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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Associated British Ports (ABP) has received the necessary marine licence to carry out a key component of its dredging programme in the Port of Southampton, further improving marine access for large container…

14th January 2013

ABP receives dredging licence for Southampton

14th January 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Pendennis Shipyard in the southwest of the UK has received approval from Cornwall Council for improvements to the yard’s shoreline facilities including the creation of two wet docks and a wet basin…

14th January 2013

Pendennis wins development approval

14th January 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in the UK has announced that it has approved an application from Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Ltd (MDHC) for the £350 million Liverpool 2 development.

14th January 2013

Liverpool 2 development decision

14th January 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

ABPmer has been commissioned by SLR Consulting (on behalf of National Grid) to undertake further marine route corridor assessments.

14th January 2013

ABPmer assesses cable route for nuclear power station

14th January 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Trelleborg Marine Systems has been awarded the largest ever foam fender contract in terms of size and value.

14th January 2013

Trelleborg wins largest ever foam fender contract

14th January 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in the UK has decided to call a public inquiry to consider an application for a harbour revision order (HRO) for Great Yarmouth.

14th January 2013

Public inquiry to be held into Great Yarmouth Harbour Revision Order

14th January 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A number of milestones have passed in recent months as Rotterdam’s major port development Maasvlakte 2 moves ever closer to opening for business and welcoming its first customers in 2014.

12th December 2012

Closing and opening doors at Maasvlakte 2

12th December 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

ABP Finance Plc has announced that ABP Acquisitions UK Limited, its fellow group undertaking, is in discussions with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the provision of two corporate loans totalling around…

3rd December 2012

Associated British Ports seeking EIB loans

3rd December 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Waterways Ireland has confirmed that further dredging of the Dublin inner city section of the Grand Canal got under way recently.

3rd December 2012

Third phase dredging of Dublin’s Grand Canal

3rd December 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Important dredging works began at Gloucester Docks in the UK in November, with a new technique being used for the first time to ensure the water is deep enough for large boats.

30th November 2012

New dredging technique used at Gloucester Docks

30th November 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Broads Authority in the UK is restoring a lost reed bed and eroded strip of land at Salhouse Broad using funding and the latest innovative technology from Europe.

30th November 2012

Innovative technology restores lost reed bed

30th November 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A half mile stretch of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal near Llangattock and Dardy will benefit from major engineering work this winter.

30th November 2012

Canal relining project gets under way

30th November 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Scotland’s Aberdeen Harbour has welcomed the largest ever vessel to the port after the completion of a £5.2 million programme to improve access and deepen the navigation channel.

29th November 2012

Work on Aberdeen access channel completed

29th November 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

VolkerStevin Marine has completed construction of the £18 million specialist marine facility in Portsmouth Harbour for the UK’s Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO).

29th November 2012

Successful completion of DIO marine facility

29th November 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Engineering and construction multi-national Bechtel has announced that a groundbreaking study to improve the safety of shipping ports has entered a new phase.

29th November 2012

Latest phase of ROPES research project

29th November 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A nine year €2.3 billion project in the Netherlands aims to reduce the risk of major flood damage from changing environmental conditions, including rivers having to process increasing levels of rainfall, snow…

26th November 2012

Making room for the river

26th November 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Lerwick Port Authority has a number projects underway, including a common user quay and a new fish landing.

14th November 2012

Busy Lerwick gets new deepwater berth

14th November 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A groundbreaking ceremony has marked the official start of construction of the second container terminal in the King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam.

14th November 2012

Groundbreaking at King Abdul Aziz Port

14th November 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The details of the dramatic bridge collapse at Berth 105 at Southampton Port in September of last year is still being investigated, but a few key points are clear.

14th November 2012

Improvisation sees linkspan repair completed

14th November 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The metrological mast for the proposed Rampion Offshore Wind Farm in the English Channel has been installed 13km from the port of Shoreham-on-Sea UK.

13th November 2012

Met mast installed for Rampion Windfarm

13th November 2012