Ports & Harbours

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

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The proposal for the Rampion offshore wind farm in the English Channel has been withdrawn after energy company E.On said that the development proposal needed more work before it went before the…

7th February 2013

Rampion wind farm responds to ‘concerns’

7th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Finland based Cargotec is helping emerging ports in Brazil develop land-side efficiency at an increasing rate.

7th February 2013

Gateways to efficiency

7th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A transformation that many Londoners have been looking at with interest is the Blackfriars Bridge and Network Rail redevelopment, but even those watching may have underestimated the pivotal role of the River…

7th February 2013

River transport begets Blackfriars transformation

7th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A specially adapted automated mooring system will certainly be facing both highs and lows.

7th February 2013

Highs and lows for mooring system

7th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A pontoon deck made of fibreglass grating serves the RNLI well. It has been almost unaffected by a decade and a half of weather and heavy use on sites such as Weymouth,…

7th February 2013

A gripping tale of pontoon performance

7th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The recently opened 250 berth inland marina at Caen Hill in Wiltshire UK for Land & Water Services was a large scale project, but one that needed to be kept simple.

5th February 2013

Simple and cost effective marina plan

5th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Walcon Marine in the UK has been awarded a contract to design, build and install the first purpose-built yacht marina on the East coast of Africa.

14th January 2013

First purpose-built marina in East Africa

14th January 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Per Aarsleff has entered into an agreement with City of Stockholm, Exploitation Office and Ports of Stockholm for the construction of new harbour structures in the Värtahamnen area, which is part of…

14th January 2013

Aarsleff wins Stockholm deal

14th January 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Deltares in The Netherlands is to join forces with the engineering firm Witteveen en Bos to develop the ‘2035 Master Plan’ for the harbour of Beira in Mozambique.

14th January 2013

Deltares to develop Master Plan for Beira

14th January 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Mid-November 2012 saw Hilde Crevits, the Flemish Minister of Transport & Public Works, officially launch the next stage of the Deurganckdocklock project at the Port of Antwerp in Belgium.

14th January 2013

Antwerp starts next stage of world’s largest lock

14th January 2013