Ports & Harbours

The UK port of Dover is currently midway through a major refurbishment and upgrade of facilities, reinforcing its position as Europe’s busiest ferry port and ensuring it is prepared for future growth.

What could become a race against the weather is on in Kiel to re-anchor loosened pilings at the port’s showcase Ostseekai Terminal before the 2014 cruise shipping season gets under way.

Shipping company MSC has responded to Antwerp Port Authority’s invitation for expressions of interest for new opportunities in the Deurganck dock to be accessed via the huge Deurgancksluis lock project.

The third new quay to open at Lerwick Harbour in the Shetlands in 21 months went into use immediately upon opening, as part of an ongoing expansion of facilities.

Following a successful funding procedure, the Port of Cork in Ireland has been awarded funding by the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).

Dorset UK based Jenkins Marine has completed a scheduled refit of its new workboat, Avon, formerly Crossness when part of the Port of London Authority fleet.

Spain’s Zamakona Yards carried out the load testing and delivery last month of the movable ramp for the Ro-Ro dock built for the Tenerife Container Terminal, belonging to the OHL Group.

The Geos Group, a UK based marine fuel supplier, is building a new marine fuel storage facility at the Port of Blyth’s Bates Terminal.

Hampshire UK based Earlcoate Construction, specialist in rock armour and coastal defence, was recently awarded the contract to undertake works at Pagham, West Sussex, for Arun District Council.

Waterways Ireland is upgrading moorings and services on the Grand Canal in Sallins, Co Kildare creating houseboat moorings, to be ready for the new boat season in 2014.

The Broads Authority (UK) has begun the dredging of Heigham Sound signalling final stages of the innovative reed bed creation at Duck Broad, also increasing water depths for small boat owners.

Plans to improve facilities at the Port of Ramsgate have received a boost with the awarding of funding for a feasibility study into expansion that will build on the recent success of…

Femern A/S has revealed details of the effects, and how they will deal with the environmental impact of dredging the channel for the immersed sections of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel.

Britain’s new DP World London Gateway Port welcomed its first scheduled container ship, the MOL Caledon from South Africa, on 7 November.

UK based BMT Group have completed a series of studies to identify and assess the various impacts of larger vessels that will be using the new Seaforth Liverpool2 container terminal.

If you are a budding or even a serving dike inspector you may be hoping Santa brings you one of Deltares ‘serious gaming’ Levee Patroller training aids for Christmas, its developer recently…

Completion of a large scale project to protect the residents of an area straddling both the Netherlands and Flanders has been marked with the signing of a new Declaration of Intent for…