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Early in October the UK Government’s Business Secretary, Dr Vince Cable, visited the site of the London Gateway deepsea port and logistics park, in the Thames estuary, to meet construction workers and…

15th October 2010

Spectacular progress at London Gateway – by Jack Gaston

15th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Belgian dredging and marine civils contractor Jan De Nul says it is the lowest bidder for the construction of a new lock in Ivoz-Ramet on the river Meuse, upstream from Liège.

11th October 2010

Jan de Nul low bidder for lock on River Meuse

11th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Flood disasters in many parts of the world have brought into sharp focus new research spearheaded by the University of Leicester on the behaviour of rivers during periods of high flow. Using…

11th October 2010

Research examines sediment flow and behaviour of rivers

11th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Mott MacDonald in the UK has been appointed by the Rijkswaterstaat in The Netherlands to provide technical and spatial management for two Room for the River projects on the Rhine river basin.

11th October 2010

Mott MacDonald in ‘Room for the River’ project

11th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The board of directors of Antwerp Port Authority in Belgium has approved the long term financial plan (2011-2025), representing an amount of €1.6bn.

11th October 2010

Antwerp Port invests €1.6bn

11th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Maasvlakte 2 Project Organisation in The Netherlands and the Next Generation Infrastructures Foundation (NGInfra) have announced the recent signing of a cooperation agreement for a period of five years under the…

11th October 2010

Maasvlakte 2 Project Organisation cooperation agreement

11th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

It has emerged that the cost of dredging and removing silt from the harbour at Dunmore East harbour at Waterford in Ireland will be some €6m, higher than originally hoped.

11th October 2010

Dunmore dredging made more costly by contamination

11th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Sean Connick TD, Ireland’s Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, has announced that funding has been approved for harbour development projects in local authority owned harbours under…

11th October 2010

Irish government provides funds for fishing harbours

11th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

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.

23rd September 2010

Elbe port all rounder heads for completion

23rd September 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

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.

9th September 2010

New terminal ups Kiel handling clout

9th September 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

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…

2nd September 2010

New work boats pack a punch on the Weser

2nd September 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

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…

1st September 2010

New terminal ups Kiel handling clout

1st September 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

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…

31st August 2010

Scotland’s first National Project on schedule

31st August 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

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.

31st August 2010

Work begins on St Aubin harbour – by David Foxwell

31st August 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

International Seaports Dredging (ISD) in India has provided an update on some recent projects, including a major port construction project in Dhamra where 130 hectares of land have been reclaimed to create…

30th August 2010

Belgian funding supports Indian dredging works – by David Foxwell

30th August 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

UK based international research and consultancy organisation HR Wallingford has announced the creation of a new team of environmental specialists to enhance existing capabilities and act as a centre of excellence for…

29th August 2010

HR Wallingford creates new environment team – by David Foxwell

29th August 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

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

28th August 2010

Council unveils plan to develop Caernarfon Dock – by David Foxwell

28th August 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Port of Cork Company in Ireland has provided an update on its plans for a new container terminal.

27th August 2010

Port of Cork provides update on plans for container terminal – by David Foxwell

27th August 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

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.

26th August 2010

Progress for all to see at Maasvlakte 2

26th August 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

UK based Eredene Capital Plc has won a bid to build and operate the container terminal at Ennore Port in Tamil Nadu in India. The estimated project cost of the Ennore Container…

26th August 2010

Eredene Capital wins Indian project – by David Foxwell

26th August 2010