Ports & Harbours

The consequences of global warming are being felt in the world of marine civil engineering, with consultants Moffatt & Nichol selected by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC Pacific) to perform an…

A new class of hopper barge developed to operate on Londons sometimes restricted waterways has made it possible for waste to be transported from multiple sites within the city to bespoke recycling…

Workboat operators will be heartened by the announcement this month by specialists asset investment company Imera that it plans to build North Sea and Atlantic electricity grids, connecting key markets and offshore…

Growth in sea and hinterland cargo and port associated industrial settlement prompted a decision in 2005 in the German Baltic seaport of Wismar to go ahead with expansion costing ¢ 13m. That…

The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) is ploughing millions of Euros into two big container terminal infrastructure projects to expand big ship handling.

Work on a flood barrier to protect New Orleans from future hurricanes started in December.

Staffordshire based Durapipe UK has seen its global ambitions fulfilled yet again with a marine installation half way around the world. The companys P-LX secondary contained fuel system pipework has been installed…

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has urged politicians to look seriously at the option of a new airport in the Thames Estuary after he visited the potential site with engineers and…

Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) and Deltares in The Netherlands are playing a key role in Gijón Port Authoritys plans to extend the port, including construction of new basin seaward of the…

A planning application has been submitted in to Chichester District Council in the UK to recycle some 15,000 tons of sand and shingle into the vulnerable hinge and neck area of East…

Dutch consultancy and engineering firm DHV is developing fourteen new fishing harbours and landing sites in Ghana.

Royal Haskoning has been appointed to provide environmental consultancy and support to Scira Offshore Energy in its construction of the ‘ Sheringham Shoal’ wind farm off the coast of Norfolk. A major…

Total E& P UK has expanded its logistics support facility at Aberdeen Harbour in a move significantly improving efficiency, flexibility and safety of operations.

Barcelona based TEAM has been awarded a contract by Harwich International Port to design, manufacture and deliver a moveable and modern Passenger Boarding Bridge (PBB) of the SEDNA range. This PBB will…

The dredger/pumping station Sliedrecht 27 has been repositioned to Jaywick, near Clacton on the Essex coast, where it has been deployed as a booster station on a € 13m beach nourishment contract…

Dutch consultancy and engineering group DHV has completed its masterplan for a new port and industrial complex to be developed to the east of Port Said in Egypt.