Ports & Harbours

Following a meeting in Oslo with senior executives of AF Group and Lerwick Port Authority, Scotland’s First Minister has said that the Scottish Government and Highlands and Islands Enterprise would each make…

Dutch engineering and consultancy firm DHV has been made responsible for the construction management of 11 new fishing ports in Ghana.

Cargotec reports that it has secured a number of linkspan projects in recent months, including new orders in Norway, Denmark and Germany.

How do you create a large building at the end of a pier when it is too fragile to handle direct construction work? This was the issue surrounding the placing of a…

Two ocean going cargo ships have been handled for the first time at the 450m long double berth terminal facility just completed in the small German port of Brake on the Weser.

Sub Marine Services Ltd (SMS) of Falmouth Docks has recently completed a project to upgrade Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority’s (DHNA) Hoodown Maintenance Facility at Kingswear in Devon.

Peel Ports recently commenced the procurement phase for the construction of its new deepwater container terminal at the Port of Liverpool.

For Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA) and contractor consortium PUMA, 2012 promises to be a busy year.

Last minute problems threaten one of Germany’s biggest maritime engineering projects, but the final go ahead for another appeared within grasp while work on a third began.

Royal Boskalis Westminster, the well-known dredging and marine contractor based in the Netherlands, has acquired a contract which will see it working in the offshore windfarm market.

Lerwick Harbour’s ‘hub’ role servicing the offshore oil and gas industry in the waters around Shetland is highlighted by the latest statistics issued by the port, which show increased traffic in the…

Pontoon specialist Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group, has completed a trio of commercial projects at opposite ends of the UK.

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in the UK has approved licences for ABP Southampton for works and associated dredging at berths 201 and 202 at the Port of Southampton.

New lock gates are to be designed and installed at Milford Marina over the next two years, transforming the way the Marina can be accessed and boosting marine tourism and business in…

Daviss Boatyard, a family run business in Poole Harbour UK, is making a major investment this year in a new marina pontoon, as the previous pontoon, having been built over 30 years…