installed for its all weather lifeboat.

A 73 million USD investment to upgrade four existing cranes, along with other infrastructure improvements to APM Terminals Algeciras, has helped to make Spain’s largest container port the busiest on the Mediterranean…

Holyhead Towing (UK) have recently completed a contract to tow a 4,000 tonne reinforced concrete caisson from the Inchgreen drydock in Greenock where it was built by RJ McLeod (contractors) for Ullapool…

In order to improve their capacity, Melita Marine Group of Malta has purchased a new floating dock with 5,000 tonnes lifting capacity, an overall length of 102 metres, an inside width 20…

Spanish marine infrastructure specialist ADELTE, formerly known as TEAM has won a contract to install a sophisticated boarding bridge at the new cruise terminal in Leixões near Porto, Portugal.

Construction is now underway in Hamburg on a third cruise ship terminal – this one designed to handle the biggest vessels afloat and turn round 6-8,000 passengers at a time.

Technical and legal complications have further delayed completion of the long-planned renovation of the port of Emden’s Nesserlander Lock until 2017 and also “significantly” increased the estimated cost of the project.

The refurbishment of Battersea Rail Bridge over the Thames has overrun due to several unforeseen factors, writes Graeme Ewens

Construction of the badly needed fifth lock in Brunsbuettel on the Kiel Canal is expected to start in earnest in September after Berlin Government approval was given for costs totalling €485 million.

During a recent trade mission to Indonesia, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment, Melanie Schultz van Haegen presented a masterplan offering a long-term solution to flooding in North Jakarta.

The UK port of Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port is set to get even bigger as work commences to extend one of its berths.

Jenkins Marine has taken part in an unusual dredging operation in Portsmouth to aid the return to the water of a superyacht which put on extra weight following modifications.