Ports & Harbours

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

BSI, a company that specialises in business standards, has published a revised version of the Maritime Works Code of Practice.

24th April 2013

Revised code for maritime works published

24th April 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Port of Cork Company in Ireland has outlined plans for potential development at Ringaskiddy.

13th April 2013

Development plans unveiled for Ringaskiddy

13th April 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Funding of €7.4 million for urgent remedial works at six regional harbours has been announced by Ireland’s Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Leo Varadkar.

26th March 2013

Ireland finds funds for regional harbours

26th March 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Per Aarsleff has entered into an agreement with City of Stockholm and the Port of Stockholm for the construction of new harbour structures in the Värtahamnen area.

26th March 2013

Aarsleff secures Värtahamnen contract

26th March 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Deltares in The Netherlands reports that the Galgeplaat sand nourishment trial in the Eastern Scheldt was completed recently and the result is highly positive.

25th March 2013

Sand nourishment project is good for nature

25th March 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Royal Boskalis Westminster of The Netherlands has acquired dredging contracts in Australia and Vietnam with a combined contract value of approximately €70m.

25th March 2013

Boskalis acquires new dredging contracts

25th March 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

BMT Isis has recently completed a berth capacity study for Knauf ahead of significant planned investment for its jetty located on the Swale in the south east of England.

25th March 2013

BMT completes berth capacity study

25th March 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Meraas Development LLC has placed a major contract with Van Oord once again, and has awarded the Dutch company a contract to build an artificial island in the emirate of Dubai.

25th March 2013

Van Oord wins new island building contract

25th March 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The new DP World – London Gateway port, currently under construction in the Thames Estuary is a hive of activity, with significant ‘milestones’ being achieved on a regular basis.

22nd March 2013

London Gateway is a hive of activity

22nd March 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Canal & River Trust in the UK has begun maintenance work on Lock 86 on the 200 year old Rochdale Canal.

22nd March 2013

Ageing lock gates replaced on Rochdale Canal

22nd March 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Associated British Ports (ABP) recently awarded Boskalis Westminster a contract to widen and deepen a critical part of the access channel to the container terminal operated by DP World Southampton.

13th March 2013

ABP undertakes dredging at Southampton

13th March 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Leisure harbours at Moray in Scotland will not be dredged for at least two years when a new council owned dredger will be in service, councillors there have been told.

18th February 2013

Commercial harbours dredging priority

18th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Orkney Islands Council says work is well underway at the Copland’s Dock development in Stromness.

18th February 2013

Work under way on new dock in Orkney Islands

18th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Repair work on the De Blauwe Dromer lock near Zeewolde/Harderwijk in The Netherlands is making steady progress according to consultant Deltares, and a temporary dam required to do the work safely has…

18th February 2013

Repair work underway on De Blauwe Dromer

18th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Iv-Groep in The Netherlands won an InfraTech Innovation Prize in the Applied Innovation category for its work on the new lock gates for the Panama Canal.

18th February 2013

Iv-Groep wins prize for lock gates

18th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Construction Industry Research & Information Association (IRIA) in the UK is planning to update the publication, ‘Old Waterfront Walls – management, maintenance and rehabilitation’ (1992).

18th February 2013

CIRIA to update waterfront walls publication

18th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Geomarine consultant Partrac has reported a busy 2012 as it enters its 10th year of trading.

15th February 2013

Sediment surveys underpin top trading year

15th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction of what would be the world’s longest combined floating/cable-stayed bridge is being proposed in Trondheim, Norway.

15th February 2013

Plans for world’s longest floating bridge

15th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Environment Agency in the UK is launching a public consultation on future plans for managing tidal flood risk and coastal erosion around the shores of the Exe Estuary.

15th February 2013

Public consultation launched on Exe Estuary

15th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction work has started on a new 645m quay at the head of the Waasland canal, in the Antwerp port area on the left bank.

11th February 2013

Construction starts on Waasland canal berths

11th February 2013