Ports & Harbours

Making its Seawork debut next month on Stand 86is Magic-Float UK, a new subsidiary of Magic-FloatEnterprise Co Ltd, a global manufacturer of modular dock and pontoon systems.

TTS has won acontract to design, supply and install a linkspan and pedestrian bridge as partof the Rothesay Pier Ferry Berth Improvement Project in the UK.

TheNetherlands based DHV Grouphas won a contract to provide a masterplan for the development of the harbourat Tianjin in China.

The construction of the first Xbloc  shoreprotection  project in Africa has been completed  at Bar Beach, Lagos, Nigeria following ayear long construction project that has seen 1km of shore protection structuresbuilt using…

The River Administration of the Lower Danube in Romania hasawarded a DHV led consortium the contract for the design of the Sulina ChannelBank Protection project. The Sulina Channel runs through the Danube…

The cruise market is presently growing at 10% per annum, and the UK has great potential to attract visitors providing the facilities are available to berth the ships. Liverpool is keen to…

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A new breakwater for The Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes has won the British Construction Industry Small Civil Engineering Project Award at a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

Netherlands based consultancy and engineering company Arcadis, in a joint venture with Bioengineering Group, has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide general design support services, multidisciplinary consultancy…

Industrial growth is warmly welcomed worldwide. It ensures the future of countries, market sectors, companies and employees. Unfortunately however, it brings its own set of problems. Problems that the marine construction and…

Changes in shipping patterns and ship dimensions are providing a number of challenges for suppliers of mooring systems. Until quite recently, the size of container ships was limited by the size of…

Drogheda Port Company has selected a consortium as preferred bidder following an open competitive process to secure a joint venture partner to co-develop Irelands new deepwater port at Bremore Co Fingal.

Mojo Maritime has recently commenced a new assignment undertaking project logistics for client Tresco Estates , in support of their infrastructure development project on the Isles Of Scilly. The challenge of shipping…

Belgian marine construction and dredging contractor Jan De Nul has been awarded two contracts by Aker/Exxon relating to the Adriatic LNG contract. At Algeciras in Spain a berm and tow-out channel must…

At a value in the region of £ 2.5 million, the order to refurbish the Lowestoft Bridge in Suffolk is Bosch Rexroths single largest order in the UK. Placed in July 2006…

The Crown Estate and Greenwich Foundation in the UK have completed therestoration of the historic Queens Stairs on the banks of the River Thames atthe Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. These are…

Renewable energy generator E.ON UK and Ocean Prospect have agreed to work together to develop proposals for a potential 5MW wave power project in the sea off Cornwall. The pioneering scheme would…