Ports & Harbours

Construction of rail and stowage areas is underway at the new Elbe inland port of Wittenberge as part of the second stage expansion to add universal handling to existing new bulk business.

Kiel has completed the new Schwedenkai Terminal, part of a five year investment programme costing more than €60m, which has vastly improved the German Baltic port’s passenger and cargo handling clout.

Bremerhaven’s Wasser und Schiffahrtsamt (WSA) has praised its new 24.2m long multi-purpose work boat Ruschsand, now in service on the Lower Weser, and says a second, similar vessel will be delivered next…

Kiel has completed the new Schwedenkai Terminal, part of a five year investment programme which has cost more than €60m and has vastly improved the German Baltic port’s passenger and cargo handling…

With just over one year to go to the opening of Scotland’s first National Project, Stewart Stevenson, minister for transport, infrastructure and climate change took the opportunity to visit the new Port…

Stabilisation works to preserve the north and south piers of St Aubin Harbour and the breakwater at St Aubin’s Fort in the Channel Islands is due to start this month.

Gwynedd Council in Wales has unveiled a project to expand Caernarfon’s Victoria Dock, creating berths for 45 vessels.

Positive signals continue to flow from Rotterdam Port Authority’s Maasvlakte 2 port development with over half of the dredged sand required for the project now in place.

A severe winter, which halted construction for about two months, has been the main reason for a delay in the completion of Bremerhaven’s crucial new €233m Kaiserschleuse sea lock until next March.

Mallorca based Naviera Daedalus Servicos Maritimos has completed three years of extensive work expanding the Port Adriano leisure marine complex situated in the south west of the island.

Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC) has taken its toll on the structural integrity of ports, harbours, marinas and commercial water frontage for many years.

The small German port of Brake on the Lower Weser is taking advantage of a financing cooperation contract with local interests and the current economic situation to invest in a second berth…

An expansion by Oresund DryDocks AB is underway, following an acquisition that has given the company around 170,000 square metres of land to help meet the coming growth – not just in…

Specially designed cantilever brackets have saved a Scottish harbour authority almost a fifth of its project costs by reducing diving time by around eight weeks.

DP World Southampton is upgrading its shipside capabilities by deepening its container berths and purchasing further ship to shore cranes. It’s a much needed addition to the port’s capabilities, as vessels continue…