Ports & Harbours

Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) has signed a number of contracts recently for the use of its innovative Xbloc concrete armour units.

DHI Group in Denmark is playing an important role in the proposed Fehmarnbelt project, a submerged tunnel between Denmark and Germany.

The final construction countdown has begun at the JadeWeser Port (JWP) container terminal in Wilhelmshaven, but rail link development could be delayed.

A 58 ton linkspan was barge craned into place at Gosport Ferry, the busiest short-route ferry service in England, during a recent 85 minute lifting operation.

A new £5m project is secure Milford Haven’s future as a top sailing destination in addition to its established role as the UK’s third largest port.

Hamburg based port and logistics group Buss has processed the first cargo ship at its newly acquired multi-purpose Orange Blue Terminal in the Dutch port of Eemshaven.

BMT Isis has entered into the latest phase of its work with Thames Water, helping to develop the overall tunnel drive strategy for the proposed Thames Tunnel.

Work on the much needed second harbour crossing at Poole UK is gathering pace with the new Twin Sails Bridge set to open to the public early next year.

Following several months of commissioning work, The Netherlands first LNG import terminal at Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, is due to commence operations next month.

A building site in the heart of Rotterdam was a challenging location for a recent dredging project undertaken by contractor Martens en van Oord.

The latest significant expansion of Lerwick Harbour’s already extensive deepwater infrastructure is progressing towards completion by around the turn of the year.

IT company Fivium and the UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) have successfully delivered a fully centralised system to handle the processing of new marine licences.

Ferry operator Stena Line UK has placed an order with TTS Port Equipment for the construction and installation of a passenger gangway and semi-automatic mooring system for its Belfast terminal.

Intertek METOC has completed its involvement in the BritNed Interconnector project, which went into operation on 1 April 2011.

Car trade through the Port of Grimsby looks set to prosper as Associated British Ports’ (ABP) planning application to develop a dedicated two berth Ro-Ro riverside terminal has been approved.

Barcelona based TEAM, which designs and manufactures Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) for cruise and ferry terminals, has debuted its innovative KRONUS Passenger Boarding Bridge at the Port of Baltimore USA.

Clear communication and trust between clients and potential contractors can make or break major infrastructure projects.

Southampton UK based pontoon systems specialist Intermarine has just completed two new floating boathouses for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) at its lifeboat stations at Brighton and Burnham-on-Crouch.

The transformation of the Western Quay at North Shields in the northeast of the UK has won a prestigious civil engineering award.