Ports & Harbours

A major obstacle to the development of PD Portsproposed Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport UK was removedlast month when agreement was reached with Hutchison Ports (UK) regarding railfreight network capacity. 

Irelands national ports are facing a capacity crisis. The growth in exports, the trend to outsourcing part of the production process and the boom in imports of construction materials has wiped out…

The first project in Europe to make use of the Xbloc interlocking armoured sea defence unit has recently been completed.

South African construction company Group Five has won 1.8bn Rand contract from Transnet to widen Durban’ s existing harnour by 100m and to increase the depth by 6m.

Construction of the quaywall and filling-in at Rotterdams new DeltaBarge Feeder (DBF) Terminal at Maasvlakte has been reported all but completedby the Port of Rotterdam Authority and terminaloperator ECT.

The construction of the massive reinforced concrete pontoonsfor the new cruise liner facility outside the Three Graces in Liverpool,the historic home of the British cruise industry, are now nearing completion.

A top level row overwho will build Germanysbillion Euro deepwater JadeWeser Port (JWP) in Wilhelmshaven is threatening to delay a startof construction to late summer.

Irelands Minister for Labour Affairs and Clare T.S., TonyKilleen has expressed optimism that the Countys piers and harbours willbenefit under a new CLAR scheme.

The German Baltic seaportof Kiel has completed a ¢ 28.5m Cruise Centrewhich officials say is one of the most efficient in northern Europe.

The Port of Marseilles Authority (PMA) awardedthe main construction contract for its Fos 2XL container terminal development.

Work is now wellunderway on a new container ship berth which is part of a ¢ 660m project by HHLAto double the capacity of Hamburgsbiggest box facility, the Burchardkai Container Terminal (BCT).

Nuttall group company John Martin has been using theirlimpet dam technology to enable repair work on the pintles of Gladstone Lockgates, the important lock system that gives access to the Port of…

In order to accommodate the recently extendedStena Line ro-pax Stena Britannica (MJ April) and near sister vessel StenaHollandica, which serve the Hook of Holland route twice daily, HarwichInternational Port has moved the…

The growth surge in leisure boating saw DunLaoghaire Marina open on the south side of Dublin Bayin March of 2001 with berthing for 500 vessels. Piling works are underway foran extension which…

British Waterways has commissioned the buildingof a new lock and water control structure on the Prescott Channel in the BowBack Rivers of east London.

The Port of Belfast has begun work on a new £ 35m Stena Line ferry terminal which will cut journey times as it literally brings the Port closer for those travelling from…

A hydrodemolition robot from Swedens Aquajet Systems AB is helping TritonMarine Construction to achieve impressive production rates in the removal ofspalled concrete from two piers at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii USA.